Shocking to see Dobson bobble a catch then get injured.
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NFL 2015 Week 12 |OT| - A Fraud is Thankful
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Alligatorjandro
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That's your opinion
The Albatross
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"over the last 15 years." It's part of the sentence that you, apparently, read.
Actually that's the arguments I've read in here in regards to Brady.
Alligatorjandro
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There's a difference between having subpar weapons and no weapons.
The Albatross
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I think one of those wide receivers was signed off the practice squad on ... Wednesday too.
BRING BACK KENBRELL 2015
Yep, Gronk is the key to success or failure for NE. When Gronk is healthy, they've been good, when Gronk isn't, the offense can't move the ball. Although their offense is definitely not what it was... 3 games ago, without the #1 RB, #1 WR, #2 WR. Although the offensive line is still made of shitty nonames from your local YMCA. At least that's consistent.
You've got the atom bomb in Gronk.
I'm sure they'll manage with a potential GOAT TE that commands double teams at a minimum.
That OL you complain about, is pretty much the most average OL in the league according to the actual numbers. It's enough to get the job done, and consequently go 10-0 against stiff competition.
could be worse - you could have Randall Cobb on your team
Crazymoogle
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He's on the Jets. Pretty sure the Pats are going to have to look elsewhere when scraping from the barrel. Maybe they can overlook Reggie Wayne's trash talk on the way out. Or just sign three more tight ends.
Patriots are 10-0 and play in the AFC East, they've practically got the #1 seed already locked up. Who cares if a couple receivers miss a few games and they don't finish the regular season undefeated. They'll be back for a playoff run through a craptastic AFC. I think the Steelers are the only team with a chance to go to NE and win in January.
The Albatross
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PFF Ranked this offensive line the 31st worst in the league for pass blocking going into the season. I think Brady effectively getting rid of the ball quickly and their offensive scheme designed around quick plays makes a difference.
I think it could improve though with Volmer and Cannon back once they get settled with another game under their belt.
A pretty big part of me doesn't want them to go undefeated as it is, even though that's defeatist, and also I just assume they'll lose at least one game down the stretch. I'm with you on Pittsburgh, but also I think Denver with Brock could be more effective than Denver with Manning.
Its the NFL playoffs where anything can happen. Always get a couple teams who shouldn't even make the playoffs but get hot and get in. No one wants to play them and they become a disruptive force.
The Texans?
The Albatross
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Yep this too... Going into the playoffs last year Pittsburgh looked like the dominant wild card team in the AFC, and they got bounced by Baltimore, who then also almost beat NE. And then Denver looked to be a mismatch for Indy, and Indy pretty easily rolled them as Manning really looked weak, only to get trounced in the championship game.
Playoffs are a reset.
Steelers are a problem. Brown is just crazy good. No team can eliminate him when Ben plays.
Herpes Reasons
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A little surprised other teams didn't give him a look.
PFF is far from perfect mind you.
The are dead middle in the league for giving up sacks, hits, and hurries.
As I've said prior (going back to towards the beginning of the season when these injuries started happening) the OL doesn't matter much when you have Brady's quick release, Gronk mismatch, and the quick short dink/dunk routes that develop quickly. The Patriots know how to disperse the pressure in many ways. Plenty of Pats fans, and other fans alike laughed at that statement. Yet here we are, the #1 offense keeps rolling.
We're talking about an autistic idiot savant football coach combined with HoF TE and HoF QB with a perfect record and the #1 D in the league?
Good luck Brock and Broncos, you are going to need it.
You also have to deal Bryant, who can't run a route but it doesn't fucking matter. Catch radius plus speed, can stack and body DBs all game.
Palmer has played great this year. Hes in the convo.
Starphoenix
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Pats did that against Baltimore in the playoffs last year as well. Nothing new with them exploiting every borderline legal/illegal advantage they can get.
DeaconKnowledge
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Hard to beat a team when your offense can't move the ball.
Patriots should have. Bill loves signing guys that do well against us and then do nothing for us like Scott Chandler.
Disregard that part. More about "OL is okay".
Wow Tammy doesn't get pressured much if that stat is true.
I remember when Ben only getting pressured on 50% of his dropbacks was a good stat for our offensive lines.
Fuck the Pats and their facist qb.
I'd like to see an official stat regarding this, but it seems like there was a ton of empty set last night. Not a lot of max protect either from what I could tell.
It's almost like Pats said fuck your pass rush, we'll take the chance of Brady getting hit to get the chance to pick the D apart.
You'd have to ask someone like LJ to see what he saw. I'm just going off a few snaps that it stuck out.
WanderingWind
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I thought we were done talking about Bill vs. Rex?
shiftplusone
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Romo misses 7 games, cowboys lose 7 games
Romo is back, they have their first 10 point lead of the season
It's obviously Romo
I doubt he is in any danger, but we'll see how the season finishes out. It they actually quit on him then that will be something. I mostly think the Tampa game was just one of those days for the defense. There were so many blown chances for turnovers
There's an underlying issue with the LBs, though. Kiko is not right, Ryans is slow and Kendricks is inconsistent. Offense is going to have to start pulling more weight
If the Cowboys win out I'd agree with that.
I don't mind someone else getting it. Maybe Carson Palmer?
So, I was way outside of the city for Renaissance Festival, so even through the radio I didn't get to hear much of the 3rd quarter. How did Revis get out?
I'm just ready to play Fallout 5.
It's 2015 why do we still have encumbrance? Can't carry any more waifu pillows back to the homebase.
Pats go empty a lot, they didn't as much in the first half, but definitely did in the second (no numbers to back it up, just what I remember, which is never good, lol). Thing is, Rex was getting heat with 4 man fake pressure last night, I mean guys were coming clean. It was fun to watch. They count on Brady making the right call and read.
Zvonimir Boban
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Yeah, Kas seemed OK.
On the other hand, Bread really is a racist* Trump supporter
*Is there any other kind?
No
Gave him enough chances and he didn't do meaningful shit except steal money.
Soon to be #1!
For comparison, last year's stats.
AFAIK, this year Brady gets the ball out about as quick, if not quicker, on average as that number they have for Peyton last year (don't have the numbers for yesterday, of course. But it wasn't like his passes were especially deep.). Still, he was pressured about 2.5x as much.