Patriots next week

[golfer]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Easy money unless BB decides to play the 2nd stringers in the 2nd half...

How does this game not wind up 42-10 or something like that?

Considering the touchdown they scored on 4th down at the end of the game Sunday, I don't think you have to worry about Bellicheck's not wanting to run up the score.

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by golfer

Considering the touchdown they scored on 4th down at the end of the game Sunday, I don't think you have to worry about Bellicheck's not wanting to run up the score.

Or the bomb for a TD they threw to Moss in the 4th quarter against the Bills when the Bills were effectively taking a knee and running out the clock.

[Danzig]

stephen a smith commented on the accusations that the pats ran up the score at dallas. i agreed with what he said. that if dallas just wanted the game over, they shouldn't have called time out with 1 1/2 minutes left for one...more to the point, you don't want the other team to score--don't let them!
also enjoyed his take on the whole popcorn thing. funny stuff.

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

cannon goes to the well again...lol

[skippy3481]

I don't remember writing that you should blitz all the time. I said you had to take calculated risks. Randy moss is a game breaker, dante stallworth is above average but nothing special. I can think of more then a few corners who could take stallworth in man coverage. I can think of zero that could take randy moss. The whole key is to force brady into bad throws. If you don't bring pressure, his mistakes will be few and far between. You have to give him diffrent looks, stunts, twists etc up front. The pats offensive is solid so you cant just hope your front 4 get pressure. Mix it up bring safeties, corners, backers, whatever just keep mixing it up and stay out of some weak gap zone.

[skippy3481]

JJP. Welker is a nice reciever but nothing special. I call it the brandon stokely reciever. Put an average reciever with two above average reciever( such as stokely the last few years in indy) and he is going to put up numbers simply because coverages are being rolled to the outside to shut the recievers down.

Originally Posted by skippy3481

JJP. Welker is a nice reciever but nothing special. I call it the brandon stokely reciever. Put an average reciever with two above average reciever( such as stokely the last few years in indy) and he is going to put up numbers simply because coverages are being rolled to the outside to shut the recievers down.

Welker is a tiny receiver and hard to find. But when you find him all hell breaks loose. This kid is super quick. He is not the giant stride game breaker Moss is. He is one of those jitter bugs that drives defenses mad. The group of receivers NE has complement each other very well.

And I do agree about bringing corners and safties from completely different spots. Brady is perfection if he gets in a comfort zone. He must be pressured. I think this is what makes Manning a touch better. He is not as mobile as Brady in the pocket, but Peyton can be pressured and still keep a rythym. Indoors anyway.

NE beats Dallas with a 3rd string running back and Dallas scores a defensive TD and people here are calling that game close. I totally disagree. 4th quarter cruch time begins and NE starts taking Dallas apart. God I hate the Cowboy fans down here. They say NE tried to run up the score and they are as good as NE... they just got too many penalties. Jerry Jones Cowboy fans are the worst. Crybabies. YA GOT BEAT BY A BETTER TEAM.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by skippy3481

Mix it up bring safeties, corners, backers, whatever just keep mixing it up and stay out of some weak gap zone.

Those guys are needed in assignments....if they get stopped on offense, it will be because a defensive line dominates the NE O-line and takes over the game.

You can't be serious about blitzing with safeties.....

[skippy3481]

Depends on what coverage you are running. If you your running a shell then you need those safeties back there, but it won't matter anyway because you won't get pressure and brady will have all day to throw. Typically a safety is used in a run blitz as the 8th guy in the box, but why not on passing downs. If your secondary is good you have options. If you have to commit 6 guys to covering the 3 pat recievers..... they are going to beat you like a drum.

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

Those guys are needed in assignments....if they get stopped on offense, it will be because a defensive line dominates the NE O-line and takes over the game.

You can't be serious about blitzing with safeties.....

If you are a team with an average defensive line you must.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

Or the bomb for a TD they threw to Moss in the 4th quarter against the Bills when the Bills were effectively taking a knee and running out the clock.

There was over 10 minutes left in that game when that happened! And whoever was covering Moss on the play had perfect coverage.

I don't think they are running up the score at all.

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

There was over 10 minutes left in that game when that happened! And whoever was covering Moss on the play had perfect coverage.

I don't think they are running up the score at all.

It was second and 1 and they were running down the Bills throat at that point. Not blatantly running up the score but a sign that Bellichick isn't afraid to pile the points on.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

There was over 10 minutes left in that game when that happened! And whoever was covering Moss on the play had perfect coverage.

I don't think they are running up the score at all.

There is no such thing as running up the score in the pros...the losers get paid for 60 minutes...if they suck, that is their problem.