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Post by rjp313jr on Nov 21, 2021 13:03:01 GMT -5
That’s a tough stat without context but they’ve certainly had a few injuries this season. Yeah wasn’t that surprising? The two teams in front of them have been ravaged too. I had thought the Patriots had actually been pretty healthy. It’s weird because the Pats have had injuries but also if they can avoid more we can kind of look at them as fortunate. |
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Post by umassgrad2005 on Nov 21, 2021 13:18:39 GMT -5
Can we see a list on injuries? It feels like that list is counting the Keenes and Jennings types, yet that's just Bill using the IR to stash players like he does every year.
I don't know if it's health or just them adjusting. Yet snap counts from last game look more like that 2020 defense. Four LBers playing 78% of more of the snaps, while playing three safeties 76% or more.
I still have worries about slot CB. Bryant does something very well, yet match him up with darn good slot WRs and I'm worried. Luckily we've already played the Bucs and Cowboys, Titans are down two big weapons and no one else stands out. Yet the Bills standout with Diggs, Sanders, Beasley, Knox, heck even Davis/Sweeney have 3 combined TDs. That's a team that has a bunch of weapons and spreads the ball around. Seems fitting that the Bills are our true test and who we need to go through to win the division. We are darn lucky when we play them.
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Post by soxfansince67 on Nov 21, 2021 15:07:18 GMT -5
Both Tennessee and Buffalo are losing big today.
edited to add Houston is doing its best to lose the lead.
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Post by voiceofreason on Nov 21, 2021 16:18:10 GMT -5
Bills, Titans, GBay and almost the Ravens all go down. Who is good this year? I mean really once again their is a bottom team beating a top team, every week it happens. Pats will be top 5 with all the losses.
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Post by cdj on Nov 21, 2021 21:18:34 GMT -5
Bills, Titans, GBay and almost the Ravens all go down. Who is good this year? I mean really once again their is a bottom team beating a top team, every week it happens. Pats will be top 5 with all the losses. When they were shooting themselves in the foot constantly and I called them a bad team….I was wrong They might be the best team at this point. KC is the team in the AFC that concerns me and even then we usually play Mahomes well |
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Post by voiceofreason on Nov 22, 2021 7:20:12 GMT -5
Bills, Titans, GBay and almost the Ravens all go down. Who is good this year? I mean really once again their is a bottom team beating a top team, every week it happens. Pats will be top 5 with all the losses. When they were shooting themselves in the foot constantly and I called them a bad team….I was wrong They might be the best team at this point. KC is the team in the AFC that concerns me and even then we usually play Mahomes well BB is just once again proving to everyone that he is the goat of coaches. When he went out and spent all that money in FA he was simply loading the team up with talent that was lacking, he recognized it was a team that didn't have enough real players so he did something about it. Historically that doesn't work as teams rarely turn "winning the offseason" into actually winning during the season but other teams don't have Bill. To be honest it was partly BBs fault in the first place that they didn't have the talent as he had some bad drafts recently. That changed this year also, obviously. We will see very soon if this team is for real or not as the schedule will pit them against the supposed contenders in the coming weeks. If they go 3-1 during this stretch then I believe anything is possible. The one thing they have going for them right now is a group of guys that has bought in to working hard, paying attention to the details and staying focused. They are believing in the whole do your job mantra and with the result of winning it is cementing their belief in Bills coaching and continuing to work hard. It is great to see how tight a group they are and that they are having fun, winning will do that. Especially for a bunch of new guys who may not be used to winning as much. I also think many of them are completely under the spell of playing for BB and the Patriot lore. Selflessness and winning. Of course they had a great draft |
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Post by rjp313jr on Nov 23, 2021 6:09:04 GMT -5
EPA for offense and defense over the last 5 weeks.  |
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Post by umassgrad2005 on Nov 23, 2021 12:25:37 GMT -5
Can someone explain the Hill contract to me? 4 years 40 million for his current role or 4 years 95 million if he's a QB. That's like paying Newton 10 million for a few QB runs a game and like one pass. Yet when your starter goes down, you keep him in that role and don't start him. There are tons of good running QBs that go undrafted every year because they aren't good passers.
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Post by texs31 on Nov 23, 2021 13:12:19 GMT -5
McGrone practicing which starts the 21 Day clock to be activated. Many, however, are speculating that this is just to get him 21 days of practice but that he likely won't get activated.
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Post by rjp313jr on Nov 23, 2021 13:26:53 GMT -5
Can someone explain the Hill contract to me? 4 years 40 million for his current role or 4 years 95 million if he's a QB. That's like paying Newton 10 million for a few QB runs a game and like one pass. Yet when your starter goes down, you keep him in that role and don't start him. There are tons of good running QBs that go undrafted every year because they aren't good passers. Sorry can’t do it |
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Post by rjp313jr on Nov 23, 2021 13:27:36 GMT -5
McGrone practicing which starts the 21 Day clock to be activated. Many, however, are speculating that this is just to get him 21 days of practice but that he likely won't get activated. I like to hear this - gives confidence in his injury healing nicely. |
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Post by texs31 on Nov 23, 2021 13:48:45 GMT -5
Joshuah Bledsoe too.
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Post by jmei on Nov 23, 2021 14:42:56 GMT -5
On the topic of injuries, James White is a really important one that we don’t really talk about. He would be perfect for Mac and this offense and there’s a big step down to Bolden.
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Post by rjp313jr on Nov 23, 2021 15:34:21 GMT -5
On the topic of injuries, James White is a really important one that we don’t really talk about. He would be perfect for Mac and this offense and there’s a big step down to Bolden. The way Bolden is playing I’m questioning HOW big of a step down there is. Bolden can run the ball unlike White… with these 3 backs there is zero predictability between run and pass. |
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Post by rjp313jr on Nov 23, 2021 15:35:28 GMT -5
This is interesting because character was a concern of his… let’s hope this is another Vince type situation.  |
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Post by philarhody on Nov 23, 2021 22:39:25 GMT -5
On the topic of injuries, James White is a really important one that we don’t really talk about. He would be perfect for Mac and this offense and there’s a big step down to Bolden. The way Bolden is playing I’m questioning HOW big of a step down there is. Bolden can run the ball unlike White… with these 3 backs there is zero predictability between run and pass. I don’t need to tell you this but the big difference is the routes. White runs an actual route tree and can put linebackers and safeties in bad positions because of it. He’s like a slot receiver who can pass protect and read blocks. Bolden basically runs screens and wheel routes. |
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Post by rjp313jr on Nov 24, 2021 5:16:32 GMT -5
The way Bolden is playing I’m questioning HOW big of a step down there is. Bolden can run the ball unlike White… with these 3 backs there is zero predictability between run and pass. I don’t need to tell you this but the big difference is the routes. White runs an actual route tree and can put linebackers and safeties in bad positions because of it. He’s like a slot receiver who can pass protect and read blocks. Bolden basically runs screens and wheel routes. I don’t disagree - this was more about Bolden surprising this year. White is a big loss, but i do think the unpredictability with the backs we have is a positive in many situations. He’s a big loss on obvious passing downs where you don’t need to disguise run. |
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Post by umassgrad2005 on Nov 24, 2021 9:58:59 GMT -5
You certainly miss what White could help you do vertically. Yet it's likely a positive he's out and I say that as a guy who doesn't like Bolden. Using Bolden for basically just screens and check downs is exactly what Mac Jones needs. It also got them to involve the other RB more. Josh McDaniels has done a brilliant job putting Bolden in spots to look good. Just look at his 3.4 yards per rush before contact.
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Post by rjp313jr on Nov 24, 2021 12:17:50 GMT -5
We complained for years about how predictable it was that it’d be either run or pass based on what back was in the game. It’s just nice not being predictable and I agree with UMASS that it’s likely forced them to get Harris and Stephenson more involved in the passing game with is very good.
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Post by rjp313jr on Nov 25, 2021 6:06:09 GMT -5
Minnesota Vikings have signed linebacker Tashawn Bower to their 53-man roster.
Now have 3 openings on practice squad. I’m surprised they’ve left openings for so long. There aren’t any young guys you want to work with? No offensive linemen?
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Post by rjp313jr on Nov 25, 2021 6:18:21 GMT -5
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Post by cdj on Nov 25, 2021 10:27:12 GMT -5
Minnesota Vikings have signed linebacker Tashawn Bower to their 53-man roster. Now have 3 openings on practice squad. I’m surprised they’ve left openings for so long. There aren’t any young guys you want to work with? No offensive linemen? He was decent for us when he got on the field. I wish him the best in his new opportunity which hopefully gives him more PT Unsurprising move given the Everson Griffen stuff from yesterday |
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Post by rjp313jr on Nov 25, 2021 10:33:19 GMT -5
Minnesota Vikings have signed linebacker Tashawn Bower to their 53-man roster. Now have 3 openings on practice squad. I’m surprised they’ve left openings for so long. There aren’t any young guys you want to work with? No offensive linemen? He was decent for us when he got on the field. I wish him the best in his new opportunity which hopefully gives him more PT Unsurprising move given the Everson Griffen stuff from yesterday I didn’t realize he started his career in Minnesota so it makes a lot of sense |
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Post by rasimon on Nov 25, 2021 20:06:35 GMT -5
In case you've forgotten, in the 2021 draft Chicago traded their 1st and 5th round choices and their 2022 1st and 4th round choices to the Giants in order to draft a QB. So, they jumped the Pats, who were sitting at 15. They used that choice to draft Justin Fields. We were stuck with Mac Jones, who cost us nothing. I do wonder if Chicago had not made that trade and the Pats had a choice, who would they have picked? Was it astute thinking or just dumb luck? Brady in the 6th was the latter. I wonder what the Pats QB board looked like just prior to the draft. I would not be suprised if Mac was #2 behind Lawrence. Mac might not be the best of the group in a neutral environment but he probably would be #2 in the offense which the Pats like to play. |
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Post by umassgrad2005 on Nov 25, 2021 20:49:54 GMT -5
I think the better question is what do the Patriots do at 15 if the Bears took Mac Jones, do we take Fields given he's available? That's the type of crap my brain spends way too much time on.
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