2011-11-27, 19:55 | Link #3543 | |
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Anyways Teabow pulls it off again with the help of McGahee. I'm sure Teabow instilled some of his power into McGahee before that run, no way it would have worked otherwise.
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2011-11-27, 19:57 | Link #3544 |
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Might be a win for the raiders but it sure doesn't feel like one,lots of things to improve on.
Though that 80 yard punt might have been the best of Lechler's career,and believe me I've seen my fair share of amazing Lechler punts (mostly due to the fact that the raiders offence has been inexistant the past decade)
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2011-11-27, 20:32 | Link #3547 |
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Tebow and company get it done again^^...
This offense has the potential to be almost unstoppable once Tebow improves (even marginally) passing the football...The defenders are scared $hitless of him rushing the ball...22 attempts for only like 60 yards, but that forced the defense to use a controlled rush which allowed him to hit some decent passes...The D knows if you bull$hit on that Zone-Read you're gonna get got... It's so fun to watch...It's coming full circle-folks...People laffed at the Run-and-shoot during the late 80's and early 90's and all Warren Moon did was put the Oilers deep in the playoffs annually (THis was during the run-heavy Proform era)...Atlanta had some good success aswell and would have challenged for some titles if they weren't in the same division as the paying players under the table, cheating Ed Debartalo 49ners of that era... Just saying, Tebow's offense is what the run-and-shoot was during that last generation of football... Everyone says, you can't run this offense, defenses are gonna catch up with it, guess what? THEY' RE NOT CATCHING UP WITH IT, because coaches no longer draft burly LB's and Defensive ends, looking for speed over size since the concept of the spread offense and multi-receiver sets had become all the craze... Tebow can take hits from these undersized DE's and LB's, so it's not effecting his style of play...If he can get 25% better at passing than he is now, it's gonna be an amazing changing of the era's because now run-option QB's in college that CAN THROW EFFECTIVELY are gonna find a slew of opportunities in the NFL...The pass happy era is gonna be over right as Brees, Brady and Company exit the scene... It was crazy when New England started spreading the Steelers out in the early 2000's basically creating the NFL's version of the spread where big, blocky LB's and DE's started to get phased out because of their lack of duality in the passing game...Tebow is about to do the same thing using the spread now as a running offense...In an academic sense, it's fun to watch something like this evolve...Most rushing attempts ever by a QB in the Superbowl era, how cool is that if you're a purist...
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2011-11-27, 21:04 | Link #3548 | |
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They give up a lot of yards but are stingy in the red zone. This game is a good example. Other than the meaningless touchdown at the end, the only other touchdown the Pats allowed was the surprise downfield completion by Young on the third play from scrimmage. Overall the Pats gave up 466 total yards but held the Eagles to just thirteen points until the final minutes of play. Belichick has always had a "bend-but-don't-break" defensive strategy. It's just been more extreme this season. The secondary in particular was especially weak to start the season, but the NE defense overall has matured substantially over the past few weeks. Their other main weakness, poor tackling, has also been improved. The Eagles tried the usual strategy of knocking Brady down on every opportunity at the beginning of the game. The Patriots foiled this by going to the no-huddle and relying on short passes with the occasional long play to Welker or Branch. Wingy hates this style of offense, but the results speak for themselves.
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2011-11-27, 21:29 | Link #3549 |
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^There used to be a time when you could locate the teams' "weak sister" and just bleed them all game...Pats D-secondary has alot of "weak sisters" but I don't see anyone try to capitalize on that...They've had a good run of playing teams with inadequate passing games,(Jets, Cheifs, Eagles with Young) so i think that helps (Giants have a good passing attack)...
Easy for me to have a bold face considering Drew Brees in my team's QB, but do you know how bad we would clown a team that put Julien Edelmen as a nickback in the game? Eagles neither identified him, nor did they try to go at him...It's strange the way these teams don't even try to go extreme against a Pats secondary, a secondary today that only features 1 starting caliber NFL player in Kyle Arrington...It's just strange...Maybe it is the mystic, because they're doing it with mirrors on the back end...
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2011-11-28, 04:49 | Link #3550 | |
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2011-11-28, 17:01 | Link #3551 | |
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Third Down Efficiency 3/15 - 20% Raiders were only able to beat the Bears due to 2 big plays and the Bears inability to move offensively with Hanie, barring the last 2 minutes.
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2011-11-28, 17:09 | Link #3552 | ||
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http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/stats/.../patrick-chung I'm too skeptical a personality to qualify as a fanboi in most cases, but I do think the defense has improved considerably over the past few games. In their best years, the Patriots defense consistently held teams to under seventeen points; they're at twenty now, but the trend looks to be favorable. (Without that meaningless touchdown at the end of the game, yesterday's victory would have pushed the average lower.)
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2011-11-28, 19:27 | Link #3554 |
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You know something's screwed up when your QB gets sacked by an opposing WR.
Utterly pathetic. Seems like it's time to clean house in Philly. Out with Reid, out with Mornhinweg, and the Eagles should sign DeSean, but make it a heavily incentive-based contract as opposed to anything guaranteed. He's nowhere NEAR Fitz or Megatron level.
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2011-11-29, 00:26 | Link #3555 | ||
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I know Rodgers is gonna get the MVP...And with their record he'll deserve it, but dammit if Drew Brees is second to any QB in this league...Mofo is gonna have more yards, completions, TD's (Maybe even Completion%), and NFL Alltime records (Unitas streak, Marino's) this season and still will be the backup Probowl QB and a non-factor in the MVP...It's sad really...Manning stole his MVP in 2009 (Granted it was even enuff for him to get it on name), and Rodgers is gonna smoke him this year...
Brees' athleticism at his size (5'9 on a great day)...Ability to throw from an endless variety of angles because he's not tall enuff to see over the line at times...It's more amazing than what these classic prostyle (6'2 and above) QB's do...I mean that shake move Brees put on grant for that TD run is sick for a little dude like that^^... Obviously i'm a GEAUX Saints fan, but our style of passing offense is the most visually satisfying, aesthetically pleasing brand of ball in the league...That's mainly why, while I respect the Pats offense, as a fan, it's not very fun to watch at all... Quote:
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2011-11-29, 04:19 | Link #3558 |
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Did you watch the game? Eli Manning may or may not be elite in the eyes of some folks, but he's a very good quarterback that has elite performances a lot of the time. I'm not sure what "elite" means in your context, for me it's not just putting up fantasy football statistics. The Giants' defense has really sunk this season and couldn't stop the Saints at all. Manning had a pretty good game. But he can't win shootout after shootout after shootout with zero run game. Nor should he have to. He's definitely improved since his Super Bowl season. He looked like a completely different player at the time.
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2011-11-29, 04:32 | Link #3559 |
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Every QB has bad games - even the elite and great ones. But, Eli just has those bad games a bit too often. Sure, we've seen his stuff - when his games are good. But, he ain't the caliber of the current elite.
Current elite includes: Brees, Brady, P.Manning, and Rodgers.
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2011-11-29, 06:20 | Link #3560 | |
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