Lyion wrote:Diekan wrote:they played like shit. bad play calling (not kicking a field goal... wtf) and piss poor protection.
they'll do it again next year. need to get rid of a few old timers and restack the deck.... guys like hobbs and light need to go.
Yes, get rid of their pro bowl tackle.
Nope, the Pats are done. Moss probably won't be back. Other teams have a blueprint for how to rattle 'footsteps' Brady. When he takes a few hits, suddenly the ball is coming out a lot quicker.
They'll make the playoffs next year and lose to a revamped AFC team in the first round.
The problem is... Matt Light is NOT Pro-Bowl material... the rest of the line makes him "look" better than he really is. If you watch any of the games - closely - you'll see that the majority of the pressure - getting to Brady - comes form Light's side. I can't count the number of blown blocks I seen him throw... piss poor blocking. If the rest of the line weren't as good - and if they didn't have the likes of a Kyle Brady or a Ben Watson - or even an Evans (now and then) to help on Light's side - he'd have been exposed LONG ago.
Moss will be back... hopefully so will Jr.
Hobbs needs to go - he gets burned damn near every game. Light needs to go, he's substandard now.
There are a few others that need to as well...
I think the pressure of going undefeated finally caught up to them. We get an emotional high during the 2 and a half, three hours we watch the game - for most of us that can be tiring. Now imagine trying to keep that same level of emotional intensity throughout and entire season.
They looked tired. They looked frustrated. They looked like they'd under way too much stress and pressure...
They'll be back next... will they go undefeated? Probably not. Will the go to the SB again? Very good chance they could. Will they have the same exact crew? More than likely not.