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Post by dangermike on Nov 28, 2021 19:48:47 GMT -5
it really seems like this team has been addressing aspects of its game all season and it's really starting to come together - i hope the next part is execution closer to the goal line and we start seeing a lot of 7's instead of 3's
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Post by umassgrad2005 on Nov 28, 2021 23:46:44 GMT -5
It's a quality win, Mike Vrabel is a good coach. Difference is four turnovers to none, nice to see that in reverse. Going to be one heck of a matchup if we meet in the playoffs and they are at full strength. I'm just happy, Vrabel pulled a Bill we're going to run and take away your ability to run, forcing a rookie QB to prove he can get the job done. Well Mac Jones got the job done. Just reminds me of the 2020 playoff game, yet our passing game was just a lot better.
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Post by cdj on Nov 29, 2021 0:33:55 GMT -5
Lock JC up plz
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Post by rjp313jr on Nov 29, 2021 6:52:17 GMT -5
It’s a great win, it’s a game they would have lost early in the year, last year and probably late 2019. Winning in this league is hard and really good teams win when not at their best.
Mac Jones numbers are great in this game but he wasn’t great: he was off a lot today in uncharacteristic ways. Even a lot of his completions seemed high or off target. However, it’s a positive development he can throw for 300 yards when not as sharp as he normally is.
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Post by rjp313jr on Nov 29, 2021 7:05:40 GMT -5
By the way, meant to say it at the time, that Jalen Mills fumble recovery was special. That the ball didn’t go out of bounds is a very underrated play. JC deserves all the credit he’s getting for chasing it down and punching the ball out, but that recovery with a bouncing ball going to the sideline running full speed was incredible. That’s very hard to do.
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Post by voiceofreason on Nov 29, 2021 7:32:24 GMT -5
It’s a great win, it’s a game they would have lost early in the year, last year and probably late 2019. Winning in this league is hard and really good teams win when not at their best. Mac Jones numbers are great in this game but he wasn’t great: he was off a lot today in uncharacteristic ways. Even a lot of his completions seemed high or off target. However, it’s a positive development he can throw for 300 yards when not as sharp as he normally is. I thought the same thing. Mac was off on a few balls and statistically still had a really good game. The WRs and him are starting to look a lot more in sinc and I think they deserve credit. That game, IMO, makes the Pats really look like a team that is getting better every week, the rest of the league has got to be shaking their heads. BB, after 1 down season, has really put together a very good team that could contend for a very improbable SB. |
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Post by texs31 on Nov 29, 2021 17:04:48 GMT -5
NE designating Quinn Nordin to return from IR. Taylor to Covid list.
Also, Kevin Byard tested positive so we'll see if that impacts NE.
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Post by rjp313jr on Nov 30, 2021 6:05:33 GMT -5
Not Patriots but this is the only football thread so I have to ask our resident ND guy, what is with Kelly leaving for LSU? An ND coach choosing to leave for another program is historic…. I mean he got over 100m but my lord.
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Post by voiceofreason on Nov 30, 2021 8:30:05 GMT -5
Not Patriots but this is the only football thread so I have to ask our resident ND guy, what is with Kelly leaving for LSU? An ND coach choosing to leave for another program is historic…. I mean he got over 100m but my lord. Not only leaving ND but when they actually have a chance to get in the final 4 for the championship. It's all about the benjamins as you said, 100 million is hard to say no to. |
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Post by mobaz on Nov 30, 2021 11:41:58 GMT -5
Not Patriots but this is the only football thread so I have to ask our resident ND guy, what is with Kelly leaving for LSU? An ND coach choosing to leave for another program is historic…. I mean he got over 100m but my lord. Not only leaving ND but when they actually have a chance to get in the final 4 for the championship. It's all about the benjamins as you said, 100 million is hard to say no to. Remember when they went to the BCS (and now playoffs) and everyone said it was bad because the bowls wouldn't matter? Then players started sitting out and it became obvious the bowls don't matter. Texas and OU leaving for the SEC, conferences don't matter. Now the playoffs themselves and a potential Natty doesn't matter? What does matter? No wonder the players pushed so hard for NIL and transfer paths; if the coaches can't even muster up enthusiasm about a National Championship why should they care about their team? ADD: Nothing makes me turn my view on a coach more than an exit. I thought positively about both Riley and Kelly, among the highest esteem for college coaches, but I can't stand sneaking out in the night and not showing players and their employees (the other coaches) a modicum of respect. Not really many college coaches to admire, to be frank. |
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Post by umassgrad2005 on Nov 30, 2021 11:50:19 GMT -5
Not Patriots but this is the only football thread so I have to ask our resident ND guy, what is with Kelly leaving for LSU? An ND coach choosing to leave for another program is historic…. I mean he got over 100m but my lord. I'm in shock, especially because he addressed the rumors a weak ago and killed them. Brian Kelly is a very good coach that has made Notre Dame a regular top ten team. Things will be a lot easier at LSU, they have access to much more talent. Notre Dame can get top ten recruiting classes on average every year, yet basically no matter what they do they can't match other teams top teams. Bama brings in twice the talent every year. So I get it, Kelly took the money and an easier path to a national championship. I'm just in shock, yet it might workout great for Notre Dame if we can get a Cincinnati coach yet again. |
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Post by foreverred9 on Nov 30, 2021 14:53:24 GMT -5
To be fair, Kelly's comment a week ago was that he'd only leave for F-U money. 100M is hard to turn down, I wonder if Notre Dame would have countered with that if given the chance. Anyways, nothing pisses me off more than these schools throwing stupid money at coaches and trying to defend the position that players shouldn't be paid. The hypocrisy is ridiculous, between 2010 and 2020 these programs paid over 500M to coaches who were fired. |
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Post by umassgrad2005 on Nov 30, 2021 15:21:02 GMT -5
To be fair, Kelly's comment a week ago was that he'd only leave for F-U money. 100M is hard to turn down, I wonder if Notre Dame would have countered with that if given the chance. Anyways, nothing pisses me off more than these schools throwing stupid money at coaches and trying to defend the position that players shouldn't be paid. The hypocrisy is ridiculous, between 2010 and 2020 these programs paid over 500M to coaches who were fired. I've seen 15 million a year and 10 years 95 million with a lot more to be made with incentives. I don't know which is correct, yet if he gets around $150 million I don't blame him and I'm a die hard Notre Dame guy. That's Nick Saban money and he's not that good. I don't think Notre Dame wanted any part of a deal like that.. The great part is he's left Notre Dame in a spot no coach has since Lou Holtz, the bad part it's still Notre Dame with much higher admission standards than most schools it's competing against for a national title. Go get Luke Fickell, who says the two jobs he couldn't turndown are Ohio State and Notre Dame. Win win, yet for the love of sports let him coach that team if they make the playoffs. |
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Post by cdj on Nov 30, 2021 19:17:26 GMT -5
Have you seen the perks USC is giving Lincoln Riley? This stuff is honestly ridiculous.
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Post by umassgrad2005 on Dec 1, 2021 10:49:37 GMT -5
Have you seen the perks USC is giving Lincoln Riley? This stuff is honestly ridiculous. Nope, yet that one is rather confusing. It's not like Brian Kelly where he goes to the number one talent pool with only one division one school. So it would have to be about money and perks. |
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Post by umassgrad2005 on Dec 1, 2021 10:53:06 GMT -5
If Notre Dame can't get it's #1 target, I'd make Josh McDaniels a big offer. Yeah very unlikely, yet he's the type of guy that could create major buzz and use those superbowl rings to get recruits most coaches can't to Notre Dame.
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Post by voiceofreason on Dec 3, 2021 5:42:03 GMT -5
The Patriots are going to win this game against the Bills.
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Post by costpet on Dec 3, 2021 8:12:00 GMT -5
Oh, good. Then I don't have to bother watching.
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Post by rjp313jr on Dec 3, 2021 15:40:20 GMT -5
Mac Jones arm strength on watch in the wind
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Post by costpet on Dec 4, 2021 7:55:45 GMT -5
Field goals could be tough in the wind. Extra points, too. It might be a mostly run game on both sides.
Brady always had an advantage in bad weather conditions. Mac has a lot to learn, but he's smart enough to someday figure it out.
Interesting that Buffalo fans have a low confidence in their team. I guess all those years of beat downs by the Pats has something to do with that.
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Post by rjp313jr on Dec 4, 2021 7:56:44 GMT -5
I think their low confidence is from losing so much last month.
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Post by umassgrad2005 on Dec 4, 2021 8:56:46 GMT -5
The Bills have a lot of weapons, that scares the heck out of me.
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Post by jmei on Dec 4, 2021 8:58:36 GMT -5
The Bills have a lot of weapons, that scares the heck out of me. Eh, their skill position guys outside of Diggs don’t impress me too much. |
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Post by rjp313jr on Dec 4, 2021 9:03:00 GMT -5
The Bills have a lot of weapons, that scares the heck out of me. Eh, their skill position guys outside of Diggs don’t impress me too much. I’ve always felt Beasley is really good. |
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Post by jmei on Dec 4, 2021 9:06:02 GMT -5
Eh, their skill position guys outside of Diggs don’t impress me too much. I’ve always felt Beasley is really good. He’s a fine slot receiver, but is he really meaningfully better than, say, Meyers now or the Amendola from a few years ago? |
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