everlong Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Now Dion Lewis looks to be on the outs as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pats#1 Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Allowing Jeffrey to dominate Rowe for the first half before switching Gilmore onto him was pretty head scratching as well. Just a really badly coached game defensively and by BB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1ForTheThumb Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 14 minutes ago, Pats#1 said: It's rumored that Butler was caught out partying, then missed curfew, and was caught with weed on him. Take that with a huge grain of salt at this point though, entirely rumor right now. It's the SB though, even if the above was true, you don't throw away a championship to prove a point to a guy that won't even be back next season. I'm usually fully in the "In Bill we trust" group....but this time I literally have zero explnantion for sitting Butler that would make sense. It doesn’t matter if he’s back here next season tho. What precedent does that set going forward for players that will be with the team next season? Belichick always does what he believes to be the best move for the football team, both present and future. Now, I don’t always agree with them and sometimes they’re extremely head scratching...but his track record speaks for itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pats#1 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 26 minutes ago, 1ForTheThumb said: It doesn’t matter if he’s back here next season tho. What precedent does that set going forward for players that will be with the team next season? Belichick always does what he believes to be the best move for the football team, both present and future. Now, I don’t always agree with them and sometimes they’re extremely head scratching...but his track record speaks for itself. Then sit him for a QTR or a half....he cut off his nose to spite his face. He looks bad here and people will always remember this with him. The only person he really hurt here was himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everlong Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 8 minutes ago, Pats#1 said: Then sit him for a QTR or a half....he cut off his nose to spite his face. He looks bad here and people will always remember this with him. The only person he really hurt here was himself. Gonna be a long time before most of us forgive him over this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1ForTheThumb Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 5 minutes ago, everlong said: Gonna be a long time before most of us forgive him over this. Or next year when they’re right back in the SB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everlong Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 6 minutes ago, 1ForTheThumb said: Or next year when they’re right back in the SB. Doubt it. Jacksonville is only going to get better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR43 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 2 hours ago, Pats#1 said: It's rumored that Butler was caught out partying, then missed curfew, and was caught with weed on him. Take that with a huge grain of salt at this point though, entirely rumor right now. It's the SB though, even if the above was true, you don't throw away a championship to prove a point to a guy that won't even be back next season. I'm usually fully in the "In Bill we trust" group....but this time I literally have zero explnantion for sitting Butler that would make sense. I know Belichick runs a tight ship and to his credit his team seems to have fewer off the field issues but come on. This is the Super Bowl. 0% of Belichick's rationale should have been off the field issues. I remember when he benched Wes Welker back in 2010 Division round playoff game against the Jets for the first series, which essentially lasted the entire first quarter due to his attempt to be funny during an interview, that some people deemed to be insulting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pats#1 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 1 hour ago, everlong said: Doubt it. Jacksonville is only going to get better. And New England gets back their #1 receiver, #1 defensive player, and starting tackle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everlong Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 11 minutes ago, Pats#1 said: And New England gets back their #1 receiver, #1 defensive player, and starting tackle. We're going to need more than just Hightower to get the defense back on track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pats#1 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 14 minutes ago, everlong said: We're going to need more than just Hightower to get the defense back on track. We barely lost with one of the worst defensive performances the Belichick era has ever seen. Hightower is in and we very arguably win that game. He's a HUGE piece to that defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 13 hours ago, Pats#1 said: We barely lost with one of the worst defensive performances the Belichick era has ever seen. Hightower is in and we very arguably win that game. He's a HUGE piece to that defense. Jason Peters, Carson Wentz, Jordan Hicks (also his capable backup Joe Walker), Darren Sproles all say hi. Injuries are a part of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Third Rider Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 In 2007 we had one of the best rosters ever assembled. It doesn’t matter if you barely lose, a loss is still a loss. The point still stands though that they should be able to contend next season but injuries are part of the game and we will most likely lose players again next season and so does every other team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pats#1 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 31 minutes ago, Danger said: Jason Peters, Carson Wentz, Jordan Hicks (also his capable backup Joe Walker), Darren Sproles all say hi. Injuries are a part of the game. I wasn't implying that the Eagles didn't have injuries....I was replying to the poster that acted as if getting Hightower back next season makes no difference. The Eagles were missing pieces and their starting QB, yes, but their backup played just as good as Wentz during the season in the post season as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soko Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 35 minutes ago, Danger said: Jason Peters, Carson Wentz, Jordan Hicks (also his capable backup Joe Walker), Darren Sproles all say hi. Injuries are a part of the game. To be fair, Sproles, Peters, and Wentz really weren’t going to do all that much more than the replacements did in their stead... And in regards to next season, two of those guys likely won’t even be on the team (not that this hurts the team much at all). But it’s moot, given that the discussion wasn’t that the Pats had more total/more significant injuries. It was that Hightower’s injury won’t or wouldn’t have mattered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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