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I hear what you are saying, but allow me to nitpick just a bit
Having 5 of 7 games at home to start the season with a bye mixed in is about as good as it gets. Contrast with NE who started with 3 of 4 and 4 of 6 on the road which is about as hard as it gets. I think the schedule helped Den get off to good start and contributed to NEs poor start. Not much you can do about it and if I had my choice I would rather have the harder schedule early anyway.
Browner and Revis will mug Sanders and Demaryious respectively, Collins and Chung on Julius with Ryan playing hawk. Allow them to throw underneath to Welker and Hillman.
Nink, Ayers, Hightower and Easley all get sacks
This game will be silly on both sides of the ball.
I appreciate the enthusiasm, but I don't think Chung could cover Dave (Wendys) Thomas, never mind Julius :(Browner and Revis will mug Sanders and Demaryious respectively, Collins and Chung on Julius with Ryan playing hawk. Allow them to throw underneath to Welker and Hillman.
Nink, Ayers, Hightower and Easley all get sacks
This game will be silly on both sides of the ball.
Love it! Go Pats D!Browner and Revis will mug Sanders and Demaryious respectively, Collins and Chung on Julius with Ryan playing hawk. Allow them to throw underneath to Welker and Hillman.
Nink, Ayers, Hightower and Easley all get sacks
This game will be silly on both sides of the ball.
Biggest game of the year imo. If you can't beat the Broncos at home, then the season's pretty much over unless we luck out and the Broncos lose against the 4/5/6 seed.
I'm aware of Chungs mediocrity, but what he is pretty good at is playing physical, even with guys bigger than him. I think with a guy like Collins assisting in coverage against Julius will be as close as we'll probably get unless we move Browner/Revis on to him.
No shame in losing to DEN or NE and imho the better team in early November will not necessarily be the better team in January.
Given the increased emphasis this season on illegal contact and defensive holding pentalties, I think Denver will be very happy if that happens.Browner and Revis will mug Sanders and Demaryious respectively, Collins and Chung on Julius with Ryan playing hawk. Allow them to throw underneath to Welker and Hillman.
Nink, Ayers, Hightower and Easley all get sacks
This game will be silly on both sides of the ball.
Gotta take the penalties if you wanna play actual pass defense (see: 2013 Seahawks.)Given the increased emphasis this season on illegal contact and defensive holding pentalties, I think Denver will be very happy if that happens.Browner and Revis will mug Sanders and Demaryious respectively, Collins and Chung on Julius with Ryan playing hawk. Allow them to throw underneath to Welker and Hillman.
Nink, Ayers, Hightower and Easley all get sacks
This game will be silly on both sides of the ball.
Also, the Pats don't have anyone, not even in combination, who can contain JT (just as the Broncos have no real way to contain Gronk), especially in the Red Zone.
As I've already said, I think the key to this game is Denver's pass rush. If they can get pressure on Brady consistently, they win. If not, New England wins.
Good point. I'm just saying it they do it all day, and continue to give Peyton free first downs, it will backfire.Gotta take the penalties if you wanna play actual pass defense (see: 2013 Seahawks.)Given the increased emphasis this season on illegal contact and defensive holding pentalties, I think Denver will be very happy if that happens.Browner and Revis will mug Sanders and Demaryious respectively, Collins and Chung on Julius with Ryan playing hawk. Allow them to throw underneath to Welker and Hillman.
Nink, Ayers, Hightower and Easley all get sacks
This game will be silly on both sides of the ball.
Also, the Pats don't have anyone, not even in combination, who can contain JT (just as the Broncos have no real way to contain Gronk), especially in the Red Zone.
As I've already said, I think the key to this game is Denver's pass rush. If they can get pressure on Brady consistently, they win. If not, New England wins.
I disagree. As great as the Broncos have looked, only two of their games have been on the road, one of which was the OT loss to Seattle, and the other was against the Jets, a game in which the Jets D actually played well for long stretches in that game; the Broncos didn't exactly roll them in that game (the 14-point deficit came as the result of a late pick-6). And I am pretty sure Tom Brady is a lot better than Geno Smith. Even though I'd love to see the Broncos beat them good up there, I think it'll be close till the end, and the home team, as always in this series the last 7-8 years, has the advantage.
Will come down to turnovers, can give him free first downs all day if the drive ends in with a takeaway.Good point. I'm just saying it they do it all day, and continue to give Peyton free first downs, it will backfire.Gotta take the penalties if you wanna play actual pass defense (see: 2013 Seahawks.)Given the increased emphasis this season on illegal contact and defensive holding pentalties, I think Denver will be very happy if that happens.Browner and Revis will mug Sanders and Demaryious respectively, Collins and Chung on Julius with Ryan playing hawk. Allow them to throw underneath to Welker and Hillman.
Nink, Ayers, Hightower and Easley all get sacks
This game will be silly on both sides of the ball.
Also, the Pats don't have anyone, not even in combination, who can contain JT (just as the Broncos have no real way to contain Gronk), especially in the Red Zone.
As I've already said, I think the key to this game is Denver's pass rush. If they can get pressure on Brady consistently, they win. If not, New England wins.
In three games as a Bronco vs NE, Peyton has only had two turnovers. However, his RBs and Demaryious all had costly fumbles in the two regular season losses in '12 and '13, so ball security should be preached heavily this week by the Broncos coaching staff.
let's not get carried away --- manning has the choking history, and problems with the pats, and the pats have certainly been looking pretty good, but give manning a little credit for being a great qb.Devine Intervention said:
yeah, that's straight talk, right there.Browner and Revis will mug Sanders and Demaryious respectively, Collins and Chung on Julius with Ryan playing hawk. Allow them to throw underneath to Welker and Hillman.
Nink, Ayers, Hightower and Easley all get sacks
This game will be silly on both sides of the ball.I appreciate the enthusiasm, but I don't think Chung could cover Dave (Wendys) Thomas, never mind Julius :(Browner and Revis will mug Sanders and Demaryious respectively, Collins and Chung on Julius with Ryan playing hawk. Allow them to throw underneath to Welker and Hillman.
Nink, Ayers, Hightower and Easley all get sacks
This game will be silly on both sides of the ball.
It has been. When a guy fumbles, he has to carry a ball around the entire following week while his teammates try to strip it from him. This week, Fox is making every Denver skill position player do this. He (they) is (are) very aware of the importance turnovers are likely to play in this game, and is preparing accordingly. Not that I think such tactics have any impact whatsoever in preventing a guy from fumbling during live game action with everything on the line. Still, it's something. It is being preached heavily, at the very least.
I would think Revis on Demaryius and Browner on Julius makes the most sense, no? Browner's size would seem to make him the best suited to attempt to cover Julius one-on-one anyway... That dude is huge. Like a LB playing CB.yeah, that's straight talk, right there.Browner and Revis will mug Sanders and Demaryious respectively, Collins and Chung on Julius with Ryan playing hawk. Allow them to throw underneath to Welker and Hillman.
Nink, Ayers, Hightower and Easley all get sacks
This game will be silly on both sides of the ball.I appreciate the enthusiasm, but I don't think Chung could cover Dave (Wendys) Thomas, never mind Julius :(Browner and Revis will mug Sanders and Demaryious respectively, Collins and Chung on Julius with Ryan playing hawk. Allow them to throw underneath to Welker and Hillman.
Nink, Ayers, Hightower and Easley all get sacks
This game will be silly on both sides of the ball.
depending on game situation, I'd expect to see more of revis or browner on julius
oh, I agree about that, but we'll see how it shakes out.I would think Revis on Demaryius and Browner on Julius makes the most sense, no? Browner's size would seem to make him the best suited to attempt to cover Julius one-on-one anyway... That dude is huge. Like a LB playing CB.yeah, that's straight talk, right there.Browner and Revis will mug Sanders and Demaryious respectively, Collins and Chung on Julius with Ryan playing hawk. Allow them to throw underneath to Welker and Hillman.
Nink, Ayers, Hightower and Easley all get sacks
This game will be silly on both sides of the ball.I appreciate the enthusiasm, but I don't think Chung could cover Dave (Wendys) Thomas, never mind Julius :(Browner and Revis will mug Sanders and Demaryious respectively, Collins and Chung on Julius with Ryan playing hawk. Allow them to throw underneath to Welker and Hillman.
Nink, Ayers, Hightower and Easley all get sacks
This game will be silly on both sides of the ball.
depending on game situation, I'd expect to see more of revis or browner on julius
As he should be because that's exactly what he is--even moreso than Jimmy Graham. The guy can't block for ####.oh, I agree about that, but we'll see how it shakes out.I would think Revis on Demaryius and Browner on Julius makes the most sense, no? Browner's size would seem to make him the best suited to attempt to cover Julius one-on-one anyway... That dude is huge. Like a LB playing CB.yeah, that's straight talk, right there.Browner and Revis will mug Sanders and Demaryious respectively, Collins and Chung on Julius with Ryan playing hawk. Allow them to throw underneath to Welker and Hillman.
Nink, Ayers, Hightower and Easley all get sacks
This game will be silly on both sides of the ball.I appreciate the enthusiasm, but I don't think Chung could cover Dave (Wendys) Thomas, never mind Julius :(Browner and Revis will mug Sanders and Demaryious respectively, Collins and Chung on Julius with Ryan playing hawk. Allow them to throw underneath to Welker and Hillman.
Nink, Ayers, Hightower and Easley all get sacks
This game will be silly on both sides of the ball.
depending on game situation, I'd expect to see more of revis or browner on julius
I don't know that you'll definitely see guys following receivers around the field, so I think the pats have flexibility there, but I think he'll be covered like a big wr most of the time.
And why exactly wouldn't it be close? If the game was in Denver I could see the reasoning, but Manning doesn't play great in Foxboro. Add that to the weather, a crowd going absolutely nuts, and probably the best secondary he's faced all season besides the Seahawks, and I think you've got a pretty close game.
Why wouldn't it be? What's your reasoning?Devine Intervention said:
You're probably right. I took my first look at this thread earlier today and noticed a bunch of confident posts from New England fans, then my emotions got the best of me. As the cliché goes, anything can happen when Manning and Brady get together.
Good stats and I agree that NE has been better at home since the start of last season. Without knowing what the league averages are, I would guess that NEs 2010-2012 Home\Road consistency was probably among the best in the league, so what factors might help explain the sudden drop off? One would probably be an adjustment period after losing AH, but the biggest contributing factor might simply be Gronkowski being out or on a limited snap count for so many of the games referenced. They are a different team with a healthy Gronkowski.Anarchy99 said:
Another thing that could keep them in the game is the fact that they win almost 90% of their games at home under BB & Brady.
I agree, and my biggest worry is probably NEs OTs; they aren't that good and if they can't hold up its going to be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhS-i-c1XxI
