LinvilleGorge

The biggest thing was just continuing to run straight vanilla drop back passing plays instead of putting your mobile QB on the move to get him away from the immediate pressure your rookie LT is giving up on nearly every snap.

The Pats have a big conundrum with Will Campbell. Unless he was dealing with a seriously limiting injury issue in the playoffs he ain't an NFL LT. The Pats gave up 29 QB pressures in the playoffs, the most ever. Will Campbell gave up 14 pressures last night, the most by any OL in any game this season and the most in a playoff game in nearly a decade. To put that in perspective, Mike Remmers was credited with 7 pressures allowed in SB50. He might have to kick inside to OG.

Well, the next big thing in the NFL cycle is free agency. Here's some key dates to keep in mind. February 17th: deadline for transition and franchise tags March 9th: legal "tampering" period where teams can legally begin negotiating with free agents. We'll know where a lot of the major targets are heading before free agency technically begins. March 11th: start of the new league year and official kickoff of free agency

Ita wild the Falcons drafted him in the 1st round with these serious concerns. I mean, Hardy fell all the way to the 6th largely because of similar concerns. At some point in the draft it's tempting to take a shot on the talent. 6th round? Okay, I get it. You're in the throwing darts at the board portion of the draft at that point. 1st round? Oof.

What an absolute bizarro year of football. The Indiana Hoosiers win the college national championship and Vanderbilt was a borderline playoff team. Sam Darnold is now a Super Bowl winning QB while the Chiefs and Ravens miss the playoffs and the Panthers were division winners. John Harbaugh fired and Mike Tomlin forced out. Bill Belichick can barely win a game and Josh McDaniels is the new Mike Shula. What in the world... LOL

None of it is rocket science. No one is doing anything different in the game of football at this point. It's about getting good players and putting them in a position to succeed. Basically, don't be Mike Shula in SB50 or Josh McDaniels in SB60.

I was specifically talking about McDaniels and the Pats offense. They didn't adjust to poo.

Surely there's no way the Pats don't invest big in the OL this offseason. They also gotta figure out if Campbell is the answer at LT. He got treated like a doormat by every team in the playoffs. If he wasn't dealing with some injury they were keeping quiet or something along those lines you really have to question if he's an NFL LT. Not saying he can't be a starter somewhere on the OL but you gotta question of LT is the right spot for him.

Yeah, literally nobody would've predicted that the Chiefs and Ravens would miss the playoffs and that the Pats and Seahawks would play in the SB. You could've bet a $20 bill on that parlay and retired on it.

If you bet before the season started that the SB would be the Seahawks vs. Pats you're an absolute geniu... fuging LIAR! LOL

It wasn't the coverage, it was the pass rush scheme. Zone defense behind a dominant pass rush has always been a recipe for great D. That was what the original Seattle Legion of Boom was built around. The overloaded the left side of the Pats OL all night long knowing those rookies wouldn't be able to handle it. And just like Shula in SB50, McDaniels refused to adjust to it. Just like Shula, he just stuck his head in the sand and pretended that somehow it would just magically start working out at some point.

Felt like Cam in SB50. He just didn't stand a chance. Overwhelmed OL and an OC who refused to adapt on the fly.

Dude, I lived 25 miles west of Mile High Stadium in 2015. I don't wanna hear poo. LOL

Yep, I fuging despise the Seahawks and their fans but Sam seems like a legit good dude and I'm happy for him.

The Pats have to fire McDaniels after this. It's hard to fire a guy after a SB run but we should've fired Shula after SB5O and the Pats should fire McD after tonight.