BB hates us so we will get it all and it’s a home game for you. But we beat the Birds for the first time ever, we broke the bye week streak (lost last 8 games out of the bye). So it may be time to end the Pats streak.
The Jets are not missing their two best defensive players and have played an easier schedule which might be why they have given up fewer points.
It makes me chuckle when this team gets shellacked and people start predicting wins against any single NFL team, let alone multiple teams in a stretch. There is nobody on the schedule you can feel confident about a win against.
Right, the Jets aren’t missing any important players. None at all.
You think BB is going to intentionally lose to the Jets for the first time in eight years and let the Jets (!) walk into the playoffs so that he can pick one spot higher in the draft?
This. There is a huge talent discrepancy. Mac is trash and the third down D was atrocious but if it wasn’t that it’d be something else. They’re just not good enough.
Back in the day, when the game balls/goats thread tradition started, typically you could point to a couple guys and say *that’s* the reason we lost.
The biggest differences between the Jets and the Pats are that A) the Jets are much healthier on D and B) the Jets have two players on O (Hall and Wilson) that are light years better than any skill position players on the Pats. In fact, I think it’s fair to say that the Pats have fewer difference makers on O than any other team in the NFL.
He doesn't look like the same player this year, don't know if he is injured or just not in as good of shape but he appears both slower and less powerful than last season. He used to run defenders over like crazy last season, this season he is barely breaking tackles. I wonder if Fears retirement has had any impact on Rham.
For a reason— yards after contact year by year:
glass haif full the only sure losses are KC best case is 4-5
Nah. The more likely issue is overuse from last year is what broke him. Regardless he has fewer explosive plays. He’s getting plenty of touches and the team sure has needed him. The OL being a mess early on didn’t help either but he’s not looking like the same guy.
He played yesterday. I don’t have the exact snap count, but he definitely was out there.
Mike Reiss had the snap counts this morning. 45 for Jack Jones which was 58%.
This is the play, it's a blatant trip. Not called.
Across the NFL yesterday, the refs were driving a clown car. So many one sided games. So many obvious calls missed. So many ticky tack nonsense calls made.
It's certainly hard to overcome calls that weren't made that would have extended the Pats first two drives of the game against a team with an offense like Miami, and injuries all over our defense. The Pats needed 28+ to win yesterday, and got completely fucking boned on back to back possessions to start the game. If the Henry call is made, they are 1st and 10 at their own 38, so maybe they don't come away with points, but maybe they do.
I’m not so sure there was an obvious face mask on Rham. Looked like the defender had his shoulder pad. I would think Rham would’ve been calling for a flag if he got the mask.
I just rewatched. I didn't see any facemask on the 3rd down play with RHAM in the flat. He was grabbed under the face mask. I also didn't see any penalty on the Hunter third down. It was third and very long and they threw a 5-yard pass and he was gang tackled nowhere near the line to gain. Did you think they hit him out of bounds? The last guy to hit him did so just as the whistle was sounding and Henry's feet, believe it or not, were still in bounds. So it was a legal hit. Unnecessary, because Henry was going out of bounds clearly, but still, the defender made contact while Henry's feet were still in bounds.
I would have to see both plays again. Can't really tell from the screen shot above, and I haven't rewatched the game on DVR (i was watching at the bar at the golf course), but I thought Rham's head turned clearly as it would from a facemask initially.
All we needed to do is have more talent on the field, here's my podcast to break it down
LOL, wish I was eating pancakes right now.
Is this possible? He's really bad.
I think you once berated me for preferring home fries to hash browns. Or maybe that was someone else.
I'm not sure if it was me or not, but anyone that prefers home fries to hash browns deserves to be berated. But to be fair, very few places know how to make good hash browns, so a lot of times, home fries are the safer option.
