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Yes.
And you don't know what you're talking about. As someone who's watched most Patriots games since before Brady even became QB.
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And Ridley... ugh. That's a scary injury. Reminds me of the college hit in the endzone a few years ago, where the body just goes rigid to protect from even more damage. Though it doesn't look like the ball came out until his ass was on the ground.
My thoughts exactly.
Ridley lowered his head.
I thought that only applied to defenseless receivers?
I believe that Yanda is signalling the center when to snap the ball with a tap or somesuch and it looks like he's moving.
Yes, only passers and defenseless receivers are protected from helmet-to-helmet hits.
EDIT: Kickers and punters, too.
Yes. Helmet to helmet only applies to defenseless receivers.
If it looks like he's moving, isn't it because he's moving? The most egregious one was a few plays before the TD, on the right guard. He makes a sudden move, the Patriots point, but no call.
Being up two scores is worth the risk considering the offense you are going up against. If the Patriots have to go for two, they'll probably get it, meaning being up 7 or 8 is essentially meaningless. Obviously there's a non-zero chance they might not convert, but it's less than the chances of you converting your own two point play.
Has someone run the numbers on this? Seems like a really bad bet. If you're feeling like you're up against a good offense, why do you want to put your 2-pt conversion skills up against theirs?
I also agree with Biff in 2729, I thought Ridley was down.
Because they won't go for the 2 pt conversion if they can tie with a PAT. Instead they'll just tie up the game.
eta: Making it a two score game is pretty huge.
#### YOU BRADY.
Huge stop
Story of the game: Talib's injury really affected the defense, and on offense they've dropped a few balls and not made many big plays. If you're moving the ball 10 yards at a time you can't make many mistakes.
Ravens making some really dumb decisions on offense.
Ah, I see now. But still, you go for two, which is 50/50. But if you don't get it, you up their chances of tying from 55/45 to 100. It's a very close call, right?
Brady has always been dumb in the playoffs. It's no shock that his greatest success in the postseason was when he was on a very short leash. People talk about Peyton's problems in playoff games, but man. Brady tops him by a half.
And here's how toast Brady is: I asked a fairly smart St. Louis fan if he'd trade Bradford and a first rounder for Brady. Flat turned down.
Well, maybe. I hate the way every pivotal play in the NFL has to be ratified.
Calm down.
This is meaningless.
No. He is pretty overrated. But the Pats CBs aren't that good so he qualifies as their best.
No, it really isn't. They still have to score a touchdown if you fail. If you succeed, they need two possessions, one of which is a touchdown.
Also, he didn't hold the Pats' offense down.
Yeah, I think this is the argument. If you think your defense has a much better shot at stopping their 2-point conversion than your offense has of scoring a 2 point conversion then you kick the PAT. Being up by 8 and stopping the patriots conversion would also effectively make it a two score lead.
I might be putting my foot in my mouth but at what point does Belicheck start getting criticized for not being able to build an averagish defense?
Talib is a nice player but not a guy a team should absolutely need.
I think there was a time when Belicheck was a "genius". At this point, I think he's winning a lot of games because they have a great offense which is easy when you have a great QB.
To be fair, they don't have Gronk.
Hah! Tell that to the Ravens.
It's been that way for a few years. Belichick the lousy GM is handcuffing Belichick the great coach. Coach as GM doesn't work.
He built a really good one in the first half of his Patriot run, but yeah. If Nick Saban were available I'd say fire him. He's a very good coach, but his game plans for playoff games are regularly unimpressive.
Talib is a very good, but not great CB. The Patriots have no ####### secondary depth, nor much talent on secondary. He was a huge upgrade, and a huge loss.
Them scoring a TD is a given here, though. If they don't score a TD, it doesn't matter what you do. So the comparison has to be:
You go for it:
50 percent you get it--a TD and you're still ahead.
50 percent you don't get it and you're up 7. A TD means a tie.
vs.
You don't go for it:
They score a TD and 55 percent of the time they tie you.
They score a TD and 45 percent of the time you have the lead.
That's only a 5 percent difference, isn't it?
This year they had a good draft and added some nice pieces. But their poor drafting on defense in previous years has hurt them. No defenders left from 2009, 2011 was fruitless. Last year's defense had 3.5 good players, with 1.5 of them being Wilfork.
So is Joe Flacco the Jack Morris of the NFL?
Jim Caldwell was able to win a ton of games with Peyton Manning and he was largely considered a dolt. Unfairly, I say.
Yes, and to be clear all my grumbling tonight is an overreaction. But there's a real question about what happens when Brady is toast, because while the rest of the Patriots team is pretty good, Belichick has shown himself to rely upon oft injured players without whom his team is far worse off.
Nope, not misremembering, that's entirely correct.
Of course, but we are talking about the defense.
Yes.
Just keep on with that sort of #### and feast your eyes on the ####### scoreboard. At some point you all are going to have to admit that the Ravens are just a better ####### team than the Patriots and that Flacco is just a ####### winner.
Looking forward to that AAFC reunion matchup in the Super Bowl. Maybe the Patriots and the Falcons can have a Pythagorean Bowl or something in someone's mother's basement.
17th in DVOA and DYAR, his lowest since his rookie year. Never top 10 in any of them. He's a good average QB.
The Falcons are not really a statistical darling.
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