Did you see what the Patriots did last night...

[tiger7_88]

4 hours ago, Catsfan69 said:

3 things happen when you throw the ball and 2 are bad.

Passes should always be held to a minimum. 

[tiger7_88]

1 hour ago, Brooklyn 3.0 said:

Jones hasn't looked horrible as a rookie.

Yeah, I have no doubt you’re a big fan of how Jones looks.

[Call Me James]

It was a terrible football game. 

[Panther53521]

I have said for years … a quality OL is the best for a rookie QB to develop 

[CRA]

that was a horrible game.  And Bill is a genius in part because the Bills shot themselves in the foot over and over. 

[GoobyPls]

Coaches who try to copy Belichick will continue to fail. And yesterday game plan was only successful cause if the weather 

[Panthercougar68]

1 hour ago, GoobyPls said:

Coaches who try to copy Belichick will continue to fail. And yesterday game plan was only successful cause if the weather 

Yeah it’s not normal for a FG to take a 90 degree angle from 40 yards out like the Bills had happen to them.

[BlitzMonster]

1 hour ago, GoobyPls said:

yesterday game plan was only successful cause if the weather 

True, but the NE coaching staff was smart enough to realize what the weather would dictate for the game and they did exactly that with their play calling.  

That's good coaching.  

In regular NFL games their super jumbo package would always be useful in short yardage / goal line situations.  Areas where the Panthers have been weak all season.  

[HammerinCameron]

Mac Jones has 16 TD this season.

To Jonnu Smith, Hunter Henry, Nelson Agholor, and Kendrick Bourne - all players not with NE last season

[CRA]

31 minutes ago, HammerinCameron said:

Mac Jones has 16 TD this season.

To Jonnu Smith, Hunter Henry, Nelson Agholor, and Kendrick Bourne - all players not with NE last season

sounds like the best coach in the NFL took a rookie QB.....inserted him into a well built team that believes in running and playing defense.  And when he does pass the football he is throwing to a diverse cast of veteran players. 

Mac Jones is the only rookie QB actually in a position to succed.   Maybe Lance too but he isn't playing. 

There is a reason he is having a good season and Trevor Lawerence isn't.  And it has little to do with Mac and Trevor. 

[HammerinCameron]

2 minutes ago, CRA said:

sounds like the best coach in the NFL took a rookie QB.....inserted him into a well built team that believes in running and playing defense.  And when he does pass the football he is throwing to a diverse cast of veteran players. 

Mac Jones is the only rookie QB actually in a position to succed.  

There is a reason he is having a good season and Trevor Lawerence isn't.  And it has little to do with Mac and Trevor. 

Exactly.

[Catsfan69]

4 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Did anyone actually watch the game? This was a game plan of necessity. It was bitter cold with 30-50mph winds. Not exactly conducive to airing it out.

I watched every snap and wish the Panthers could run like that every game. 

[Brooklyn 3.0]

3 hours ago, tiger7_88 said:

Yeah, I have no doubt you’re a big fan of how Jones looks.

And if he danced, strutted his stuff, showboated, and clowned around you'd love him. See? I can make dumb statements like yours too.

[TheBigKat]

I LOVED the old school throwback game. This game was a chess match and McD got schooled by a chessmaster

 

I wish we could adopt the Patriots way and hire a guy like Josh McDaniels, he is poised to be a great coach in his second run.

 

Bill and Josh knew the weather conditions so they improvised and stuck with the game plan, it was AWESOME smash mouth football in an era of 40+ point games