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Are we about to witness the Bears throwing up a 40 ?
Bill needs to pick one early in the week and stick with it.Where do the Patriots go from here? Back to Mac? If you have two starting QBs you have...
Stevenson even with Harris back over 20 PPR points.
Huh? They did punt, but why wouldn't you (feebly) attempt to draw them offsides first? What's the downside?This is how you know Eberflus doesn't really get it. You're up 19 and you're trying to draw them off with 4:41 left on their side of the field?
Either go for it or punt it.
Huh? They did punt, but why wouldn't you (feebly) attempt to draw them offsides first? What's the downside?
Tyquan Thronton has 4.26 speed and ran him down.I didn’t need it, but how does Gordon not score there?!
They punted.Huh? They did punt, but why wouldn't you (feebly) attempt to draw them offsides first? What's the downside?
Game's too over for half-heartened shenanigans. Punt the ball or go for it. You're not drawing anyone off with a half-assed snap count with everybody going through the motions, anyway. Let those sleeping dogs lie.
They punted.
About the only clean tackle NE had in the second half.Tyquan Thronton has 4.26 speed and ran him down.I didn’t need it, but how does Gordon not score there?!
For everybody celebrating the end of the NFL/DirecTV contract, this is what football is going to look like. ESPN+ gets exclusive rights to the Denver/Jacksonville game next week. Games are going to be on many different platforms, none of which will all be available to the average consumer. DirecTV will look a total bargain compared to what they're doing by fragmenting all the games over premium, paid networks.
I have no idea what you're talking about, but are you seriously complaining about something so innocuous? It literally made their punt easier to execute, would you have preferred they ***** slapped someone and got a personal foul instead? JFC.They punted.
Did you earn a Captain Obvious badge at work today? You're earning it in your personal life.
How's Le'Veon doing, by the way? Equitably paid?
To be fair, it’s probably for the best that no one sees that game.For everybody celebrating the end of the NFL/DirecTV contract, this is what football is going to look like. ESPN+ gets exclusive rights to the Denver/Jacksonville game next week. Games are going to be on many different platforms, none of which will all be available to the average consumer. DirecTV will look a total bargain compared to what they're doing by fragmenting all the games over premium, paid networks.
I have no idea what you're talking about, but are you seriously complaining about something so innocuous?
Didn't take up the cause, just thought it was completely innocent. You basically said the coach is clueless because of that play- sorry, that's absurd. I'd bet that most coaches would do the same thing in that situation, and I think Eberflus sucks. There is literally zero downside, why not?I have no idea what you're talking about, but are you seriously complaining about something so innocuous?
I wasn't making a federal case about it until you took up the cause, Captain Jack.
As for Le'Veon, I have you confused with another poster it seems. Sorry.
They punted.
Did you earn a Captain Obvious badge at work today? You're earning it in your personal life.
How's Le'Veon doing, by the way? Equitably paid?
Yikes, having a bad day rock?
Heaven help us all.Troy Aikman, the grand new voice of Monday Night Football
Actually at some point in the second half the Patriots did have a spy on Fields. It was a defensive lineman. The Mannings were laughing at that.For being arguably the greatest defensive mind of the last 20 years, this is one the worst defensive game plans ever by Belichick. Literally, the only on real threat on the Bears offense is Fields running. They employed no spies and let him break off huge chunks and rush for 82 yards in the game. It’s baffling and incomprehensible as to what their defensive game plan was.
The Pats have a problem with mobile / athletic QBs. They can get pressure but can't tackle them, and since they predominantly play man coverage, once the QB steps out of the pocket, he's off to the races. They have used spies before . . . whether that be a safety, a linebacker, or an extra lineman. It hasn't helped any. The spy has to be faster than the QB. When they switch to zone, they get picked apart once the QB wriggles free. Guys like Allen and Lamar kill them.For being arguably the greatest defensive mind of the last 20 years, this is one the worst defensive game plans ever by Belichick. Literally, the only on real threat on the Bears offense is Fields running. They employed no spies and let him break off huge chunks and rush for 82 yards in the game. It’s baffling and incomprehensible as to what their defensive game plan was.
who doesn't like BB getting embarrassed at home prime time?
Following losses by 17 points or more, since Brady took over, NE went 12-3 the following game. But since Brady left, NE has gone 1-3 after similar losses.who doesn't like BB getting embarrassed at home prime time?
Probably their next opponents
Following losses by 17 points or more, since Brady took over, NE went 12-3 the following game. But since Brady left, NE has gone 1-3 after similar losses.who doesn't like BB getting embarrassed at home prime time?
Probably their next opponents
Following losses by 17 points or more, since Brady took over, NE went 12-3 the following game. But since Brady left, NE has gone 1-3 after similar losses.who doesn't like BB getting embarrassed at home prime time?
Probably their next opponents
If the Bears can figure out how to use Fields
https://twitter.com/SalSports/status/1584749479806148608?s=20&t=fZTaKG0IPZv3FKkDBaYWXAFollowing losses by 17 points or more, since Brady took over, NE went 12-3 the following game. But since Brady left, NE has gone 1-3 after similar losses.who doesn't like BB getting embarrassed at home prime time?
Probably their next opponents
@SalSports
Bill Belichick has now coached 157 regular season games with someone other than Tom Brady as his starting QB). He's 74-83 (.484) in those contests.
This shouldn't be surprising. Bill Walsh was 15-24-1 without Montana. Chuck Noll was 86-97-1 without Bradshaw. Tom Landry never went to a SB in a season where Staubach didn't play. It took Andy Reid 21 years and Mahomes to finally win a SB. It's not uncommon for great coaches to achieve great things with great QBs. Shocking, I know.If the Bears can figure out how to use Fields
https://twitter.com/SalSports/status/1584749479806148608?s=20&t=fZTaKG0IPZv3FKkDBaYWXAFollowing losses by 17 points or more, since Brady took over, NE went 12-3 the following game. But since Brady left, NE has gone 1-3 after similar losses.who doesn't like BB getting embarrassed at home prime time?
Probably their next opponents
@SalSports
Bill Belichick has now coached 157 regular season games with someone other than Tom Brady as his starting QB). He's 74-83 (.484) in those contests.
If there is an untold story here, I wonder if Bill has downshifted to a less hands-on approach and is happy at this stage to let Patricia, Judge, Steve Belichick and others bear the yoke of what happens week to week, content to counsel others and rack up (less frequent) wins to catch Shula in 2-3 years. Previously, its been discussed that at this stage of his career he's exercising the luxury of working with who he wants to work with, coaching who he wants to coach, etc. We're all aware of some of the interesting Brady / Kraft / Belichick dynamics that have gone down over the course of the last 4 years...its not entirely impossible to me that at least a smidge of going through the motions hasn't crept into his leadership personna.The strangest part of last night was NE looked woeful unprepared. The defense fought hard initially, but then they ran out of steam from getting mauled by the end of the game. The NE OL had way too many penalties and dumb mistakes. It doesn't matter who is the QB when every series you are looking at 20 yards to gain a first down deep in your own territory. And their punter kept kicking 30-yard punts that set up the Bears in NE territory. A bad night all around.For being arguably the greatest defensive mind of the last 20 years, this is one the worst defensive game plans ever by Belichick. Literally, the only on real threat on the Bears offense is Fields running. They employed no spies and let him break off huge chunks and rush for 82 yards in the game. It’s baffling and incomprehensible as to what their defensive game plan was.
Many years ago, BB once said he couldn't see himself coaching until he was 70 (which is his age now). I heard him on the radio saying he loves coaching more than ever (perhaps a veiled dig at Brady). He also said he could see himself coaching until he's 80, as there's nothing else he loves doing more than coaching (and he doesn't have anything else he's that passionate about or interested in).If there is an untold story here, I wonder if Bill has downshifted to a less hands-on approach and is happy at this stage to let Patricia, Judge, Steve Belichick and others bear the yoke of what happens week to week, content to counsel others and rack up (less frequent) wins to catch Shula in 2-3 years. Previously, its been discussed that at this stage of his career he's exercising the luxury of working with who he wants to work with, coaching who he wants to coach, etc. We're all aware of some of the interesting Brady / Kraft / Belichick dynamics that have gone down over the course of the last 4 years...its not entirely impossible to me that at least a smidge of going through the motions hasn't crept into his leadership personna.The strangest part of last night was NE looked woeful unprepared. The defense fought hard initially, but then they ran out of steam from getting mauled by the end of the game. The NE OL had way too many penalties and dumb mistakes. It doesn't matter who is the QB when every series you are looking at 20 yards to gain a first down deep in your own territory. And their punter kept kicking 30-yard punts that set up the Bears in NE territory. A bad night all around.For being arguably the greatest defensive mind of the last 20 years, this is one the worst defensive game plans ever by Belichick. Literally, the only on real threat on the Bears offense is Fields running. They employed no spies and let him break off huge chunks and rush for 82 yards in the game. It’s baffling and incomprehensible as to what their defensive game plan was.
The flipside of that argument is that he's the Tiger Woods of football, having no life outside of football, no interaction with anyone outside the bubble, and a pathological pursuit of success.
But, as you noted, looking "woefully unprepared" doesn't jibe with the historical BB experience.
If nothing else it will be interesting to see what happens from here.