If the Jags defense never forces the Pats to punt, they don't deserve to win. The Jags offense came to play; their defense is disgraceful so far. That drop was huge.
I understand that Jacksonville is afraid of the big play and all, but this passive, bend but don't break, keep everything in front of you, no blitz defense isn't working. The Pats haven't had to punt yet. They can keep trading scores and it won't matter.
Rodney Harrison is such a low-life piece of **** individual. Holding the ball in the guys face as he runs out of bounds. I would love to dance on his grave some day.
The Jags played the Pats completely wrong on the defensive side of the ball. Got to put 7 or 8 in the box, blitz and man cover the receivers. The Patriots are running the run and shoot.....got to turn it into the chuck and duck. DD
what a game for Brady: 26-28 (and welker dropped a pass) the best percentage in NFL history (regular season and playoffs) and what a nice play the one with the fake and the TD, if the pats plays like this, no one cant stop them. Garrard play very well, he is a great QB, but the receivers drop the most important balls, and good job stopping randy moss.
Seriously. The only games Brady struggled this year at all is when the blitz got to him. He isn't going to make mistakes w/o some pressure. He just isn't.
You gotta be kidding me. First of all, either Kyle Brady or Benjamin Watson are in on a good number of plays... both of them are TE's (something the run and shoot never featured) who will block if necessary. Second of all, Brady has already mastered the west-coast/quick pass scheme and won 3 super bowls with it. It was only this year that he was finally given some decent receivers that he could throw it deep to. And you want those ultra-talented recievers to be guarded with man coverage? Hell, they'll throw a TD on every single play. That's how good their blocking is, that's how good their WR's are, and that's how good Brady is.
did NOT cover. What are yalls thoughts on tomorrows games? I think both the Colts and Cowboys cover, and both games go OVER.
The Pats offense is incredible. But it is a FACT that Brady will carve up teams that don't pressure him. Pick your poison. Either you give up continual 10-12 play drives and your defense will be dead tired by mid-3rd quarter or you take some chances. If your D-line can't generate pressure by themselves you are complete toast against Brady. But it's better to blitz and risk the bomb than to give up guaranteed 1st downs almost every play. Even compared to his normal self, Brady was way too comfortable out there, almost like it was a scrimmage. Jacksonville's defense was not up to the task today, though part of it was a faulty game plan.
The only real chance of beating Brady is by bringing pressure with only the 4 man defensive line. Give him too much time and he will pick your defense apart. Show too many guys coming in with a blitz then he will go with a quick snap and short passes all day to Welker and his tight ends. Very hard to beat this kind offense where Brady can do so many things.
Hell Yes!!! Gates is going to play!! Time for the Chargers to beat the Colts for the third time in a row baby!
If Manning can do it in the playoffs I'll give him credit, but he has been terrible against the 3-4 defense in his career. He is something like 4-17 according to one of the ESPN radio guys (that seems hard to believe though ... I think most of those were against Pittsburgh where he lost 9 out of 10 and New England)
