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I leave that to whatever scribe first coined the phrase. I suspect it’s difficult to do though.

Good point. When these twitter dweebs refer to the “Patriot Way” they aren’t referring to a strategy, the are referring to a deeply ingrained culture. I like your suggestion that establishing a culture can be part of a strategy, too.

I shudder at the prospects of Nathan Beaulieu playing defense for this team. Leafs had a ton of fans in Buffalo before the Sabres. They were on TV all the time in our market.

He’s right; football character trumps every other aspect involved. All the talent in the world means squat without the character to do what it takes to get the most out of it and it’s what separates those who make it and those who don’t; the bad teams from the good, the good from the great. The greatest strategists can incorporate schemes to beat the opponent, but it is wasted if players don’t have what’s necessary to apply them. Every player in the league is athletically gifted enough to be there and there is a razor thin line between super bowl champ and worst team in the league when it comes to that aspect. Football character applies to GMs, coaches, scouts, trainers, and everybody else in football ops as well.

Now, now. No reason to get all bichie.

Another glaring example of Daboll’s failure to help Allen figure things out. Pettine had shown that look several times previously and the least Daboll could have done was put a man in motion to help identify man or zone. It also looks like Daboll had no designed hot reads for his recievers vs. that look, either. Additionally, and I’m not sure if it’s because he doesn’t trust Allen enough, but it appears Allen has little authority to get in and out of plays when he sees certain things. They couldn’t have been surprised by that defensive look presnap given they’d seen it several times previously and to not give Allen the ability to change things up against it is just playing right into Pettines’s hand. Daboll mad it far too easy, especially for a good DC.

Kelsey with ruptured spleen and lacerated kidney.

I’m sold. Kid is a star.

That was amazing!

Garbage indeed. And an insult to every serious fan out there. I can’t believe anyone consumes this crap.

Last thing in the world Denver could do. Keenum coming up small. Mahomeslice will win this thing.

A request for composed thoughts? After a blowout loss where we looked bad? I give mad props to the OP for off the charts optimism.

I bet Kim is on more than a few fantasy teams.

Mahomeslice!

Joe Defect.

I just can’t get past the idea of a grown man answering to, “Boog.” Worst announcing crew in history. Witten makes Steve Tasker sound erudite.

I have great respect for those analysts who seek to compile statistics in the hope of providing meaningful insight into patterns, predictive behaviors, etc. These fine people are certainly not dweebs. Then there are those who only seek to cherry pick certain numbers and shoehorn them into a predetermined conclusion. “Dweeb” is too kind. Like this guy:

I doubt Tre will be assigned to cover him, though.

I don’t think the Titans have a receiver named White. Or do they?

Are you 100% certain that no WRs missed their own hot reads yesterday?

Pettine, like most good DCs when they control down and distance, dialed up some looks and pressures that had Allen completely baffled and he (Allen) was no where near capable of beating it. To say he sucked is an understatement. My bigger concern was Daboll’s ineffectiveness at helping to keep Allen out of unmanageable down and distance situations. It’s not like he hadn’t seen Pettine’s schemes before.

This doesn’t bode well. I suspect it will impact him the rest of the year, especially if he rushes it.

Yep. All that matters is how he gets off the mat and learns from the experience or not. Same goes for Daboll and everyone else with their spoons in the stew.

Then you are utterly incapable of discerning a compliment to an opponent vs. offering an excuse for a bad QB performance. I submit it is your outrage that prevents you from being able to so.

You took my post as offering an excuse for Allen vs. offering a compliment to Pettine? Allow me to capsulize: Allen sucked. Pettine was a huge reason for that. As for excuses, Allen certainly doesn’t seem to be offering any. Why should anyone else?