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I think the Pats ran a lot of stunts and confusing rushes. Most of the times Allen had people in his face, there were O-Lineman looking around confused. I think they played okay today, considering the rushing attack. Okay, not great and not bad. Also, they’ve been doing this to all the teams so far. I’m just going to give credit where credit is due This should be fun. Tyrod might have won this game. He wouldn’t have gotten us more than a few field goals, but he wouldn’t have turned it over. That’s all we needed in this game

He just has to stop these back foot throws into coverage. It’s scaring me how he isn’t learning

Talk about an emotional day. You could see it on the field, on TSW, on social media. This game felt like a mini-series with plot twists, theme changes, and was just an overall rollercoaster. To be clear, there is absolutely no way I can cover everything that happened in this game and I’m just going to cover the big things that stood out to me. 1 - Allen - Allen played against a great defense today who has shut down opposing teams so far. With that, Allen had a really bad game. This is a game of defense, field position, and points were at a premium. I don’t care what the completion percentage was or total yardage in this game. I care about not hurting the team and taking care of the football. Allen turned the ball over 4 times and was wildly inaccurate to me on deep throws, which he also took too often. He under threw Zay that could’ve been a touchdown. He also was off on the shorter passes outside of the scoring drive. Worst of all, I don’t know what it’s going to take to get him to stop throwing off his back foot into traffic. Of all teams, not against the Pats man. Granted, one of them should have been overturned, but he still overall hurt the team more than he helped. Again, I don’t care if he had more 3 and outs and they punted. It’s the short field position that gave them a TD and field goal. You just can’t make these mistakes and it seems to be getting worse. Also, add in the sack that knocked us back 5 yards with the ensuing missed FG, and it’s another play that hurts us. 2 - Gore - Great game by him today, eclipsing the 100 and breaking 15k yards for his career. He definitely showed up today, showing great field vision and power. I would have liked to have seen him utilized more. 3 - Lee Smith - I know you can’t write a guy off based off one game, but 4 penalties in a defensive battle just isn’t okay. Between that and some dropped passes this season, I really hope to see Knox take more of his snaps. Speaking of Knox, he came up big twice and I look forward to seeing more from him. 4 - “I know if I am going to have any life anymore it is because, I am still willing to fight, and die for that inch because that is what living is. The six inches in front of your face.” 5 - Overall defense - Another game where the stat box doesn’t tell the whole story. If I told you we didn’t get a sack on Brady, you might think we got picked apart. Quite the opposite. Outside of the deep pass down the sideline to White, where we inexplicably only rushed 3, our defense was amazing. I mean, absolutely amazing. These guys never let up and Brady looked pedestrian. The INT by Hyde was a beautiful play and they made this a game for us. It’s frustrating that we couldn’t reward them with a win, but you have to be inspired by how they played. 6 - The Hit - I’m sorry, but personal fouls need to trump other penalties. There’s just no way that hit shouldn’t be counteracted by a holding call. On the stat sheet, the play never happened and it took out Allen. In real speed, it’s hard to know true targeting. However, Allen was already wrapped up and he still took the shot. Just add it to the list of reasons to hate those guys 7 - Daboll - This is hard for me because I’m not an Xs and Os guy. It seems like the Pats ran the same defense they ran all season and what they did against us last year. With that, it seems like we were completely unprepared for them today. It’s not just getting shut down, it’s the way we were shut down. We looked confused. Also, where was McKenzie in this game and all the stretch/sweeps we’ve been running? Then, we score via hurry up and then abandon it on the next drive. The trick play was nice, and I don’t blame Yeldon there as it wasn’t an easy catch. Overall, Daboll needs to be better in this game 8 - Special Teams - Haven’t talked about these guys in a while. That blocked punt for an INT proved to be the ball game. That TD was the difference maker in points and probably changes future decisions. The gunner came in free, which can’t happen. Hausch’s miss also changed future decisions, even though it should’ve been 5 yards closer. Again, in a defensive battle like this, you need consistency, not a loss of 10 points. 9 - What If - There are so many things to talk about here. Should they have taken the points on the short field goals vs going for it? I say yes, besides the Allen TD. Allen on the field makes one yard seem like a given. With Barkley, it’s different. You never know what’s going to happen next based upon a decision, but in a defensive battle, I think you alway take the points. We left 6 on the board that was the final difference maker, but then Allen did score. Who knows. 10 - McD - We lost 16-10 to a great team at home and could have won it on our last drive. That’s the end result and that’s what you grade off of. The challenges by McD hurt as we didn’t have any timeouts at the end. Challenging offensive PI was tough for me and I think he needs to take his chances on more than 50/50 calls. I get perspective, but neither were clear calls. While we didn’t win, you have to love how crap we make Brady look in these games. I know there’s no morale victories and this sucks. But these aren’t the same losses as the past decade. If we have a turnover free offense, we win this game to me. Bonus: -What happened to Ty on the last offensive play? He left the edge unguarded -Let’s see how the league handles the hit on Allen -How was that not intentional grounding by Brady? Big day guys. We beat the spread. We gave up 3 points in the last 3 quarters. We didn’t blow up like in the past after a terrible first quarter. Allen may be out next week and his continued poor choices have to make you hesitate. But still 3-1 in a wide open season. Go Bills!

More amazing than people still not realizing that you can’t start threads during a game?

Allen with a shock collar on and gets zapped every time he throws off his back foot

You’re absolutely right. I should have combed through pages of a thread with a topic that doesn’t refer to the player. We should close the Singletary thread too. Actually, we should close all threads before 1p because they happened “pre” game

I realize he hasn’t done much this season, but I really hoped his presence as a deep threat on the corner opposite of Brown would help spread things out and we would actually take some shots

If he fumbles once in this game, he’s dead to me

Don’t you dare try to put this evil on me. We all know that it’s you who hold the secrets.

I think I’m playing press coverage and making Brady try to beat me with deep throws on the outside. I don’t know if that’s still in his arsenal. everyone else covers middle zone or blitzes.

Many have tried, most have failed

Well, so long as your confident....

I hate you

He’s been trash this year. I don’t know if his injury is nagging him still. But trash....

One of them notoriously took plays off, but I can’t remember which one

How would they decide the 17th game? Right now, it works out perfectly in that you play everyone in your division twice, two full other divisions, and one from each division in your conference that finished with the same record as you. It would create and imbalance, especially with home and away games. To keep it even, you need to go to 18 games or simply eliminate the divisions. Just AFC and NFC

I’m sure she looks a lot hotter when holding those mincecraft currency cards

I’ve always thought mud wrestling deserved more national attention.

I’d take Barkley to start for us than anyone on the Dolphins period.

I just came

Unfortunately, as of now, there is no cure. Ask me again Sunday night

Jane, you ignorant slut. Tin foil is exactly what the government wants you to use. And by government, I mean the extra terrestrials that’ve infiltrates the bodies of our most predominant leaders. Tin foil doesn’t keep their telepathy out, it magnifies your thoughts and let’s them in. You want to know the truth? Well, I can’t tell you that because then they’ll know that I know. And, if you know that I know, then they’ll know that you know that I know about them knowing what their plan is. Nice try @Augie, but I wasn’t born yesterday

On what?! I have no idea what this is and why it's over 100 pages. I'm scared.....

WTF thread did I just stumble into......

That is an option, yes. But, the reason you are worried is the same reason they went digital; so they could stop potential fraud