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Originally Posted by Baby Lee
There's blown coverages, then there's taking advantage of blown coverages. Must've missed where that best WR in the game is banned from the rest of the playoffs.
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True enough and, if any team is going to blow coverages, it's New England. But there have been signs of hope (the return of S Patrick Chung, the use of oft-toasted CB Devin McCourty at S last week in an effective role).
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On that late TD, Foster's femur is bigger than the DB trying to tackle him, and that's why he powered past on the sidelines, not just 'giving up.' Again, must've missed where Foster is out for the season now.
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Child, please. That wasn't Jim Brown vs. the Little Sisters Of The Poor. The Bengals were already beaten down and put on a pathetic tackling performance on that run.
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I disagree that the Pats are a foregone conclusion, be it high scoring or low scoring. More likely that NE's held by Texans' D to around 20, and it's up to the O to cobble together enough plays to overtake them. But NEs D is bad enough to make the Bengals efforts look like the '00 Ravens.
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I never said the Pats were a foregone conclusion, but I do think that, with the developments of the offense this season, I'm hoping it's less likely that we see another low-scoring stinker of a loss from them as we've seen against the Jets last year, the Ravens two years ago, and the Giants in the SB. Almost every rational Pats fan I know has the same approach: "Glad we got the homefield advantage, hope they actually play well, wouldn't be surprised if they blow out the opponent 45-17 but wouldn't be surprised if they lose 17-14".
But, I do think the D has been playing more bend-don't-break lately and aren't as bad as the numbers. Let's not forget, the Packers' D is just as bad, yet no one's counting them out on the other side of the league...