Paco

You sure do panic a lot for a Navy guy. Aren't you supposed to be calm under pressure? Why would you go off calling TD a moron, the team a circus, and suggest they were playing games that involved a word that is so childish that the board replaced with with the word "stevestojan." We're three games into the season and I would say our coaching staff has done more right than wrong. You need to chill, man. But panic away if you must. I guess I'll have to rely on the jarheads for composure.

I would add to all this that you can send the entire kitchen sink, but when Brady has a receiver running a crossing pattern all alone in the middle of the field, the blitz isn't going to mean crap. Successful quarterback blitzing relies, to a great extent, on successful downfield coverage. How many times did he hit people during a blitz?

With ice cream coming out its ass.

When McGhee was running back that kickoff, was I the only watching him run, thinking to myself, "Okay...where's the flag." Freakin' McGhee has WHEELS. Why...he's almost as fast as Moorman! Moorman's play is just amazing, for a punter. Reading his post-game quote, I was encouraged by his feel that there was little chance he couldn't make the first down. Couple that with his audible against the Raiders, and he shows more smarts than most any player on the team in terms of his vision of the field. (I particularly enjoyed watching him point at people to defend while he was running.) As a side note, I think I read he broke a record previously held by Paul McGuire. I can't imagine Paul McGuire running with a football unless he happens to be carrying a football when he realizes Dunkin Donuts is about to close for the night.

So what have we learned here? Don't let Travis throw the ball and don't count on him to block a blitzing linebacker. Had he picked up Bruschi like he was supposed to, Bledsoe had a clear first down and it most DEFINITELY would have been the last thing anyone expected.

Pooj, you're pretty damn smart and level headed for a guy who works retail. Great post. Thanks for the reality check.

I don't hate you, stevestojan. I don't even know you. What I hate is that every time you have a fleeting thought, regardless of whether it makes sense, you have to start a thread about it. You have no discretion at all. I also hate the fact that you've quit on the season. Yes, I know. I can hear your little Popeye rant of "I yam what I yam and if no one likes me then they can drop dead." That's all fine and heroic. But do you have to be a quitter, too? And worse yet...be a quitter who calls it being realistic? We both know the only reason you want to quit is because you're afraid YOU'RE gonna get hurt. You're protecting your emotions. If you actually played on this team, would you quit? Would you give up? Would you end the season right now? Or would you get up and fight the good fight? You have no idea what is in store for the teams we have yet to play. You could suddenly see a rash of injuries in Seattle...or Baltimore...or even NE, who, by the way, we almost DID beat yesterday IN SPITE OF a sloppy performance. It ain't over 'til it's over. Buck up. Find the good. Take one day at a time. Get ready to win until there's no more reason to win. When you know you're out of it, THEN put in whatever quarterback you want. But Matthews is your only change of quarterback right now, and DCgirl is right: MATTHEWS SUCKS. He's an emergency valve to finish a game. That's it. That's the only reason he's here. He's an emergency valve. Period. And the only reason to constantly scream for a change quarterback is obviously because you either don't understand football, which you do, or you love to hear yourself talk, which you do. Cry all you want. But for Christ's sake, people, DON'T QUIT!

Frustration does that to people. There were moments yesterday when I was ready to kill Bledsoe myself. But it didn't take long for me to (1) be mad at someone else real quickly and (2) remember what our alternatives are at quarterback. The difference for me is that the season isn't over yet. People like the smart guy who started this thread say the season is over already and we're done. The difference is...I'm not a quitter. The season is NOT over. Last I checked we have 13 games left. And Matthews is NOT a viable option at any cost. (I know that's not a popular thought, but Threadstarter says I'm stupid, so you really can't go by what I say.) But the quitters can't see past their frustration and anger. Watching this team is a tough thing to do, year after year. It's very frustrating, but when you consider our options, the best plan with 13 games left is to move forward, keeping playing the best you can with the best people in each possible position (and yes, that means Bledsoe at quarterback) and never give up. Never say die. Never quit.

And you somehow think that if Brady was behind OUR o-line that he would sit back there for a solid 4 seconds like he does with the Pats OL? Cuz that's exactly what you're saying. If Brady were behind our line with the Pats blitz coming at him, he'd be crapping himself, falling over, getting sacked, seeing yellow, fumbling and throwing a pick all in one play. And you call me stupid.

I think, too, KOK, that after watching Brady throw yesterday, he's just a much better quarterback than Bledsoe. His patience in the pocket was freakish, and once in a while the camera angle would show him throwing passes that had ever the least bit of arc on them to get over the defender but directly to the receiver. It's not hard for me to see how they went from 13-21 to 43-12. Unfortunately, we don't have a Brady. We have a Bledsoe...and after that, the QB talent drops off dramatically on our roster. Which is why to me, changing up the quarterback has no upside to it at all. It also would change up the way the OL has begun to improve because they're still getting used to Bledsoe's cadence's, etc. Tossing Matthews in there when the season isn't over yet won't do anything but end the season a lot sooner.

Yes it does. And yes it will. Every time I have to read another "look at what I'm thinking" thread that is simply a reiteration of all your other posts.

Mickey, you really hit the nail on the head and I appreciate your saving me the trouble of having to iterate it once again. My biggest fear is that the Bledsoe haters will get their wish one day soon...and they'll only realize that swapping out Drew is no different than Miami putting Feeley in for Fiedler, and then Fiedler back in for Feeley. You can change them all you want, but you're still going to have the same results. People think "Oh, it'll provide a spark for the team." And it may. For a moment or two. And then you'll see the same thing with Matthews that you saw with Drew. All you have to do is look at the way Fiedler played yesterday to see what happens when you start flipping quarterbacks with a team like ours. In five and a half games, Fiedler has 10 interceptions, 6 fumbles, 16 sacks and three TDs. Prior to yesterday's brilliant three picks and two fumbles, everyone felt Feeley should start. And that's exactly what the got halfwaythrough game two. What did Feeley do? Provide a spark? No. Five picks, four fumbles...umpteen sacks. Different quarterback, same results. Gee...I wonder why that is? But some people just don't care because they need SOMEONE to blame. And some people, like stevestojan, just keep posting the same things over and over because they apparently feel that each new thread is an original thought.

Kinda like this entire thread. Absolutely no intelligence whatsoever. But you ASK for intelligence in return? Ooookay. I'm the dumb one here.

Another reason they ask, Rico, is because it typically costs the store more to run it as a credit card versus a check card. It varies from place to place, but the vender almost always want you to use your card as a check card because their fees are cheaper.

Keep that brain chuggin' there, little fella. Sooner or later you'll come up with something that sticks.

Not that's fuggin' funny.

HEY, WHO ASKED YOU GIDGET!!!! I happen to have a Ph.D in Patriot Fan bashing, so I'm fairly certain I know just a LITTLE bit more about how to treat a sick person than you do. (I swear to God I am only kidding. After reading the board the past 24 hours, it seems like anyone can bash anyone for anything. Thanks for correcting me.)

Starve a cold, feed a fever. KD is right. Keep fluids going in, any way you can. As much as you can take. Particularly water.

That's because 90% of the Pats fans are arrogant, classless, mindless chuckleheads who have only been around long enough to see their team win and will never be around when the time comes...and the time WILL come...when their team starts taking another dump. They will go away once their team starts losing. And their team WILL start losing. Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow. But one day. And for a long time after that.

Paco's not a retard. He's just slow.

Okay, let's take the defense out of the equation. First drive of the third quarter. We get to the Patrtiot's 37. One holding penalty and two false starts, and before long we're 3rd and long, and before long we're punting again. Every time we seem to get momentum, we get another offensive penalty. I saw three dropped passes yesterday, and two plays where Moulds ran the wrong route. I saw a couple of players get hit late, but never saw a flag come out. I saw more than enough things happen on offense to make me realize that Bledsoe is not the primary problem. If I saw anything wrong with Bledsoe yesterday, it was the one thing people have always seen from him since he first became a quarterback. The more you have defenders bumping into him, falling around his feet, forcing him out of the pocket, the more his abilities fall straight to hell. But not in any game-costing manner. Now, back to the defense; let's say we STOP them from converting a 1st and 35, and we end up with the ball in great field position. Now eliminate the holding penalties, and false starts, and dropped balls. Or let's say the referees are NOT so quick to call "down by contact" and we get the second Dillon fumble...which was clearly a fumble. It all works together in one form or another. I'm not saying it's not broken. It's VERY broken. I'm just saying that plugging in a new quarterback won't fix things here any faster than it has managed to fix things in Miami.

And when I think of Hee-Haw hotties, none was hotter than ?????????????

As long as you keep selling your season tickets, there will be a Patriots fan standing there to buy it from you.

I hope they replace Bledsoe as soon as possible. That way you can suddenly and unequivocably realize that he is not the team's problem. He's a part of the problem, but if you think getting rid of him will suddenly make this team win, then you must be turning your TV off every time our defense gets on the field and gives up a 1st and 35 pass play...or a 3rd and 27 like Gannon did for his one TD of the day...or four consecutive fourth down conversions like they did against the Jags. I guess it's just easy for you to keep saying it's Bledsoe, so keep on pounding the same point. You will get what you want, soon enough. And when you do, you'll find someone else to B word about, I suppose.

That's too bad because I'm sure Johnnyfairplay could've tripped up that scene in a groovy, happenin' kinda way. Dig, daddy-o? Where's Moondoggie when you need him, Gidget?