Dr.Sack

I gave McD a B. Partially for the slow start week 1 that nearly cost us the game, the bad 3rd Qtr in week 2 & week 3.

If the Patriots running game is kept under 40 yards and we force a lot of 3 and outs we win.

Let’s beat NE then on to Tennessee.

I see McD’s defensive gameplan as being key to this game. He Frazier & Daboll need to look at the template on how to beat NE. Allen isn’t going to outduel Brady so we have to beat them with our running attack & defense. I suspect they will take a page out of Patricia & Ninkovich’s playbook from 2018.

Gore can do this another 4 or 5 seasons and take down Emmitt Smith’s all time rush record provided we have a healthy #1. The guy is fundamentally awesome.

New England tries to play against your greatest strength by exploiting your greatest weakness. On offense that means they will employ a power set (extra OL TE sets) and try to run the ball down our throats. After that barrage and early on they will try to gas our D by going no huddle and spreading us out and playing fast with tempo. Against our offense Belichick will sell out against the run & try to force Allen & our offense into a lot of 3rd and long. He will deploy a lot of zone blitzes and force Allen into holding the ball and doubting the coverage he’s seeing. Bottomline on defense is we need to do what we do best and invite NE to pass. The key will be playing a lot of underneath zone and knocking the hell out of NE WRs on crossing routes if Brady dares to throw underneath. Edelman got banged up pretty good and may or may not play. Flooding the short zones with heavy coverage will force Brady into holding the ball longer than he’d like & search deeper for WRs down field. He may connect on a few passes but that is okay, provided we hit him as he releases the ball. On offense we need to find a way to get 40 carries and 200 yards rushing, milking the clock & finishing our drives with points. NEs defense is built to play down hill & attack. By committing to the run we will effectively wear down the front 7 & win the physical battles on each front. If we control the ball 35+ minutes, limit our mistakes to 1 TO or less, and force Brady to hold the ball by taking away his bread and butter we can rattle him with big hits and shake him. Brady was 0-5 last year when his team failed to run for over 96 yards. NE can be beat but it takes a total team effort, and an opportunistic defense that can force Brady off the field.

I’m confident we win, and I’m even more confident Brady gets pummeled in this game.

One hit can change everything. Let’s go!

I think Ford will be better by 2nd half of the season & I like the rotation for now.

I like our weapons on offense. You need a good OL to run and have a balanced offense. We are built to bludgeon teams. Next week against NE I’m interested in if our offense can push around NE’s front 7.

If we beat NE they will asterisks our victory, AB, Edelman, Groningen, etc.

I would like him to diagnose the play faster and get the ball out. Also we haven’t really seen a lot of deep passes.

He can recover provided it’s just a strain.

I’m waiting game when Allen has a game like this; 300 yards passing and 100 yards rushing. I believe he will do that this weekend.

Told y’all

Allen will show the football world what he can do on Sunday. I’m expecting a dominant game.

That’s funny

He’s definitely gained in value what he’s spent on reinvesting in the team and then some.

I would do it. He’s on pace to join rare company the plus 1,000 receptions plus 14,000 yards club. Having just turned age 31 he’s got a lot of life left in his wiry 6’4” frame.

To me he’s an average depth NFL receiver. He’s inability to separate coupled with the fact he doesn’t have top end speed means he’s not quick enough to play slot, and not fast enough to play on the edges. His best attribute is his hands if schemed into the offense like he was in college, WR screens / slants / hooks. He will never be more than a 11YPC guy. He could be a guy who plays a decade and amasses 40 reception seasons at around 450 yards and 2-5 TDs per year. Because of all these facts I’ve listed, I would still like to see him run deeper decoy routes. We should throw him the occasional 50/50 jump ball given his 6’2” 36.5” vertical.

Gore’s reception out of the backfield was great timing and he picked up solid yards in stride.

Allen’s approach taking things week by week is awesome. He’s not an overly emotional player and he seems to weather the highs and lows quite well.

If Allen kept the ball a little bit lower trajectory on that pass to Mackenzie I believe he could have made it to paydirt.

Nice drive! Lots of big blocks & great 3rd down grab by Beasley!

Thankfully Eli is a shell of his SB winning self.