Rexytown 2: O Brother, Where Art Thou?
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Sound the Calvary charge
http://m.providencejournal.com/article/20151118/SPORTS/151119300/14022/NEWS
Reinforcements on the way!
http://m.providencejournal.com/article/20151118/SPORTS/151119300/14022/NEWS
Reinforcements on the way!
I agree with this. I re-watched the game and while Coleman didn't play particularly well, he wasn't bench-worthy either - we're not talking Arrington in the Super Bowl level of performance here. But Melvin was a disaster out there. Gives me hope they can survive with the talent they have at CB, but clearly they will need Coleman healthy for January, because Melvin will get exposed more. And I think even when they face 4 WR sets, they will likely still only play 3 CBs and just have 3 safeties on the field as well.
Great news! Aside from improving protection, it allows Gronk to go out on routes more often. Seemed like he was kept in to block a whole lot in the last few weeks.
For a guy who's not gonna kiss Bill's rings, Rexie sure has been doing a lot of Patriots ball washing in the media these past two weeks. What's up with that?
Rex has always - always - said that BB is the best coach on the planet and that TB is the best QB. This isn't new or different for him.
Yeah but have you heard his tone? He's all shucks and gosh, golly gee about it and talking up the Pats going into the Jets game was odd. Eddie Haskell thinks he's laying it on a bit thick.
Ian Rapoport @RapSheet 2m2 minutes ago
#Patriots LB Jamie Collins got over the virus that knocked him out the last 2 games. Availability hinges on gaining back weight & strength
#Patriots LB Jamie Collins got over the virus that knocked him out the last 2 games. Availability hinges on gaining back weight & strength
Ian Rapoport @RapSheet 1m1 minute ago
Sources say very. Couldn’t keep food down, lost weight. Could be back by MNF tho RT @MattMillerHeard: @RapSheet how sick can one human be?
Sources say very. Couldn’t keep food down, lost weight. Could be back by MNF tho RT @MattMillerHeard: @RapSheet how sick can one human be?
I last really had the flu about 10 years ago, and I was virtually bed-ridden for 4 days, and not normal for another 4 or 5.
Perhaps if Collins was someone who sat at a desk and typed he might have been able to return to work sooner.
Collins is obviously genetically predisposed to be a large, muscular person. But even with that built in advantage I bet his daily calorie intake is somewhere in the neighborhood of what? 5,000 calories? 6000?
A week of a diet consisting of ginger ale, water and saltine crackers could lead a person like that to losing what 10? 15? pounds.
At first it seems extreme, but thinking it through the Flu could very easily have an extreme impact on a person like Collins.
A week of a diet consisting of ginger ale, water and saltine crackers could lead a person like that to losing what 10? 15? pounds.
At first it seems extreme, but thinking it through the Flu could very easily have an extreme impact on a person like Collins.
Not extreme at all. The flu kills people. Not likely to kill a healthy person in his 20s, but to knock him back for 2+ weeks? Easy.
I'd say 6,000 easy. As for weight swings; you're probably right. I've fluctuated as much as 15 pounds within a single day even when not cutting. It's pretty easy to put back the weight, though. I'd be more concerned about his cardio.
Calling all Jewish mothers in the greater Foxboro area. Head to the Collins household, stat.
[Yes, I know Mrs. Kringle is not Jewish]
Actually it sounds like a rotavirus, not influenza. The flu generally doesn't limit intake of food (though it can with high fever). It's odd to see it in an adult, but not impossible. Similar to a norovirus, a rotavirus is a stomach bug that can last over a week. Generally, its milder in severity than a norovirus.
I had one from a bad veggie crepe a few years ago. I lost about 10-15 pounds and gained it back over a couple of weeks.
Or Gronk stays in to block, and the two guys assigned to cover him stand their scratching their asses.
Heard Rex today with a couple of awesome Patriot under Brady home game stats...
When you add up total Rushes and Pass Completions and the Patriots have more than you, the Pats are 65-5
When winning the Turnover battle, they are 61-2
When winning the QB Rating, they are 62-1
I could be off here in the number of wins (I think it was 65, 61, 62) but am sure the losses are correct.
When you add up total Rushes and Pass Completions and the Patriots have more than you, the Pats are 65-5
When winning the Turnover battle, they are 61-2
When winning the QB Rating, they are 62-1
I could be off here in the number of wins (I think it was 65, 61, 62) but am sure the losses are correct.
Bills are pre-setting up the moral victory....
Yea we lost by two touchdowns BUT Gronk was held to two catches for 15 yards. We physical! They finesse!
Bart Scott was with the Jets when he made that comment. It was after the afc divisional playoff game they won.
I wonder what the stats are leage average, or for other qb's.
edit: IRT DrunkanFriar's post above
edit: IRT DrunkanFriar's post above
Yeah, that reminds me a bit of the Rangers (?) PR staff crowing about how Nolan Ryan with a late-inning lead almost never lost, while leaving out the league average comparison.
Guess I was off a little on that one. I thought it was a few of the Ravens before the AFCCG http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/201301200nwe.htm
I could have sworn it was the Chargers back in the mid-late 00s (with Tomlinson as part of those teams)
Even with all of the Pats' success since the SB 36 season, part of me still views them through the lens of a fan of the bumblers and near miss kings they were for so many years. Not that I haven't internalized that they are 4-time champs, etc. But it's impossible to completely forget what they were before 1994 and then 2001. They were the classic Charlie Brown team of the NFL...or at least one of them.
So when I read comments from the head coach of a division rival who has the Pats so thoroughly up his ass, and which drive home to the extent to which the Pats are THE team of this era, I still have to pinch myself sometimes. "He's talking about the Patriots. The freaking PATRIOTS!"
Reading Ryan try to disclaim his Patriots obsession is gold.
So when I read comments from the head coach of a division rival who has the Pats so thoroughly up his ass, and which drive home to the extent to which the Pats are THE team of this era, I still have to pinch myself sometimes. "He's talking about the Patriots. The freaking PATRIOTS!"
Reading Ryan try to disclaim his Patriots obsession is gold.
He's totally obsessed with the Patriots.The BOS media just had some fun with Rex, if the quotes are to be believed
That was obvious when he was talking about NE last week despite playing his old team.
Does this game concern anyone? If NE can't set the edge I can see McCoy giving us fits and I'm a bit concerned Brady will struggle against an NFL caliber defense this week sans Jules and Lewis. Let's not forget he made a terrible defense look pretty good last week.
Does this game concern anyone? If NE can't set the edge I can see McCoy giving us fits and I'm a bit concerned Brady will struggle against an NFL caliber defense this week sans Jules and Lewis. Let's not forget he made a terrible defense look pretty good last week.
I'm somewhat concerned, but no more so than usual. I think with the time to plan for an offense without Edelman (as opposed to improvising it partway through the game) and the return of some O line pieces we should be ok.
There is always the any given Sunday thing, and the fact that divisional games are tough. I don't expect a blow out, but I think a win is still more likely than not.
There is always the any given Sunday thing, and the fact that divisional games are tough. I don't expect a blow out, but I think a win is still more likely than not.
I've been insanely confident for most of the year but that's no longer the case. Pats are the better team and they're at home so I expect a win...but we're officially back in any given Sunday territory. We'll see who suits up this week but they're missing some really key players on both sides of the ball. I'm glad this coaching staff has had some good time to prepare but I think it could be close. I will not be surprised if the offense struggles for the next few games until they start to find comfort and rhythm in their new(ish) approach and guys adjust to roles (Martin, White).
Joe Buscaglia @JoeBuscaglia 19m19 minutes ago
#Bills HC Rex Ryan on yesterday's conference call with Boston media: I'm not too fond of New England right now
No shit rex
#Bills HC Rex Ryan on yesterday's conference call with Boston media: I'm not too fond of New England right now
No shit rex
I'm convinced that what teams like the Ravens, Jets, Steelers, Bills, etc. mean by "physical" is running for 2 yards up the middle against a stacked box. Or getting clobbered while running crossing routes. Or a QB holding the ball forever and getting whacked while making a throw. 'Cause subjecting oneself to that sort of unnecessary violence is the sign of being a real man, or something like that.
For some reason, it never means receivers blocking downfield. Or wiping guys out on a screen pass. Or a perfectly executed trap block, etc.
Collins? Collins? Collins?
I am starting to worry. Mono? Ebola? Scurvy? Shingles? Rickets? Gout? Consumption? Syphilis? The buboes?
I am starting to worry. Mono? Ebola? Scurvy? Shingles? Rickets? Gout? Consumption? Syphilis? The buboes?
Is it just me or is Rex morphing into head injury Gary Busey? That might explain the helmet from a couple of weeks back.
This forum is no place for a serious life changing issue like head injuries. We pay attention to football to get away from that kind of unfunny and depressing stuff.
So is Vollmer good to go this week?
So is Vollmer good to go this week?