Yes. I think that most of the offense's real problems come from the terrible offensive line. On top of that, there are some personnel limitations: Meyers has been pretty good as a slot receiver, is catching a lot of balls, but without the quickness of an Edelman, he's not able to get extra yards out of those plays the way Edelman could.
I thought at the time that the end of game FG decision was bad. But I chnaged my mind when Folk hit the upright. I understand why they played it conservative at the end of the first.
Gilmore has yet to take the field this season, and can play at most 3 games prior to the deadline. So probably a 4th round pick at this point, and teams do not normally trade offensive linemen in season anyway.
I wasn’t expecting a body for this year. Would be thrilled with a 3rd, but am keeping my (unrealistic) fantasies of a 2nd.
Even if Folk makes the FG, which I'd give him a 25% chance given the conditions, what were the chances Brady can drive the team 45 yards in 45 seconds with 2 TO for their own GW FG attempt? The call was bad because it was suboptimal given all the circumstances. I didn't like the call at the half but can understand the decision making but giving Brady the ball only down a FG in that situation as the best case seems like a poor coaching decision.
Any chance Wynn is playing injured? I think I read something about him not being on the field for pregame warmups, but not sure what reasons there could be for that.
The weather conditions may have played a part as well. The chances of their converting a 4th-and-3 were also quite low given the conditions and the personnel. And the conditions may have made it challenging for Brady to drive the field into FG range.
The Bucs were playing with street FA's in the secondary and Mac was having no issues shredding the D all day including getting the team to that part of the field on the drive completing passes for 7,7,9yds plus a 20yd DPI. Odds of completing a 4th and 3 had to be over 50% which then gives you a better chance at the FG and most importantly doesn't give Brady a chance to respond or does so with less than 30 secs and no TO.
Exactly. Whether or not they had enough playmakers or whatever is immaterial. They had enough playmakers to have completed almost 80% of their passes against a defense that knew they were throwing and know they were throwing short, often in adverse weather conditions. Also, 4th-and-short pass plays often lead to 15-20 yard gains. If you can slip one guy behind the pile of (in this case, terrible) DBs that are stalking the sticks, he'll have room to run. I don't care that Folk had the leg. Even if he hits it, that thing is far, far from over. If you hit on a short pass there, as you most likely will, the game is almost over.
Well to go for it would have meant getting the first down and then avoiding any negative plays and then kicking a (likely) long field goal anyway. So maybe the chances of converting the first down was 55%, and then kicking a 45 yard field goal was 70%, but that’s more things that have to go right.
I think this is probably pretty close to the mark as it pertains to the team. Against the reigning SB champion with both a motivated team and QB, the Pats showed the league a bunch.
Less than one minute from his own 25 in crappy conditions? That's not a gimme even for TFB.
