I wanted to post a rapid reaction to the game but I had to wait for my blood pressure to calm down as I'm sure many of you did the same. Get an ice cold drink, open the windows, and BREAAATHEEEE...
Feel better?
GREAT!
Now there's something I want to get off my chest before I talk about the game. Although I find it clever, the Patriots fans have to let go of the "DROPSON" thing. Sure it was funny at first, but it's getting old, and unfortunately it's getting more popular because of the Internet. I understand we're an organization that doesn't pay attention to the media, and Social Networking, but letting this "DROPSON" thing catch on from Pats fans can really hurt the mentality of Aaron Dobson who's without a doubt starting to catch on to the system. Any Pats fan would know that if they watched today's game. Sure he had a drop or two, but he made some nice catches which is what he's supposed to do. I applaud him on his effort.
The Saints are the Saints. When Sean Payton came back this year I was 100% sure that the Saints weren't going to be the Saints of 2012. Brees and Payton know how to work an offense, and surely know how to make defenses look weak. This was no different today. The Pats defense was only giving up around 14 points a game, and if the Pats needed to win today's game, we surely had to put up more than 14. We did just that.
Our main focus today was keeping Brees on the bench, covering Graham, covering Colston, and stopping Sproles from those large gains on short passes. Between Colston and Graham they had a combine 1 catch for 11 yards... You read that correctly. 4 Quarters, 1 catch, 11 yards. They were targeted 9 times total. I think it had to do with how well the Pats defense played against them in the beginning. Talib did a great job covering Graham. It shows how well our defense played, but it also shows how dominant of a quarterback Drew Brees is without his main targets. We almost lost that. Benjamin Watson had a phenomenal game against the Pats. He still looks good which makes you wonder if he'd ever come back as a Pat later on in his career. Every time I hear his name it brings me back to that Pats/Bills game where Brady threw 2 TD's to Watson in the last 5 minutes of the game? I don't remember it was 9 or 5 minutes but it was close. I'm gonna say 5 minutes because it was memorable for me. I also remember him chasing down Champ Bailey in that 2005 Playoff game that we lost where we made Jake Plummer look like a God.
Our defense right now is a little bit banged up. Talib hurt is hip by running? That's what it looked like to me. I don't know the severity of it right now, but I'm hoping it's nothing long term. Our schedule the next few weeks looks rather tough. I don't care who we play, there's no such thing as an easy team. It's the JETS, FINS, and STEELERS we go against before getting our bye week. Our Bye week ends on a Monday night in Carolina which gives us an extra day. The Jets are a 3-3 team right now, and Geno Smith is playing some good football right now. The Fins are a great team too. The Steelers came off a nice win in NJ today against the Jets and they're looking to rebound their season. We don't know what's coming our way right now, but all I do know is that...
...our offense is starting to click.
People are going to rip on Aaron Dobson for his dropped passes but if you look at the stats he had more catches than anyone in today's game, and the most yards. He's not going to catch every pass he makes, but today's a good sign that he and Brady are on the same page. It's progress 6 weeks in. If anyone had intended him to be Megatron as a rookie then please stop watching football. So our leading receiver today made some great catches early on. It was like watching a whole new receiver honestly. Thompkins I cant speak highly enough of. This guy can play, and I see him being a big threat in the near future, and by future I mean the upcoming weeks haha.
I'm going to complain about Josh McDaniels play calling. The 3rd and Goal to go ahead and you run with Bolden? I want to punch him. I hope he's not the future of New England.
I'm already tired of Amendola. His bodies just not made for football. I never really thought his injury prone body was this bad. His two injuries that he had coming in were just freak accidents really. But now I'm seeing it. It's a shame because he's a great player, but it sucks that he can't stay healthy.
Speaking of healthy... Gronk. I really have no say on the situation. All we hear about is how good he's looking at practice, and how he's playing full force. They even said on the television today they were lining him up against Aqib Talib... I mean c'mon, what's the deal? If they were waiting for him to play against a big team wouldn't today have been the day? I also heard he's not playing next week either against the Jets.
Who knows, hopefully this will be settled before it gets worse. I'd love to him back on the field.
Lastly. COLLIE!!!!! He made a crucial catch today! He was targeted twice, and caught the ball twice. If he can stay healthy, and away from concussions he'll be as good as Amendola, if not better.
That's all folks!
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