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garyo1954

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Marinelli needs to bring a bear to practice and have the defensive lineman wrestle it for playing time!
 

Keithfansince5

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Patience. Tank is getting back into shape. Quinn will be here against Miami.

Plus, it's difficult to have a great deal of urgency with a 17 point lead with 5 minutes left.

Patience.
What a silly excuse. I am so tired of all the excuses people give this group. The Patriots do not accept that. They were up 43 - 0 and blitzed on the last play and intercepted the ball to preserve their shut out. You know damn well that Dallas would not shut out anyone and certainly would not b litz on the last play to pressure the QB to preserve the shut out. To me that matters and is what makes the Patriots the best franchise of all time and why Dallas is not.
 

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So they aren't worth 21 million against the cap , is what you're saying ?

I've read some theories suggesting that. I'm not a big sabermetrics guy, but I have read one study where PFF coverage grades were the facet of defense most strongly correlated with wins and losses.

That being said, I don't think going all-in on DBs is necessarily a great idea either, because of how rigged the rules are against them. Tbh, in a league where any scrub QB can now complete 70% of his passes, I don't even know why you'd invest in defense.
 

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Crawford did have the only sack of the D.
I think Quinn will disappoint. People putting too much faith in a HAS BEEN.

Gregory if he can come back maybe what we need.
Tank will be fine.
We need more pressure up the middle.
Quinn was very good last season and is 29 years old, which is in his prime.
 

CowboyStar88

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Patience young grasshopper baby. Lawrence didn’t even practice until the final week before the season started. Neither did Jones. Quinn has been out the 1st 2 games and we don’t have Gregory. We get Quinn back next week and Lawrence and Jones will keep improving. DLaw got some pressure today so not reason to cut him. There’s more to playing well on defense than just sacks.


I think people forgot this. I will say I think he’s played pretty well. He was close on one today and what got one last week? Tanks gonna be just fine.
 

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I've read some theories suggesting that. I'm not a big sabermetrics guy, but I have read one study where PFF coverage grades were the facet of defense most strongly correlated with wins and losses.

That being said, I don't think going all-in on DBs is necessarily a great idea either, because of how rigged the rules are against them. Tbh, in a league where any scrub QB can now complete 70% of his passes, I don't even know why you'd invest in defense.

Well, the only team that doesn't get penalized is N.E.

The games are rigged in their favor , for years & years they are the least flagged team in the NFL .

& We certainly aren't Goodell's favorite team .


Today pats kept the dolphins to 0 points scored . Unheard of in the modern era .
 

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What a silly excuse. I am so tired of all the excuses people give this group. The Patriots do not accept that. They were up 43 - 0 and blitzed on the last play and intercepted the ball to preserve their shut out. You know damn well that Dallas would not shut out anyone and certainly would not b litz on the last play to pressure the QB to preserve the shut out. To me that matters and is what makes the Patriots the best franchise of all time and why Dallas is not.

If Zeke was not at 100 percent in the first game and maybe today, how would Cooper and Lawrence not have the same situation because they sat out the preseason.

Why do people get so sensitive if the team doesn't completely dominate from the first snap? There are 14 games left before the play-offs.

Enjoy the ride.
 

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I've read some theories suggesting that. I'm not a big sabermetrics guy, but I have read one study where PFF coverage grades were the facet of defense most strongly correlated with wins and losses.

That being said, I don't think going all-in on DBs is necessarily a great idea either, because of how rigged the rules are against them. Tbh, in a league where any scrub QB can now complete 70% of his passes, I don't even know why you'd invest in defense.

Where any scrub QB can complete 70%? Is this a joke? So basically every QB in the nfl minus a couple are scrubs? lol, the stuff y'all say man...yeah the rules are geared towards QBs but c'mon it's still an accomplishment to hit even close to 70%.
 

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Skins gained 255 yards. They scored one TD on a 38 yard "drive" after a turnover, and another in garbage time.

Defense wasn't the '85 Bears but some of the reactions are over the top.
Thanks for bringing a little levity to the conversation. A lot of people down on #54, also, but he still managed to lead the team in tackles.
 

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LOL. Highlight the ONLY player that got a sack for us and completely ignore the guy that we just paid 21m a year to? For real. Crawford isn't great but if we're comparing performances Crawford was worth 4 times what D-Law showed today.

The post was directed at the whole DL you basket of turds.
 

QuincyCarterEra

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Please watch Crawford play. Key in on him. I know he got the sack but the other 60ish snaps he does nothing. The guy sucks. They should move him inside to see if that helps and stop with him at DE.

I'd advise you to watch him play first. Before telling others to, because it's obvious you havent.
 

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They need to step up. We haven’t had a turnover against Case Keenum and Eli Manning.

This is gonna be thatbyear where we finish with like 6 ints.
 

Keithfansince5

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Khalil Mack has 5 tackles and no sacks on the season.

You were saying?
So in 1 game Dlaw amassed a whopping 2 tackles, 1 solo, 1 assist, .5 tackle for loss and a .5 sack. lol. Mack had 5 tackles, 5 solo tackles, 1 tackle for loss. Yeah, not as good.
 

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We lost Irving who played maybe a game or two last year and Gregory who played less than half the season. Other wise I was under the impression we improved on D-Line during the offseason. I don’t know if teams have learned what the rams suddenly did last year. I saw the stunts worked 1 time today. Is it something our DC hasn’t corrected or is it still predictable.. We had no pressure other than a few plays. We did see holding calls so did we get held all day and they only called it 3 or 4 times. I gave the D-Line the benefit of doubt for the first game. The tackling looked better this week but still not much pressure and I hate our prevent Defense. Looks like a Marinelli thing still. Richard needs to ditch that if he is calling plays.
Woods went back to being a JAG and Collins is doing his usual regular season disappearing act. I hope Crawford moving inside will help get some pressure up the middle.
 
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