New England Patriots thread (MOD WARNING - #4503)

BKWDR

Odin Brief Watchband wrote: »

You should have Redzone via the red button on SS2.

Great il try that, i dont know the full set up in the pub, i've watched games there before. Does it cost extra for RedZone, is it an on demand service?
THanks

Son Of A Vidic

Looking back to game on Sunday, one area the defense needs to cut down on is third and long situations. The Saints were third and 20 in the 4th quarter and we gave up the down. In the game against the Bengals, it was 3rd and 23 with Dalton backed up to his 2 yard line. We gave up the down and they went on a TD game winning drive during that series. We really need to cut out these third and long situations. No doubt Belichick & Patricia will have a word or two to say about it this week in the film room.

TaosHum

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

Looking back to game on Sunday, one area the defense needs to cut down on is third and long situations. The Saints were third and 20 in the 4th quarter and we gave up the down. In the game against the Bengals, it was 3rd and 23 with Dalton backed up to his 2 yard line. We gave up the down and they went on a TD game winning drive during that series. We really need to cut out these third and long situations. No doubt Belichick & Patricia will have a word or two to say about it this week in the film room.

Although giving up 3rd and long is mightily frustrating, the Saints seem to be able to convert it at a decent success rate. In the game against the Fins, they converted 3rd and 10+ at least three times. They are very hard to match up against, so I wouldn't be too critical of your defense for giving up a 3rd and 10+ to a team like the Saints.

Son Of A Vidic

TaosHum wrote: »

Although giving up 3rd and long is mightily frustrating, the Saints seem to be able to convert it at a decent success rate. In the game against the Fins, they converted 3rd and 10+ at least three times. They are very hard to match up against, so I wouldn't be too critical of your defense for giving up a 3rd and 10+ to a team like the Saints.

The issue is they made the exact same mistake the week before against the Bengals. Giving up a down on 3rd and 23, when an offense is backed up to the 2 yard line should not be happening. What made it worse was, it went on to become a TD drive when it should have been a punt. Now our defense has really stepped up this season, but stopping those 3rd and long conversions is one area they need to work on.

Hazys

Brady mic'd up against the Saints

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-films-sound-efx/0ap2000000264587/Sound-FX-Tom-Brady

j8wk2feszrnpao

BKWDR wrote: »

Great il try that, i dont know the full set up in the pub, i've watched games there before. Does it cost extra for RedZone, is it an on demand service?
THanks

As long as they have SS2, then should have RedZone. Doesn't cost extra, nor is it On Demand.

Son Of A Vidic

Hazys wrote: »

Brady mic'd up against the Saints

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-films-sound-efx/0ap2000000264587/Sound-FX-Tom-Brady

Nice one, I was just going to post that.

BKWDR

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

Nice one, I was just going to post that.

Interesting to see the context around the no high five from Edelman, can't really hear the crowd in the back ground, wonder did he diss him ?

Onecoolcookie

BKWDR wrote: »

Interesting to see the context around the no high five from Edelman, can't really hear the crowd in the back ground, wonder did he diss him ?

Yeah it looks bad alright, and the fact that he high five's all the other receivers before Edleman you'd guess Edelman knew what was coming. I guess it's just a case of Brady being extra hard on Edleman now that he's the senior receiver amongst the group. Really impressive from Brady in the video though, he's such a great leader

Son Of A Vidic

BKWDR wrote: »

Interesting to see the context around the no high five from Edelman, can't really hear the crowd in the back ground, wonder did he diss him ?

It is such a total non-issue. When Edelman comes into shot, he looks like he was initially looking up at something. As far as I'm concerned, he was oblivious to Brady's hand being out and didn't see it. Go to 01:09 in the clip and play in back a couple of times and you'll see that Edelman was initially looking up at something. Brady's non-reaction sums the whole non-issue up.

j8wk2feszrnpao

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

It is such a total non-issue.

Last series of the game they hooked up for a huge 23 yards to start the game winning drive.
That's what counts.

BKWDR

Odin Brief Watchband wrote: »

Last series of the game they hooked up for a huge 23 yards to start the game winning drive.
That's what counts.

No doubt.

Son Of A Vidic

Odin Brief Watchband wrote: »

Last series of the game they hooked up for a huge 23 yards to start the game winning drive.
That's what counts.

Precisely.

Hazys

Seriously? People are reading waaaaay too much into the missed high five.

This is how Brady should have handled it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_PivSjd-PU

Dohnny Jepp

Having never had a football helmet on I can't say for sure, but I imagine it fairly restricts your peripheral vision, so even if he was distracted by something else for 10 seconds, he likely didn't even know brady was sitting there.

Hazys

Guess who's back?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut3RWuH2G_8

Son Of A Vidic

Great news, I just wish it wasn't against the Jets.

bruschi

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

Great news, I just wish it wasn't against the Jets.

ah fcuk them. let Gronk unleash hell on them and make up for months of frustration and get him and Brady destroying them. no better team for him to come back against and let rip!

I do take your point about worrying about him being injured, but sure he got injured the last 2 times falling over and on an extra point attempt, so its not as if anything any worse can happen!

JaMarcus Hustle

Talib practised today too

Son Of A Vidic

bruschi wrote: »

ah fcuk them. let Gronk unleash hell on them and make up for months of frustration and get him and Brady destroying them. no better team for him to come back against and let rip!

I do take your point about worrying about him being injured, but sure he got injured the last 2 times falling over and on an extra point attempt, so its not as if anything any worse can happen!

I like your way of looking at it bruschi.

bruschi

JaMarcus Hustle wrote: »

Talib practised today too

thats better news IMO. we always knew gronk would be back shortly, but it looked bad for Talib going off on sunday night.

Son Of A Vidic

JaMarcus Hustle wrote: »

Talib practised today too

I really, really, really hope, that he can stay healthy for the rest of the season.

Son Of A Vidic

With the loss of our two defensive captains Mayo and Wilfork for the season. Ninko and McCourty were today named as the two new defensive captains. I am particularly pleased to see Ninko getting the recognition for all his hard work.

Aotearoa

gronk has a horn on him a cat wouldnt scratch. lets have it.

Son Of A Vidic

And as most of us suspected already, here's what Edelman said on the missed high five...

"It cracks me up how everyone has been reacting to it," Edelman said Friday during his weekly radio interview Friday on WAAF in Boston. "It's unbelievable, to tell you the truth. …

"It's crazy. I didn't see him. And I think it was right before a punt return, so I was getting all fired up. You never know with the TV angle how close I actually was -- this, that."

It didn't take long after the game before Edelman was made aware of the high-5 that never was. In turn, he had some fun with Brady -- one of his closest friends on the team -- over the highlight.

"I got it on Sunday night from one of my buddies and I sent it right to him. I was like 'Yeah bro, I guess I'm just too sick for you.' He's over here busting me up and I texted it to him immediately, just to let him know," Edelman said.

http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/new-england-patriots/post/_/id/4751450/edelman-on-the-high-5-that-never-was

BKWDR

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

And as most of us suspected already, here's what Edelman said on the missed high five...



http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/new-england-patriots/post/_/id/4751450/edelman-on-the-high-5-that-never-was

I promise to never bring it up again

Masked Man

Talib is not traveling to New York.

kryogen

Masked Man wrote: »

Talib is not traveling to New York.

Im ok with that, as long as its not long term I don't mind him missing a couple if needs be. Shouldn't risk him because without him we have no chance against the better passing teams in the play offs

The lift he gives the secondary through his play and through his attitude cannot be ignored

Son Of A Vidic

Talib has never played and entire season since he entered the league. Worryingly, he seem to have a recurrent hip/hip abductor issue and he's listed as having a hip issue again in the injury report. So I'd rather see him resting up for a couple of games and have him right for the business end of the season.

eagle eye

Sound the alarms!!!!!!

Gronk is active

I REPEAT

Gronkowski is Active!!!