Sweetness_34
Footballguy
What happened with Hernandez today? Was he inactive? Or Brady just did not target him all game because he was in love with Gronkowski?
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- Thread starter Sweetness_34
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Donsmith753
Footballguy
Hes probably cost me the week, it does say on Rtsprts that he's credited With 1 pass defensed?
PlasmaDogPlasma
Footballguy
He was barely on the field. The Pats went with their better blocking TEs for most of the game.
Sweetness_34
Footballguy
Ok. Luckily he will not cost me the win since the rest of my team just blew up - Big Ben; Charles; Moreno; ANdre J; BMW/Seattle etc
King of the Jungle
Footballguy
It wasn't a poorly thrown pass - Hernandez was out of position. Brady had to throw it in front of in because Hernandez did not get in front of the line enough to take away the chance of a fumble if it were a dropped pass. That is why Brady was pissed and that is why we didn't see much of AHern after that.
montana_grizzly_bears
Footballguy
So is this a one game thing that NE just did to stop the Pittsburgh defensive rush or do we see more of this the rest of the year?
HustleBlood
Footballguy
Pats put hernandez back for hail mary protection and he knocked the ball down
SuperGreen
Footballguy
remember the patriots TE fiasco years ago with watson and graham? you'd think you had it figured out and watson was gonna emerge after a big game and he'd disappear for a month while it seemed graham was more involved? and just when people had dropped watson he'd score 2 TD and the cycle began all over again?this might be the second act of that tragedy.
This is my take on this situation-
Hernandez himself said his lack of involvement was "part of the game plan". If you think about it the passing game was somewhat centered around him. Gronk was mostly a blocker/goal line pass option for Brady. BB is at his best with misdirection. Tough road game against top defense ready to tee off on Brady- having Gronk in most of their base formations signaled "run" to the Steelers D and allowed Gronk to be open and other recievers to flourish as well. The fact that Steelers defense was shredded at home somewhat supports the concept that they were caught off guard after studying game film/formations.
That and the fact that Brady looked terrific.
Just my 2 cents.
Hernandez himself said his lack of involvement was "part of the game plan". If you think about it the passing game was somewhat centered around him. Gronk was mostly a blocker/goal line pass option for Brady. BB is at his best with misdirection. Tough road game against top defense ready to tee off on Brady- having Gronk in most of their base formations signaled "run" to the Steelers D and allowed Gronk to be open and other recievers to flourish as well. The fact that Steelers defense was shredded at home somewhat supports the concept that they were caught off guard after studying game film/formations.
That and the fact that Brady looked terrific.
Just my 2 cents.
WiDDoW_MaKeR
Footballguy
No it isn't. Hernandez was barely in the game. It sure as hell wasn't because of one incomplete pass.... that's just silly.
kip stabone
Footballguy
I believe he was targeted on the very next play after the dropped ball. That said, he was not in on very many plays I think I'm going to look elsewhere.
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Nemesis
Footballguy
Well, stay away from Moeaki.......he's an even bigger tease.
Lehigh98
Footballguy
The Texans could have used him.Pats put hernandez back for hail mary protection and he knocked the ball down
Macdaddy_2004
Footballguy
Big hand to Belicheck for costing me my fantasy matchup..................................................
WOW....you guys sound like whiney little girls. Yeah guys NEVER put up zero's.....ask the MSW owners, ask the Jennings owners LY.....stuff happens.
two_dollars
Footballguy
Keep us updated
two_dollars
Footballguy
Or Hines Ward owners.
Voodoo Rage
Footballguy
Romofan
Footballguy
Haberdasher
Footballguy
That looks like it could be most remaining fantasy weeks, with the possible exception of 12 & 16. wk 11 Indwk 12 @Detwk 13 NYJwk 14 @ Chiwk 15 GBwk 16 @ Buf
Heard on the radio this morning that maybe Hernandez was a little too happy with his game vs. CLE despite the team losing horribly. He was also given a day off earlier in the week which some speculate may have been for personal reasons. That day off was a critical day when they went over the gameplan.
It sounds like it was a planned thing (not having him involved) last night.
It sounds like it was a planned thing (not having him involved) last night.
HULLOBUDMAN
Footballguy
Detroit is 7th in the league in sacks. Only 3 off the lead.Haberdasher said:
Or Hines Ward owners. I really got screwed last night I started Hines Ward and Aaron Hernandez...
Sweetness_34
Footballguy
I am surprised it took so long for some whiney beotch to point that out .... love the shark pool and the infinite moderators who have to make themselves feel important on the internet 
Iwannabeacowboybaby!
Footballguy
I had Hernandez, Hines Ward and Pittsburgh D, all gave me zero. I am not in a good mood today, I let everyone back in the points race after this debacle.Hernandez wasn't even hardly in the game. I was looking for him all the time and he wasn't even in. In hte 2nd quarter he was in a little and they threw that screen that failed and then went semi deep to him and that failed.......that was it. Gronkowski was in all the time and looked good doing it. The White Rhino looked like the real deal last night.
He dropped a pass early and cant pick up blocks, so they had gronk and crumpler in most of the time, he still played but obviously wasnt the stud the gronk was last night.
This is good imo, I cant remember where but I heard they were gonna make hernandez a WR next year and gronk/crumpler were gonna be their TEs.
But Gronkowski has proven time and again that he is a great blocking TE and can run almost any route, hes big enough to be a great redzone target.
This is good imo, I cant remember where but I heard they were gonna make hernandez a WR next year and gronk/crumpler were gonna be their TEs.
But Gronkowski has proven time and again that he is a great blocking TE and can run almost any route, hes big enough to be a great redzone target.
I sure hope not. His value is mostly killed if he's designated a WR. Would probably put a lot of people in a tough position if they're relying on him to be their TE. I know I'd be pretty upset if they swapped him.
knowledge dropper
Footballguy
How can you trust him as your #1 again? I had been using him since losing Finley. I may have to hit the waiver wire this week.
Whew.Thank god.
donaldhaas
Footballguy
If you don't like the Shark Pool, you can always come back from your cowardly hiding to face up to the most embarrassing thread in the history of fantasy football forums
HAHAHAHAHAHA! :(
Hipple Long Ware & Peete
Footballguy
Paging Yudkin...
Daniel Shirley
Footballguy
Had been comfortable plugging him in weekly for a lost Finely as well but felt like I was playing a game of 'Where's Waldo' Sunday Night. Wonder what the story is here...
Darn you Finley! 
Dancing Bear
Footballguy
Good grief. He did not miss a pass early. The play was in the 2nd Q. He was targeted two plays in a row and Brady missed on both. He had no targets after that.
There is really no explanation why the receiver who has been targeted the most through the first 8 games for the Pats only had two targets ... You can say it was for blocking, but that does not explain why Gronkowski had so many targets and the 3 TD's to boot. Gronkowski was targeted much more than he has in any of the previous games; my feeling is that Belichick threw him a bone to help him get over his POOR showing from the week before.
Must have been a star alignment as all 3 brothers scored on Sunday.
There is really no explanation why the receiver who has been targeted the most through the first 8 games for the Pats only had two targets ... You can say it was for blocking, but that does not explain why Gronkowski had so many targets and the 3 TD's to boot. Gronkowski was targeted much more than he has in any of the previous games; my feeling is that Belichick threw him a bone to help him get over his POOR showing from the week before.
Must have been a star alignment as all 3 brothers scored on Sunday.
WisWolvrns
Footballguy
It was also mentioned by the talking heads during the game that Crumpler and Gronk would play more to help with the 3-4 end rushers the steelers had because they were better blocking TEs than Hernandez. Also Gronk attended Woodland Hills High School, so playing in Pittsburgh against the Steelers was an added bonus for him to want to shine. Overall classic BB. Neutralize the defenses best strength with formation and play calling. Great for winning an NFL game, albeit not so good for FF owners with Hernandez...
CrossEyed
Footballguy
Meh, he grew up near Buffalo and moved his senior year to Woodland Hills. Then he went to Arizona. Not like he was a Steeler fan all his life.
dwashington
Footballguy
dwashington
Footballguy
Hernandez is listed as one of the Patriot's 'practice players of the week.' for this week.
Anyone know what that means??
Anyone know what that means??
Macdaddy_2004
Footballguy
It means Belicheck is going to have him go for 3 TD's like Gronk last week - I think BB gets off on $crewing fantasy teams.
JohnnyU
Footballguy
Somehow I don't think Belechick has fantasy football in mind when he creates a game plan.
Macdaddy_2004
Footballguy
I'm pretty sure he does - have you seen how he splits the RB carries year after year? What about that whole Ben Watson and Daniel Graham fiasco?JohnnyU said:
