TE screen out of the timeout would be a good call. Or just keep pounding it down their throats.
Or with second and short you could dial up a max protect play action deep ball
Agreed. Modern NFL defense. Bend, hope they make a mistake (drop, penalty etc.), and stop them on 3rd down. Its not just McD and Frazier. Everyone is playing that way.
McD is in a no win situation. A loss to BB and a Patriot team devoid of talent will fall squarely on McD. A win is expected and will do little to squash the criticism that McD can't win the games against good/great teams.