When Indianapolis was running it down our throats all night and we couldn’t get Deshaun Watson off the field against Houston, I truly believed that we were worse off than we were last year on defense.
Holy shit was I wrong.
The Frank Clark trade? Money.
Bashaud Breeland? MUCH better than Nelson and Scandrick.
Honey Badger and Thornhill? LEAGUES better than hobo spirit and Ron Parker
Brett Veach was a stone cold stud this offseason.
And Steve Spagnuolo. Spags you beautiful son of a bitch. Watching Grandpa Bob sit back in two deep zone in the playoffs last year while Brady had all night to throw was like slowly rubbing my nutsack across a cactus.
This year? We sent the house after old man Brady and made him pay. And it was glorious. It’s what we should have done last year, but Grandpa Bob was too old and senile to figure it out. But Spags gets it, and most importantly, he has the personnel to do it.
Despite my criticism of Pat, I do believe the offense will figure it out. Sunday needs to be a get right game for him and the O. No more mental mistakes and dumb playcalls. Let’s get this thing rolling.
The defense is finally at a Super Bowl caliber level, and if we can get the offense back to full speed, we won’t lose again the rest of the season.
Originally Posted by staylor26:
How anybody can have faith in the Bills winning in Foxboro is beyond me.
They have the defense to do it. Their rb seems to be pretty decent. Their O line looked kinda weak though (at least against Baltimore). I wouldn’t say I have faith but they could absolutely play out of their minds and win that game. Pats are beatable this season. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Red Dawg:
So. We already have the div. A bye week is still not guaranteed. We need our guys healthy. I hope we start resting.
No. You play hard trying to get a bye bc that increases chances of winning a super bowl greatly. If we fall 2 games behind new England then we can rest bc i don't see pats losing to bungles or dolphins so we can then concede the 2 seed to pats. [Reply]
It took NE 2 trick plays, 2 DPI's and a questionable special teams play to score their points Sunday. Any decent team in the NFL can beat that ass wherever they play. They have gotten to this point by playing a soft schedule and their past glory. Teams have lost their fear of them and they are in trouble. [Reply]
While we’re eating crow, I’ll take mine. I wasn’t a fan of the Frank Clark trade, but the guy is a manimal that teams game plan for. Rock solid all around smart football player with a definite edge to his game. Very glad to have him and excited to see how he performs in the postseason. A true savage.
Wasn’t excited about bringing in Spags. Saw how some of his defenses have finished in the past and wasn’t excited. That, too has been shown to be I’ll founded. I LOVE his aggressive style and think it fits perfectly with the talent and skill set of the players we have on defense. Reminds me a lot of Jim Johnson’s old pressure based aggressive defenses. Love the attitude.
This is going to be one hell of a ride and the start has been a blast! [Reply]
So what does McDaniels get Spags for Father’s Day?
#Patriots film: #Chiefs DC Steve Spagnuolo was a step ahead of Josh McDaniels in the 2nd quarter.
NE ran on 7/9 of its initial 1st-and-10 snaps. KC began loading the box, then blitzed Brady on 2nd-and-longs. Later, McDaniels goes play-action screen on 2nd-and-10, KC backs off. pic.twitter.com/fXyhu9UoHD
Originally Posted by BossChief:
While we’re eating crow, I’ll take mine. I wasn’t a fan of the Frank Clark trade, but the guy is a manimal that teams game plan for. Rock solid all around smart football player with a definite edge to his game. Very glad to have him and excited to see how he performs in the postseason. A true savage.
Wasn’t excited about bringing in Spags. Saw how some of his defenses have finished in the past and wasn’t excited. That, too has been shown to be I’ll founded. I LOVE his aggressive style and think it fits perfectly with the talent and skill set of the players we have on defense. Reminds me a lot of Jim Johnson’s old pressure based aggressive defenses. Love the attitude.
This is going to be one hell of a ride and the start has been a blast!
This is what I was trying to argue when we hired Spags-
When he's been put in a stable situation with a solid and established head coach/front office situation, he builds winning defenses and quickly, usually turning it around in one to two seasons. His 'bad' defense years are usually in chaotic situations, coach fired, interim coach, bounty gate in N.O., etc.
And his tenure as a head coach wasn't great, but it was a transitional period for the Rams going from the Vermeil to Martz offenses that were now completely talent depleted. So, a rebuild effort. [Reply]
I'm going to give Veach a pass on the 2018 draft, but you have to admit the 2019 class is pretty solid. I'm not going to say the Clark deal was a winner just quite yet, but he's a massive improvement over Dee Ford. Finding guys like Ogbah, Pennel, and Okafor shouldn't be overlooked, either.
Spags seems to have figured out who to play, when to play them, and what packages to use. It's a work in progress, but I'll take the Dec. 2019 version of the D over last year's disaster. [Reply]
