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Post by jodyreidnichols on Mar 4, 2017 21:11:49 GMT -5
Pomeranz first start aside for the Sox (he did not pitch for 13 days, some will insist that is cherry picking I beg to differ and call it common sense) his game log is 6IP-2ER, 5.1IP- 5ER, 6IP-2ER, 5.1IP-1ER, 7.2IP-2ER, 5IP-1ER, 6IP-2ER, 6.2IP-3ER, 5.2IP-2ER (Sept.5) and after that he wore down. 10 straight starts with the team with only 1 bad start. For that 10 game stretch his ERA was 3.41 while with the Red Sox. His sOPS+ by month was 80, 30,75, 86 (3 of 5 starts with Sox) ,82,143. What is the outlier here? His absurd May (30) and awful Sept (143). What is left is 80,75,86 and 82 with 11 starts with SD and 9 with Boston. It's amazingly consistent no matter where he pitched or when. It appears that people are going out of there way to find fault with him because he was traded for AE. It appears that not only was he all star worthy in the first half in the National League with San Diego 2.47 ERA, 3.15 FIP but for another third of the Season AFTER the All star break he was still good, perhaps even very good with a 3.41 ERA playing in the AL for the first time with brand new catchers and a new city. The question with Drew is not is he capable, that was answered if you paid attention last year, the question for him is after pitching a career high in innings last year how well does he hold up and adapt to 170+IP.
Good lord, the guy was mediocre with the Red Sox - look at his stats with the Red Sox, not a good stretch of decency. In 2013 Felix Doubront had a stretch where he pitched very well, but overall he wasn't that good. Pomeranz has had a history of injuries and sure enough he wasn't exactly healthy by the end of last season. Who knows how healthy he will be this season or how good he's going to be. It's a huge question mark. You have him pitching at an all-star caliber level while I see him as a guy who is an injury and performance risk. And that's exclusive of the fact that I absolutely hate that they traded Espinoza away for a guy who lacks a lot of certainty - well except for you who is certain of him, I guess. That's it for Pomeranz. This is a David Price thread. So fortunately he's not getting TJ surgery or anything like that now. I do wonder how effective he'll be. If he's really injury free, then the late start to his season can be a blessing in disguise, keeping his innings totals in check, and it also allows them to keep Wright, Pomeranz, and E-Rod in the rotation until he returns. Small injuries and layoffs at staggered intervals throughout the season could keep those six starters fresh while getting a decent amount of work. Real life doesn't always work out that well, though. I hilighted in red above to make sure you do not selectively read what I wrote. Of course he's a concern regarding the increase in IP and the way he finished the season in Sept. I wrote that but apparently you did not read that. Also I think I verified beyond any doubt that he did pitch well for us until he clearly wore down by September when he was well above his previous career high in IP. So it appears you are indeed clouded by your hatred of the trade and you actually verified that above. Regarding Price you are more objective, and I agree if he missed a few weeks at the seasons start the Sox could use that as an extended competition to decide who remains in the rotation when Price returns, assuming of course he actually misses time we'll have to wait and see.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Mar 4, 2017 20:57:28 GMT -5
I am happy that it appears he'll be OK to pitch but I dont see him opting out now. What team is gonna offer him this kind of money with who knows what condition the elbow is really in. Huge money likely tied up going forward. Hopefully he has 3 or 4 strong years going forward. That's a good point, so let's hope he goes another 200+IP and does well this year and next, because the best thing that can happen is that we get 3 good years from him and then he opts out.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Mar 3, 2017 12:11:01 GMT -5
One of my biggest pet peeves with other fans of baseball is they infer that question marks are a bad thing. Questions marks are neither a good thing nor a bad thing they are merely neutral, a question mark is neither nor until it is answered and therefore cannot be viewed as a negative, it is a question with judgement on hold until further notice. With out exception every season every club has questions, but fans only view it through their own teams viewpoint and therefore look at these question marks as a negative, and that clearly is not right. I agree that should Price miss the year that the Sox are still a strong post-season contender. Yeah but you're looking at all the question marks as positives. I mean, when you're talking about what great depth Brian Johnson is... You again missed the point. Slow your roll and re-read. Questions are not positive nor negative they are questions. I know you know that (or at least should now) but by all means push forward with your agenda
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Mar 3, 2017 12:08:49 GMT -5
Disappointing news regarding David Price. Have a feeling it's going to be one of those injury plagued type of seasons. The lineup was pretty healthy last year. I hope that Pedroia and Hanley can stay healthy this season. The only way this works out with Price is if it's a minor injury, he gets a couple of months off and he comes back fresh and with his innings well below his norm come October. I think the heavy workload he usually carries with him is as much a reason for his October struggles as anything else. Perhaps a lower amount of innings pitched come October keeps him fresh. Of course that's the silver lining. My guess is - and that's all we can do right now is guess - is that he will need TJ surgery now or pretty soon. We watched John Lackey try to valiantly pitch through the pain in 2011 and that was a train wreck. I'm hoping we don't get that from Price or else two seasons will be wasted. It stinks that when the team didn't really try to replace Ortiz's bat the best they could (for the same reason they didn't hang onto Buchholz - to stay under the cap for a season so they can splurge in the future - a reasonable gamble to take), they were staking their season on having the best top 3 in the majors. Now Price is likely injured for a good chunk of the season if not more, Porcello will most likely regress, and now they have to hope that Pomeranz is either healthy or effective, two things he really wasn't with the Red Sox last year - and his all-star appearance doesn't change that. They also have injury question marks with how strong Wright's shoulder will be and if E-Rod will have any further knee issues. At this point Kyle Kendrick could be a crucial piece of depth as it looks pretty obvious that Owens will contribute nothing and Johnson probably won't be much better. Elias can't be relied on. The intriguing x-factor is Hector Velazquez. The Sox can survive and perhaps even thrive for a few months without Price, but if he is injured/ineffective, that has a ripple effect on the bullpen as well as Price was great for soaking up innings. Fortunately Porcello and Sale should be able to eat up innings, but that means more of Heath Hembree and Matt Barnes I guess. Pomeranz first start aside for the Sox (he did not pitch for 13 days, some will insist that is cherry picking I beg to differ and call it common sense) his game log is 6IP-2ER, 5.1IP- 5ER, 6IP-2ER, 5.1IP-1ER, 7.2IP-2ER, 5IP-1ER, 6IP-2ER, 6.2IP-3ER, 5.2IP-2ER (Sept.5) and after that he wore down. 10 straight starts with the team with only 1 bad start. For that 10 game stretch his ERA was 3.41 while with the Red Sox. His sOPS+ by month was 80, 30,75, 86 (3 of 5 starts with Sox) ,82,143. What is the outlier here? His absurd May (30) and awful Sept (143). What is left is 80,75,86 and 82 with 11 starts with SD and 9 with Boston. It's amazingly consistent no matter where he pitched or when. It appears that people are going out of there way to find fault with him because he was traded for AE. It appears that not only was he all star worthy in the first half in the National League with San Diego 2.47 ERA, 3.15 FIP but for another third of the Season AFTER the All star break he was still good, perhaps even very good with a 3.41 ERA playing in the AL for the first time with brand new catchers and a new city. The question with Drew is not is he capable, that was answered if you paid attention last year, the question for him is after pitching a career high in innings last year how well does he hold up and adapt to 170+IP.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Mar 3, 2017 11:25:46 GMT -5
I'm not worried about this until we know exactly what's wrong with him. Obviously losing him would be a huge blow to the rotation, but it's not like we have no one to fill in the gaps. The Sox may not have great depth for Starters but a 3/4/5 of Wright/Rodriguez/Pomeranz isn't a disaster. They all have question marks but they also have plenty of upside. it's not like Price is the end all be all of this team. They way I see it, if Price were to miss the season, Sale basically replaces him and this team is still built to make a strong post season run. One of my biggest pet peeves with other fans of baseball is they infer that question marks are a bad thing. Questions marks are neither a good thing nor a bad thing they are merely neutral, a question mark is neither nor until it is answered and therefore cannot be viewed as a negative, it is a question with judgement on hold until further notice. With out exception every season every club has questions, but fans only view it through their own teams viewpoint and therefore look at these question marks as a negative, and that clearly is not right. I agree that should Price miss the year that the Sox are still a strong post-season contender.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Mar 3, 2017 11:17:03 GMT -5
Well 2 of our 3 # 4 & #5 starters were all stars last season. Can even 1 staff other than the Sox make that claim. I'd bet that no other team can claim an all star even for their #3 starter, maybe even #2. We have 2 competing for spots and the other many believe as the upside of a front of the rotation starter. Everyone Forgets Brian Johnson. Bartolo Colon is set to be the Braves #3 starter and he was an All Star in 2016. So yeah, great way to judge a pitching staff I'd say. Also, everyone forgets Brian Johnson for a reason. I love when people misses the larger point at hand and pick at a weaker supporting point and then pretend to drop the mic. Is being an all star the end all be all, well of course not. However when it's used to make a quick point about the actual quality of the year said player had as opposed to merely someone from that team had to make the team so pointing out someone as an all star status is null and void is well a null and void point when you simply are not aware of the difference. And when you are not maybe one should not dip their toe in the lake. If you disagree then compare the first half of Pomeranz or Wright had with Colon and your point becomes moot. What exactly is the reason to forget about the depth the Sox have and using Johnson (Owens, Elias, Kendrick), as an example, because the anxiety issues he had in 2016? Is that the reason? Never mind that we had 6 above average starters vying for 5 spots. Never mind that we have no definitive answer with Price either.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Mar 2, 2017 21:49:52 GMT -5
That call with about 2 and 1 half minutes left in the game for goalie interference is god awful. How do you make that call? The B's backed them selves into a corner but at least they are fighting there way out. They need every point they can get.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Mar 2, 2017 15:48:25 GMT -5
What sucked about last nights game was the god awful officiating or was Tim Donaghy really a Rogue ref?. As Seinfield used to say, "I don't think so!" Horford was not out of bounds and they never showed it close up because you could tell from a distance he was not out yet the ref right there insisted on it and again we had a ref make a late call AFTER he saw the ball was not going in the hoop. I've seen that at least twice in the past few weeks. If this is not proof then at least common sense dictates the league is simply not on the level.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Mar 2, 2017 15:37:42 GMT -5
Well that makes the Sale trade look better. Brutal though. Hopefully ERod or Pomeranz can take that next step forward this year. Edit - I guess you can add Owens into that mix but I'm losing pretty much all hope there. Well 2 of our 3 # 4 & #5 starters were all stars last season. Can even 1 staff other than the Sox make that claim. I'd bet that no other team can claim an all star even for their #3 starter, maybe even #2. We have 2 competing for spots and the other many believe as the upside of a front of the rotation starter. Everyone Forgets Brian Johnson.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Mar 1, 2017 11:24:53 GMT -5
Edit: Is there a tool etc. to edit xcel for this site?
2017 Red Sox Positional Starters 1b Mitch Moreland Chris Sale 2b Dustin Pedroia David Price SS Xander Bogaerts Rick Porcello 3B Pablo Sandoval Drew Pomeranz DH Hanley Ramirez Eduardo Rodriguez LF Andrew Benintendi Steven Wright (swing) CF Jackie Bradley Jr. RF Mookie Betts Bullpen C Sandy Leon Craig Kimbrell Tyler Thornburg Bench Carson Smith C Christian Vazquez Joe Kelly OF Chris Young Matt Barnes IF Josh R. /Marco H. Robbie Ross Utilty Brock Holt Fernando Abad LEGEND: *=Career #'s ~=Projected ^=2016 #'s Defense A batting Order AVG OBP SLG OPS HR 1 Pedroia R 0.318 0.376 0.449 0.825 15 DOWN above 2 Benitenedi L 0.295 0.359 0.476 0.835 12~ SAME above 3 Betts R 0.318 0.363 0.534 0.897 31 DOWN GG 5 Ramirez R 0.286 0.361 0.505 0.866 30 DOWN 4 Bogaerts R 0.294 0.356 0.446 0.802 21 UP below 6 JBJ L 0.267 0.349 0.486 0.835 26 UP GG 7 Panda* L 0.287 0.339 0.451 0.790 13 DOWN below 8 Leon S 0.310 0.369 0.476 0.845 7 DOWN above 9 Moreland* L 0.254 0.315 0.438 0.753 22 UP GG TOTAL 0.292 0.354 0.473 0.828 165. 17 vs. ''16 Starting Rotation IP H K WHIP ERA ER FIP S/H BS 1 Chris Sale 226.2 190 233 1.04 3.34 84 same 2 David Price 230 227 228 1.20 3.99 102 better 3 Rick Porcello 223 193 189 1.01 3.15 78 below 4 Drew Pomeranz 170.2 137 186 1.18 3.32 63 below 5 Eduardo Rodriguez 107.2 99 100 1.30 4.71 56 better Swing/#6 Steven Wright 156.2 138 127 1.24 3.33 58 TOTAL 1115 984 1063 3.56 441 Bullpen Closer Craig Kimbrel 53 28 83 1.09 3.40 31 2 SET-Up1 Tyler Thornburg 67 38 90 0.94 2.15 13 8 SET-Up2 Carson Smith^ 70 49 92 1.01 2.31 MR Joe Kelly 40 44 48 1.7 5.18 MR Matt Barnes 66.2 62 71 1.40 4.05 LOOGY Robie Ross Jr. 55.1 46 56 1.25 3.25 Fernando Abad 46.2 40 41 1.33 3.66 351.3
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Feb 22, 2017 13:14:46 GMT -5
I've never been a big Owens fan, but there's no reason to talk about him like he's already reached bust status. He's still just 24, has two option years left, and is coming off a season where he admittedly regressed (especially with his control) but still put up a 3.53 ERA/4.48 FIP in 137.2 AAA IP and showed the ability to miss bats (albeit also the inability to throw strikes) in a short 22 IP stint in the majors. There's still a pretty significant chance that he ends up as a back-end starter or better. I would wait at least a couple more years before I started gloating about him. Not to mention that pitchers as tall as him often take a little longer to work out their mechanics.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Feb 16, 2017 22:24:32 GMT -5
That was a suspension-worthy call by the official. Loser. If not then the game was fixed, total bs
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Feb 16, 2017 22:23:52 GMT -5
Total BS call at end of game, if Smart actually even made contact which is highly controversial it was inconseqential and that is NOT debateable. Is the NBA fixed or was the "Rogue" ex NBA official wrong?
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Feb 11, 2017 20:13:22 GMT -5
Baseball is a summer game. It's meant to be relaxing and enjoyed. If the game is too long for you, shut it off or go home. Enjoy the game for what it is. Has there even been a Sox/Yanks game under 4 hours? No one shuts those off. Baseball has a certain pace and should not be curtailed. Stop the damn tinkering. Leave it alone. It's good as is. They've changed the strike zone this year to above the knees, not below them. That should add some offence. But, the basic part of the game should be left alone. If they don't like extra innings, then stop the game, say, at the end of the 10th. If it's still tied, call is a half a win for each team. I did not hear about the strike zone, will that effect Porcello?
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Feb 11, 2017 18:18:08 GMT -5
Looked at sickels, soxprospects and mlb rankings of the sox prospects and find some very interesting evals. The first 2 have dalbec rated 4 and 5 , mlb has him 16. Lakins, sickels has him not in the first 20, soxp has him at 17 and mlb has him at 8. Marrero is not in the top 20 with sickels,38 with the soxp, and mlb has him at 15. All three experts but not seeing the same things. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I see dalbec as over rated by sickels and soxp and mlb more in line with what has been shown to date. He has not even played high A yet. By july I will be glad to say I was wrong , but for now I have not fallen in love with him as much. Lakins is a puzzling one for me. Not sure what to make of him. He is not a classic pitcher like a groome, but he does throw strikes. What does mlb see that the other 2 do not. Marrero has a lot of data on. He has played some in the bigs and has played at AAA. He appears to be a good field no hit ss for the bigs. Would have thought all 3 would have been close in their ratings. When ever I see things like this, I think back to a story I read about the dodgers scouting this centerfielder. The scout came back and told the GM to forget it, the kid can not hit a curve. Well that kid was a player by the name of Willie Mays. I am not an expert, but always find it interesting what people see in certain players. Do you apply the eye test with metrics or do you go strictly with metrics. The eye test more in line with DD thinking versus heavy metrics which is in line with theo and the gang. Human beings all have biases and frequently these biases are wrong or based on week info at best for example, a scout or someone here could say, "based on what I saw yadda yadda yadda, but often that is an extremely small sample size rendering the observation weak at best". If you start with numbers and UNDERSTAND what those numbers are telling you you will have a base understanding based on factual info. Then you should try to apply common sense to the numbers or tell me why are the numbers wrong, persuade me to think different. All projections are based on a system that are applied across the board. Or 1 approach to the whole. Decent projections systems will be fairly accurate but terrible at predicting breakout seasons etc, simply because they were never designed to do so. That is where common sense, scouting and other number evaluations need to be applied.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Feb 11, 2017 17:56:15 GMT -5
Sorry, I've said it before but the demographics of baseball is changing big time. Ratings and money into the game don't show it get because kids don't matter in those, but little leagues have lost half their teams in this area over the last 20 years or so and kids barely watch baseball. Oh by the way... the number of kids who watch soccer has blown up, when I was a kid barely anyone did and even if you wanted to you could barely find it. Now you can watch pretty much any big EPL or every Champions League game on regular tv. Of course it's blown up compared to next to nothing but those trends do support Felger being right. This isn't to say soccer is going to be bigger the MLB any time soon or at all here but MLB has a major problem down the road and they know it. It's a ways away before they see it in attendance and on their bottom line but there is a generation growing up for the first time that is turned off by the game. I've been hearing that for 10-15 years yet the game continues to grow.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Feb 11, 2017 16:59:56 GMT -5
Never a problem having too many good players, hoping for the best here. But there's a real chance we have no good player at 3B between Sandoval, Holt, and the minor leaguers. Let's assume you are correct, and no-one knows the answer to that. One hole on a team as deep as we are will not prevent us from winning the division.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Feb 8, 2017 18:19:56 GMT -5
You Team X, how do you know if Team Y will not swoop in or not? You don't. If you don't set parameters then a bidding war can happen. Smart people all the time bid against themselves because they did not set a parameter and stick to it. I agree with you that he's likely to get a first and more Bidding against yourself is not a bidding war though. It's just a team that really wants something and they don't care if they over pay to get it/keep it. Let's say Pats demand a 1st and 4th like the reports say. Without a second team it's going to be darn near impossible to get more. The Pats have to to set a value to tell teams, otherwise how can they make an offer and engage in trade talks? They can start high, but you can't go to high or a team might just move on to its next QB target. Now in a bidding war, let's say the Bears and the Browns are involved. That's how you could really get a great offer. Bears offer 2nd round pick for next two years and a 4th. Brown's offer two seconds this year's and a 4th. Bears add in two 3rd rounders for next two years. Cleveland offer it's mid first round pick and it's low second, trade accepted, Pat's get a great deal. Not saying this happens or we get that much, but a bidding war between two or more teams is almost always going to get you more. Good points.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Feb 8, 2017 13:06:28 GMT -5
You don't need 2 teams to create a bidding war. You need only 1 and the illusion there is another. How does 1 team who wants him KNOW that there is not another team out there that does too? They don't. Before any negotiation you need to set your limit and not excede it, then evaluate your own evaluation of you routinely are out in LF. You do need two teams to create a bidding war. You really think teams are stupid? They are going to know if another team at least has interest in Jimmy. You might be able to bend the truth about there level of interest or what they are ultimately willing to surrender, but you need that second team thats willing to trade for him. Now I agree they need to set a minimum level of compensation we need to get to trade Jimmy. We do have leverage, we don't have to trade him. He makes next to nothing and has another year on deal. If we don't get what we want, we just keep him because Brady is going to be 40 next year. I don't think it's going to be hard to get a couple teams interested. A bunch of teams need QBs. Teams love players from Super Bowl winning teams. Jimmy has spent 3 years being coached by the best coach ever and learning from the best QB ever. He's still young, going to cost next to nothing next year and is 100% ready to play now. Say you are Team X, how do you know if Team Y will not swoop in or not? You don't. If you don't set parameters then a bidding war can happen. Smart people all the time bid against themselves because they did not set a parameter and stick to it. I agree with you that he's likely to get a first and more. Edit: Attempt to approach english.(Added say and are for the first and third word to form an actual thought.)
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Feb 7, 2017 16:11:26 GMT -5
There are 4 teams out there desperately needing a good quarterback. There are no sure things in the draft. I think there might be a bidding war for Jimmy G. Better him then some DE or LT. It's a quarterback driven league and if you don't have one, you have no chance of doing much. So, you might see a 1st and a 3rd or even more. Cleveland has 2 first round picks. Would they give them both up if the bidding gets too insane? Cleveland starts off with a 1 and a 4. Chicago jumps in with a 1 and a 3. SF ups it to and 1 and a 2. Cleveland gives them an offer they can't refuse...both their 1's. Can you imagine the Pats with 3 firsts? Dream a little dream with me. I think the Pats will have a tough time getting a first. I just don't think Cle/SF/Chi will give up a top 3 pick for Jimmy G, so that leaves the Cle pick at 12, but if they the only ones who can offer a one they have leverage. Do we really want to wait for a 1 next year? I'd take a high 2 this year and a 1 next year but doubt those teams will go that high. If not Cle/SF/Chi, who steps in? Doubt BB deals with Jets/Bills. Are KC or Hou bold enough? I'm beginning to worry we'll get stuck with something like two 2s or else the market doesn't bear it and the Pats keep him. Pick 12 or bust! You don't need 2 teams to create a bidding war. You need only 1 and the illusion there is another. How does 1 team who wants him KNOW that there is not another team out there that does too? They don't. Before any negotiation you need to set your limit and not excede it, then evaluate your own evaluation of you routinely are out in LF.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Feb 7, 2017 9:54:16 GMT -5
Wait a minute Seattle should not have ever been in position to score as they had a fluky hail mary type pass to make it to the 10 or so. That's trying to rewrite history AND the facts actually back up Carol he made the right call despite what all the cry babies say through out the country. A pass had not been picked in that situation all season through out the NFL and was very successful while running it was not successful and there had been fumbles. That's a fact, people don't let others who don't know the facts attempt to control a false narrative. Any great comeback needs both sides doing there part to make it happen, so that's a weak attempt to steal glory. They earned it. The pass call was universally panned for a reason. Your argument has no factual basis. You can't argue something as fact, when you don't know what the outcome would have been. You can only second guess...which pretty much everyone did. Jerry you have to respond to the points, you have not addressed any of them, please do so. I have the overwhelming evidence on my side the other is second guessing because they did not like the outcome and need to blame something.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Feb 6, 2017 16:41:39 GMT -5
Also, Edelman's catch may have (I repeat may have) made up for David Tyree's ridiculous helmet catch. I hear you but that was first down? maybe second, and even if he did not catch it we still could have won but the Tyree one was the game. It makes up for alot of it not all of it.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Feb 6, 2017 16:40:24 GMT -5
Yet another Super Bowl win where the opponent snatched the defeat out of the jaws of victory. That's 2 SB's in a row, where the opponents have gift wrapped the hardware to the Pats. They deserve credit for the win and not quitting, and they are something else for sure, but what we saw here was experienced folks (with a shout out for the Will to Win) vs. inexperienced folks. The fact that the Falcons didn't run it 3 times after that amazing Jones catch, was as an egregious mistake as you will ever see in play call management. Wait a minute Seattle should not have ever been in position to score as they had a fluky hail mary type pass to make it to the 10 or so. That's trying to rewrite history AND the facts actually back up Carol he made the right call despite what all the cry babies say through out the country. A pass had not been picked in that situation all season through out the NFL and was very successful while running it was not successful and there had been fumbles. That's a fact, people don't let others who don't know the facts attempt to control a false narrative. Any great comeback needs both sides doing there part to make it happen, so that's a weak attempt to steal glory. They earned it.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Feb 6, 2017 15:53:02 GMT -5
We unsuccessfully tried an onside kick in the 3Q and won the game... Amazing. The good thing about that was they had to be ready for it every kick after.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Feb 6, 2017 15:52:32 GMT -5
Simply unbelievable. Along with the GOAT, how about some props for a few of the other guys who stepped up big: - James f'ing White: playing the role of the feature back and setting SB records for points and receptions in a game. Blount couldn't get anything going and was more or less removed from the game plan after that fumble, and Dion wasn't doing much either. Think back to last seasons' AFC Championship game when Brady kept shoving desperate passes to White, and he caught, what, 3 of them? What a performance last night. - Amendola may not be a prominent piece on this team game-to-game, but the guy always picks the right time to have his biggest moments. He's as good as it gets when it comes to converting on 3rd downs/in the red zone. Love Danny. - Trey Flowers is a beast. Underappreciated all season it seemed, but man was he awesome. That sack after the Julio catch was HUGE. - Loved seeing Malcolm Mitchell emerge in the 4th with some nice first down gains to help us move down the field. Not hard to see him having a big second season. Nice list I'd like to add the moment that truly set the comeback full steam ahead, Donta stripping Ryan of the football. There was about 7.5 Minutes left at that point down 16 and Atlanta had the ball. That and the fumble recovery or else it would not have happened because all they had to do was get a first down or two and eat up a few minutes of the clock and the Pats would have simply run out of time.
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