The Game Ball Thread: Week 3 vs Texans
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Yes, then a late delay of game on a fourth down punt, but that doesn't really count.
Texans declined an off sides also on a play that resulted in a Houston first down.
Mugsy already mentioned this but I will still give another nod to Dante Scharnecchia. I admit that I was somewhat dubious that the hiring of Scarnecchia would prove to be a massive difference maker. I expected the line to play better, to be sure. But after watching three games in which the QB usually had sufficient time to throw and the RBs were provided holes in which to run through, Dante deserves a game ball and more.
Credit the offensive linemen themselves, Jacoby Brissett, LaGarrette Blount and the skill players for their roles last night. Credit them big time. But it's not as if Dante has a veteran, tested line, and the difference between what we're seeing now and the end of last season is overwhelming. Brady with this much time to work with is going to be devastating.
Credit the offensive linemen themselves, Jacoby Brissett, LaGarrette Blount and the skill players for their roles last night. Credit them big time. But it's not as if Dante has a veteran, tested line, and the difference between what we're seeing now and the end of last season is overwhelming. Brady with this much time to work with is going to be devastating.
They did have a false start, and iirc the play looked like it was going nowhere before the whistle blew. I was watching the game with my father-in-law and he commented that they caught a break there because they would have lost the yards and the down. With the penalty at least it was 1st and 15 instead of 2nd and 15...
Dante Scarnecchia (JJ what?)
Brandon Bolden (FF)
Nate Ebner (FF)
Jacoby Brissett (knew when to run, knew when to slide)
Brandon Bolden (FF)
Nate Ebner (FF)
Jacoby Brissett (knew when to run, knew when to slide)
I saw that the Patriots blanked the Texans. Any chance O'Brien pulled a Jeff Fisher here? He did use to run the Patriots' offense and if he was insufficiently creative it would have been easy for the Patriots to know what they were going to try.
Yes. Before the game I likened it to Denver last year, where they needed the D to step up and win them a game. They got 3 good quarters in Denver last year and it wasn't enough; they got 4 last night. Huge performance. The Texans never even really threatened to score. Collins was everywhere, preseason Flowers showed up in the regular season, and the downfield coverage was solid. It looked like they blitzed less and dropped more into coverage.
And the special teams was outstanding, obviously. People question what Bolden is doing on the roster, but he had the play of the game last night.
The performance from those two units meant the O didn't have to do too much. Brissett looked like a rookie, but he didn't do anything dumb and he had the one great run. The final rushing numbers look good but Houston bottled up Blount most of the first half; he did his damage late. The D made it so they didn't have to get away from the gameplan.
Yep. Three fumbles in the game, all recovered by the Pats.
Osweiler is terrible. I will probably still be pissed off 20 years from now that he hit the two biggest throws of his life on that go-ahead drive last year.
I agree about Osweiler. Let's face it if Chris Harper doesn't muff that punt he would basically have played 2 games against the Pats with 7 total points
Yeah my bad gave the Texans too much credit.
What is JJ Watt's career record now vs. the Pats? It is at least 0-5.
A couple notes on the defense:
- The Pats played in a 3 safety look almost the entire game. 68+ snaps for DMC, Chung, and Harmon
- Coleman didn't play a sap; Jones played about half the snaps
- The Pats basically played with 1.5 LBs. Collins went wire to wire, Freeny played about half the snaps, no other LB saw the field
Just an awesome effort and game plan in all 3 phases
- The Pats played in a 3 safety look almost the entire game. 68+ snaps for DMC, Chung, and Harmon
- Coleman didn't play a sap; Jones played about half the snaps
- The Pats basically played with 1.5 LBs. Collins went wire to wire, Freeny played about half the snaps, no other LB saw the field
Just an awesome effort and game plan in all 3 phases
LOL @ mini ball & deflated ball giveaways.
My 2 mini-balls (wut?):
- Amendola: shocked he only had less than 15 snaps for the contributions he's making
- Mitchell: finally the player I thought Dobson could be -- fight for the ball & loved his run blocking
Is it me or has Edelman been extra ornery this season? As in I'll knock the living crap out of DBs on pick routes and run blocks ornery.
Great stuff. They really relied on the front four to take away with the run and pressure Osweiler without much help, and they were up to the task. Granted, Houston's OL is a little beat up, but I thought last night was easily the DL's best performance of the season.
Mitchell has 4 catches on the season, 2 of which were followed by broken tackles that led to big gains. He doesn't blow me away with speed but he seems good at breaking tackles.
I guess it makes a bit more sense why Houston was so pig-headed about the run if they were coming out in base sets and being countered by dime packages. It makes what the rotating cast in the front 4 did even more impressive.
Player A Career 5.5 Sacks 39 Tackles
Player B Career 3 Sacks 33 Tackles
Player C Career 10.5 Sacks 191 Tackles
Player B Career 3 Sacks 33 Tackles
Player C Career 10.5 Sacks 191 Tackles
A= Clowney 6 Million on the cap
B= Malcolm Brown 1.735 cap hit
C= Collins 1.2 cap hit
I know Browns a DT and Collins is a LB while Clowney is a DE....but thats just awesome. Clowney is such a fraud. You have JJ Watt opposite you pulling double teams and you still suck. He was so highly touted. I admit I would have drafted him if I had the opportunity. Thank god we have BB. (and I know he didnt have the opportunity to screw up by drafting him).
B= Malcolm Brown 1.735 cap hit
C= Collins 1.2 cap hit
I know Browns a DT and Collins is a LB while Clowney is a DE....but thats just awesome. Clowney is such a fraud. You have JJ Watt opposite you pulling double teams and you still suck. He was so highly touted. I admit I would have drafted him if I had the opportunity. Thank god we have BB. (and I know he didnt have the opportunity to screw up by drafting him).
Amendola seems to be Brissett's main safety valve - felt like a lot of JB's longer throws on 3rd have been to him. Wonder if that's a function of them having practiced together more.
Many people, both here and on the TV, are referencing how little we heard JJ Watt's name and that is indeed true. But how often did we hear mention of Clowney or Mercilus?
I could have sworn that I saw McLellan on the field at linebacker for at least a couple plays in the first half.
Man...where to start? What a fantastic team effort.
Coaching staff- awesome job all around. Everything they did seemed to work. It's night's like last night where you see how valuable a good staff can be (that's what she said)
OL/DL- Nice front 4 ya got there, Houston. Hope you enjoyed the tea bagging you just took from a bunch of nobodies. DL did a great job containing Miller and the run, which allowed the secondary to play 3 safeties, double team Hopkins, etc and still got some decent pressure on Brock.
Collins- An absolute BEAST out there last night. Looked like he was playing faster than most.
Allen- A couple of those punts shouldn't have resulted in such great field position, but he did his job. It also helped having an offense that could get over midfield.
LGBT- Slow start but he and the OL wore the Texans down and really helped to shorten the game
That was such an enjoyable win. It's got to be killing Goodell and his cronies in NYC.
Coaching staff- awesome job all around. Everything they did seemed to work. It's night's like last night where you see how valuable a good staff can be (that's what she said)
OL/DL- Nice front 4 ya got there, Houston. Hope you enjoyed the tea bagging you just took from a bunch of nobodies. DL did a great job containing Miller and the run, which allowed the secondary to play 3 safeties, double team Hopkins, etc and still got some decent pressure on Brock.
Collins- An absolute BEAST out there last night. Looked like he was playing faster than most.
Allen- A couple of those punts shouldn't have resulted in such great field position, but he did his job. It also helped having an offense that could get over midfield.
LGBT- Slow start but he and the OL wore the Texans down and really helped to shorten the game
That was such an enjoyable win. It's got to be killing Goodell and his cronies in NYC.
On JB7's run, Mitchell didn't give up and blocked his DB all the way until the TD. That must be the kind of playing-through-the-whistle play that BB loves.
Where to start on game balls? agree with all of the above...amid all the game balls deservedly handed out, the one unit that's maybe not getting enough mentions is the DL, especially the interior. In that dime package there's a reason that BOB was choosing to run in obvious passing situations, but they held up very nicely. Alan Branch particularly stood out.
That was fun to watch.
That was fun to watch.
I did see him out there, but he may have been lined up at DE before dropping into a zone.
Nope, outside of a blowout.
Because JG, if healthy, will be backup, and JB won't get in. There's no reason to ever take Brady off field if game is in question.
I really hope that JG's early career arc is like Steve Young's. First 4 seasons in SF, he started 3/3/3/1 games because of injuries to Montana, but he played in 8/11/10/6 games, and was able to get ~80 passing attempts each season (and a 23-6 overall TD-int ratio in those 4 years). When he had to take over for Montana permanently in 1991 (in his age 30 season) he was ready.
Who is the Jerry or Gerry guy called out in pats post game? QB coach I'm assuming. It's after Brisset is given the game ball.
Jerry Schuplinski. He was a coaching assistant for three years with NE but was promoted to Assistant QB Coach this season. Another one of those John Carroll University graduates (McDaniels, Caserio, Ziegler) in the Pats organization.
Gameball to Blount. Looking at the game thread it seems a majority of the people dislike him, which is a shame. I thought he did a great job in the 2nd half and broke a tackle during the 41yard TD run.
Gameball to OL. They did a good job in containing that Houston d-line. Only allowed one sack which was more of a coverage sack because Jacoby had nobody open.
Gameball to OL. They did a good job in containing that Houston d-line. Only allowed one sack which was more of a coverage sack because Jacoby had nobody open.