SBLIII Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 3 hours ago, CKS97 said: How does a team with all that talent, all those Pro Bowlers, All Pros, a team that has won in bad weather on the road, a team that played 0 indoor games all season.... get boatraced by a team with a 41 year old QB, a 67 year old coach, and a C+ roster? Is it as simple as Belichick? Or playing in that Gillette icebox? Like, is coaching such a strength that Belichick basically cancels out any roster or talent weakness/gaps? Gillette icebox wasn't that cold though, will be colder next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlowe22 Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 3 hours ago, CKS97 said: How does a team with all that talent, all those Pro Bowlers, All Pros, a team that has won in bad weather on the road, a team that played 0 indoor games all season.... get boatraced by a team with a 41 year old QB, a 67 year old coach, and a C+ roster? Is it as simple as Belichick? Or playing in that Gillette icebox? Like, is coaching such a strength that Belichick basically cancels out any roster or talent weakness/gaps? I think people have been underrating the Pats all year. I’ve heard nothing but Brady and Belichick are done, and the team is mediocre. Never mentioned was the fact that they’re a top ten defense and a top 5 offense. Yes they are worse on the road, but so is practically every other team. They are in the AFCCG for a reason, stats aren’t inflated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
childofpudding Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 50 minutes ago, lancerman said: Someone’s broken Needs a new needle on that Victrola Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
childofpudding Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 39 minutes ago, CP3MVP said: The chargers are a 12 win team that was top ten on both sides of the ball that was completely dominated Naw, they suck now. Get on message homie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancerman Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 1 hour ago, CP3MVP said: The chargers are a 12 win team that was top ten on both sides of the ball that was completely dominated They were probably the most complete team in the entire playoffs on both sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChazStandard Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 5 hours ago, CKS97 said: How does a team with all that talent, all those Pro Bowlers, All Pros, a team that has won in bad weather on the road, a team that played 0 indoor games all season.... get boatraced by a team with a 41 year old QB, a 67 year old coach, and a C+ roster? Is it as simple as Belichick? Or playing in that Gillette icebox? Like, is coaching such a strength that Belichick basically cancels out any roster or talent weakness/gaps? It was quite a textbook - if unexpected - Patriots win in some ways. On offense, the scheme was about stopping the pass rush. Lots of running at the DEs, lots of quick throws. TEs were in to block most of the time. The Chargers defense played zone, and the shifty Pats WRs were able to find the soft spots. And the run sucess opened up the deep plays down the seams. It was how the Pats have always beaten zone teams, and how they always torch Bradley's defenses. On defense, BB put Gilmore on an Island with Allen and doubled everyone else. The Chargers - panicked by the ease with which the Pats O was scoring - felt the need to score fast and abandoned the run much too early. Opting for low-percentage deep-shots against one of the better secondaries in the league. This played right into BB's hands, who was obviously hoping to exploit River's lack of mobility by blitzing every play and knocking him off rhythm. It was a simple strategy. Executed well by disciplined and well coached players. Also, Tom Brady is still Tom Brady - I think a lot of box-score watchers were looking at his stats and expecting 2015 Peyton Manning out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Smithers Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 Did the Chargers have no linebackers left or something? Is that why they had to resort to this 7 DBs on the field yesterday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chargers Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 47 minutes ago, Kip Smithers said: Did the Chargers have no linebackers left or something? Is that why they had to resort to this 7 DBs on the field yesterday? We were down to Hayes Pullard and Kyle Emmanuel at LB but in any case it wasn't the reason we lost. Most in this thread got it right in that it was Gus Bradley's stubbornness to not blitz Brady and not play man coverage until TB hanged 35 on us. Idk what to think of Gus because his scheme brought us all these win this year and legit great defense. Games like this though remind you why he was canned in Seattle and Jacksonville. No ability to adjust for what's happening on the field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Smithers Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 8 minutes ago, Classic said: dk what to think of Gus because his scheme brought us all these win this year and legit great defense. Games like this though remind you why he was canned in Seattle and Jacksonville. No ability to adjust for what's happening on the field. That’s it exactly. Besides in Seattle his mentality was we’re line up in what we are in and you have to try and beat us. That’s what their success was built on. Seattle rarely blitzed too. He didn’t get canned in Seattle, he left for a HC gig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroncoSojia Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 oops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKS97 Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 16 hours ago, CP3MVP said: The chargers are a 12 win team that was top ten on both sides of the ball that was completely dominated Because the Patriots apparently ONLY give a damn when they play in their precious home stadium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKS97 Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 I can't believe Bosa and Ingram got minimal if any pressure. Old Man Scarnecchia seemingly never runs out of magic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenos Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 52 minutes ago, CKS97 said: I can't believe Bosa and Ingram got minimal if any pressure. Old Man Scarnecchia seemingly never runs out of magic. Well it's hard to get pressure when the ball leaves Brady's hands so quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenos Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 On 1/14/2019 at 11:19 AM, Classic said: We were down to Hayes Pullard and Kyle Emmanuel at LB but in any case it wasn't the reason we lost. Most in this thread got it right in that it was Gus Bradley's stubbornness to not blitz Brady and not play man coverage until TB hanged 35 on us. Idk what to think of Gus because his scheme brought us all these win this year and legit great defense. Games like this though remind you why he was canned in Seattle and Jacksonville. No ability to adjust for what's happening on the field. As upset as I was with Bradley, at least the defense managed to adjust in the 2nd half and hold the Patriots to only 6 points. And no, I don't believe for a second that a Belichick led team decided to play it safe in the second half even when leading by 4 TDs. The biggest gripe is still with the offense. There was still a chance, however small, for a comeback. But literally punting on every down except the opening series of both halves isn't going to cut it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
childofpudding Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 1 hour ago, Xenos said: As upset as I was with Bradley, at least the defense managed to adjust in the 2nd half and hold the Patriots to only 6 points. And no, I don't believe for a second that a Belichick led team decided to play it safe in the second half even when leading by 4 TDs. The biggest gripe is still with the offense. There was still a chance, however small, for a comeback. But literally punting on every down except the opening series of both halves isn't going to cut it. They did slow down a bit in the 2nd half, though. In the 1st half they had 29 passes and 18 rushes. In the 2nd half, 15 passes and 16 rushes. I will grant you that the Patriots are not the type of team to let their foot off the gas, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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