Game Thread W2 - San Diego V New England (1 Viewer)

[SacramentoBob]

Should've gone for 2 there.

 

[Army Eye]

VJax is blowin' up! Unbelievable one-handed TD catch

 

[Tau837]

Feels like the Chargers should be tied or leading this game. Feels like they are the better team but have beaten themselves so far.

 

[JbizzleMan]

Feels like the Chargers should be tied or leading this game. Feels like they are the better team but have beaten themselves so far.

Self- inflicted wounds are going to cost them this game.

 

[SacramentoBob]

Feels like the Chargers should be tied or leading this game. Feels like they are the better team but have beaten themselves so far.

Self- inflicted wounds are going to cost them this game.

Chargers need a better coach.

 

[griff321]

Jackson, I owe you a beer. Sorry for talking about your drops.

I lost Charles today but I may still put up 200 pts because of him.

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

GG.

 

[oldmoney]

And Gronk closes put the game...

 

[PlasmaDogPlasma]

940 yards. 4148 to go.

So, week 13?

 

[bostonfred]

940 yards. 4145 to go.

 

[Michael Brown]

Nah, don't call the timeout on the other side of the two minute warning or anything -- who wants to save valuable time?

 

[Team ROFLCOPTERS]

Cookie jar.

 

[elmanx]

Is Hernandez hurt or something. I haven't noticed him on the field for a while.

 

[Beerguzzler]

You just don't win games when you have 3 turnovers.

 

[MSULions]

Tolbert has looked okay today, but not getting in on 4th and 1 and that fumble probably means more work for Mathews. IMO Mathews has looked better so far this season anyway.

That's such an absurd statement. The three TDs vs the vikings was pure beast mode.

except the NFL is not a video game. Matthews has looked better in every facet of the game. Why they refuse to use him inside the 10 is inexplicable.

And they did use him inside the 10 today, and he scored a TD. They also used Tolbert at the 1 yard line, and he failed to convert. The fumble is much worse due to the timing, but not converting on the goal line was just as big.

exactly my point. he gets a TD early, and then his only other touch inside the ten was a run from the 5 to the 1 that he almost scored on. Then they brought Tolbert in to get stuffed. makes no sense. Matthews is very good, and very fast. Just because he isn't 258 lbs doesn't mean he can't be effective at the goal line.

 

[oldmoney]

Pats +3 turnovers but didn't feel they forced them. Goalline stand was nice again. No pressure - at all. Concerned D remains liability.

....

Law firm nice run.

 

[KGB]

Is Hernandez hurt or something. I haven't noticed him on the field for a while.

Yes, knee, not thought to be serious

 

[bostonfred]

296 yards per game to get there. Patriots have now scored 73 points in two games. 940 yards, 7 pass tds, 1 int by brady in the first two games of the season. That 7:1 td:int ratio is just off his 36:4 pace last year, but ahead of his scoring pace (56) and yardage pace (7560).

 

[North]

Still don't understand the love for Tolbert. They say he's a better blocker, don't see it. He's not a better runner and he's not a better receiver. He got stuffed on two shots from the 1 and fumbled the ball away on a critical drive. He's a bowling ball, a full back in disguise. I wonder how much better they would be if they gave Matthews a legitimate chance and stuck with him.

 

[Tau837]

Everyone talks about Tolbert lowering the boom on defenders. Mathews just did that, and the Pats DB is being walked to the bench.

 

[mad sweeney]

Damn, the Pats just have the Bolts' number. Even when the Bolts have a game clinching INT (I can't speak ill of the guy cuz I think he died a year or two later), they still can't win.

 

[Ministry of Pain]

296 yards per game to get there. Patriots have now scored 73 points in two games. 940 yards, 7 pass tds, 1 int by brady in the first two games of the season. That 7:1 td:int ratio is just off his 36:4 pace last year, but ahead of his scoring pace (56) and yardage pace (7560).

 

[Team ROFLCOPTERS]

There is another two points lost. All I needed was for Rivers not to lose points. I'm devastated.

 

[oldmoney]

Tolbert needs space to build momentum but couldn't generate it on his own. Mathews looked much more effective.

 

[North]

Tolbert has looked okay today, but not getting in on 4th and 1 and that fumble probably means more work for Mathews. IMO Mathews has looked better so far this season anyway.

That's such an absurd statement. The three TDs vs the vikings was pure beast mode.

except the NFL is not a video game. Matthews has looked better in every facet of the game. Why they refuse to use him inside the 10 is inexplicable.

And they did use him inside the 10 today, and he scored a TD. They also used Tolbert at the 1 yard line, and he failed to convert. The fumble is much worse due to the timing, but not converting on the goal line was just as big.

exactly my point. he gets a TD early, and then his only other touch inside the ten was a run from the 5 to the 1 that he almost scored on. Then they brought Tolbert in to get stuffed. makes no sense. Matthews is very good, and very fast. Just because he isn't 258 lbs doesn't mean he can't be effective at the goal line.

Norv Turner at his best. Matthews has looked better than Tolbert for the most part for two weeks now yet he wont get the majority of the carries b/c....? Tolbert is a glorified full back, Matthews is much more elusive and has a better YPC because he is a better runner. The argument that Tolbert is a better blocker is absurd b/c in today's game Tolbert didn't stay back to block once. I wonder what Matthews could do if he was given the full time job (20+ carries a game without having to come off every other down). Some of these coaches out think themselves.

 

[johnnycakes]

Well, I hope everyone got lubed up for that one.

 

[oldmoney]

Lots of sunscreen?

 

[tommyGunZ]

GG bFred and other Patriot homers. The better team won today. Hope to see you guys in the playoffs and perhaps we'll do a better job of hanging onto the ball, and give you guys a better game.