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An Actual Reaction Thread That's Not Retarded

fieryprophet

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Lord, the Huddle is so predictable.

 

1, 1A, 1B, 1C. It's preseason.

 

2. See #1.

 

3. We played our dress rehearsal Sunday against the Chiefs. The Patriots played their dress rehearsal tonight. We did not do much in the way of game-planning, hence the consistent failures on 3rd downs as our base defense held up nicely but succumbed to some well-designed 3rd down plays.

 

4. The Panthers obvious offensive focus was on passing plays no matter the coverage. Cam called no audibles and they did not give him a called running play. He also did fine overall, but was clearly not ready to pull the trigger on receivers other than Benjamin since he seems not to be able to anticipate their breaks. It's all timing that has to be ironed out, and soon.

 

5. Kuechly left the game long before most of the defensive starters, and a lot of the late coverage lapses came when Klein tried to handle the MLB duties on his behalf, including a few blown plays by Klein himself. It happens, but they were clearly trying to get A.J. some more experience at running the defense since he is also the primary backup for Keuchly.

 

6. Chandler Jones is a not a scrub, and Byron Bell only got beat badly by him once on an inside move, and it looks like he was expecting help from Silatolu.

 

7. Our OL depth is just bad; not necessarily from a lack of talent, but just sheer rawness and inexperience.

 

8. Swole Bones continues to make great plays, even when he's chasing down interceptors from half a field away.

 

9. I'm really getting concerned about Cam and Cotchery. They just don't seem to be in the same area code offensively.

 

10. Bersin has to make this team, he's just doing everything the right way. King helped himself again as well.

 

11. Fozzy continued to run hard, but the holes weren't there.

 

12. Philly Brown got a chance to show some moves, even if flags negated the gain.

 

13. Kelvin Benjamin is still beasting, and the Patriots eventually went to rolling coverage to him. This is exactly what we wanted from him; a player that demands double teams and opens things up down the middle for Olsen.

 

14. That Tom Brady guy might actually be pretty good, and we barely squeaked past this team last year when it mattered. We played a good team half-assedly in a meaningless game and the scoreboard reflected that. It hurts the pride but it's irrelevant beyond that.

 

15. Coaches love these kinds of games: much of the scoreline can be attributed to mistakes, not being physically outplayed, and mistakes can be corrected. So in an exhibition you took a quality teams best shots and get lots of film to take back and correct issues, and you get to bust your team's ass a bit in the process.

 

In summary, keep calm and stop Huddling.

 

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You think the Patriots gameplanned?

 

They didn't blitz or play many disguised coverages and it was same old same old on offense, short passing, run the ball and the occasional 20-25 yard play action pass downfield.

 

There was no special gameplanning to win, the Patriots dominated the lines of scrimmage and that's the story of the game.

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I'm glad someone sees the light.

It takes time for a new offensive line to create chemistry together.

The pats arguably have three starting qbs as well.

The only subject I will agree on with some of the topics posted tonight is that Godfrey shouldn't be our corner. I think Bene can be our nickle game one.

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Belichick on preseason game planning: "Not game planning for 90 guys. We can barely get it right when we've got 46."

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