Hate to say this but...Brady and Hoodie never lose

Of course they can still win if they give up 38, if they score 39 like they did vs the Ravens.

 

Cortez Allen manned up on Gronk that whole game and absolutely shut him down. Best performance of his short career.

Last year they did the same thing against the Chiefs by matching up Justin Gilbert on Kelce.

Don't know if we have anyone to do that now. Maybe they'll shock the world and assign Brian Allen to cover Gronk all day?

 

And Steelers have been ready for 3 weeks, says Tomlin. And they still took care of business.

 

Not necessarily fully "on purpose" but perhaps more of an easing up a bit, just like when Seabiscuit faced War Admiral: Sometimes instead of beating a horse (or a team) 100% of the time, the best riders/coaches know that sometimes - for success in the long haul - you lay off a little at one point. This could be what BB did in this case. After all, he is the greatest coach in NFL history.

 

Boom. roasted.

 

They were still playing the dolphins lol

 

Can't stop the run because of Shazier's injury unfortunately. It also hurt that we had to play a lot more two high safety against the rats to try to cover for Sensabaugh and Sutton (although Sutton seemed to perform alright). The help was definitely there.

DB's play off because of scheme. Haden makes it easier for us to play more man than before. Likely will see less "cushion" with Haden in

We may just have to game plan our way into trying to let Heyward/Tuitt/Hargrave eat up the middle and try to pressure the receivers at the LOS. Make Brady get rid of the ball and pressure the "safety valve" routes.

TBH I'm most scared of Gronk and the RB routes out of the backfield. Without Shazier we really don't have any ILB that can match up with them.

 

I don't chart plays or anything, but I've seen us play a lot more cover 2-man under this year than in the past.

I think Burns actually plays press better than zone.

Haven't seen enough of Sutton yet to form an opinion on whether or not he can play press, but I do like what I've seen from him so far.

 

Confuscious - 532 BC

 

Butler and Tomlin are in a team meeting saying I really think zone will work this time.

 

Gronkowski was suspended for the fish game. They're saving the A game for the Steelers

 

They were missing Gronkowski . That's Brady's main man.

 

What happens after they lose is about the same as happens after every other game they play
I looked it up. Their winning percentage is about the same coming off a win or a loss. It's usually a win. They are a good team, and their coach most definitely never loses on purpose

 

Refs were letting a lot of hand fighting go last night. All depends on what crew one gets I guess.

 

Vegas has us 2.5 or underdog

 

Tony Corrente & Co.

 

Yes - my point (which I have banged on about since that the AFCCG debacle) is that it's not anywhere near as simple as 'man' vs 'zone'. Brady can shred any defense.

Miami played man well (certainly not the whole game, mind - there were some good disguised zone blitzes along the way), but my view is that they did this mostly by getting pressure with a 4-man rush. The good old Giants way.

Plus, Brady looked uncharacteristically uncomfortable. I do wonder if his Achilles is causing issues. They didn't seem to use the short passing game much, and didn't read the defense well in general. A bad day at the office all round for the Pats.

 

The hole is getting deeper.

 

Yeah right like the Steelers safeties ever help their CBs over the top, they always get there too late.

 

They won the Super Bowl without Gronkowski

 

He still had Edelman in the SB and if the Falcons ran the ball at the end the cheats would've lost. He had neither vs the fish. I have a feeling the cheats weren't showing everything vs the fish knowing the world was watching them. Plus Miami's D has been playing well lately . If the steelers could borrow the fish D we would crush the cheats

 

Gonna have to beat them at least once, if not twice to get to Super Bowl.

Or,
A loss to them this week and then Pats get knocked out of Playoffs.