TyLawsPick6
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Phew.
1. Horrible start by the D, obviously. Very disappointing to see what happened last week and then that. I was a little concerned of a let down after what felt like the energy of SB last week, but still, no excuse. It's on them to do whatever you gotta do to reset and bring an energy. It was clear that energy and urgency was not there to start the game and I don't know why or how they think they can get away with that in this league. There are too many veterans on the team to allow that to happen. McCourty had the worst game I've seen him play in a while. They get credit for that goal line stand holding with the Judon sacks, but they simply cannot start slow like that. A very annoying thing that needs to be fixed immediately. I thought it was fixed last week.
2. Great job by the OL. I had a sneaking suspicion they were going to be ok even though our lead troll did the uneducated handwringing tactic all week playing into the media trollwork. That certain troll is 100% wrong again on a particular topic and he/she will act like he/she isn't. Cajuste looked good, Herron, as suggested, for whatever reason is a LT and not a RT, and great job by the interior. I thought I'd remembered seeing Herron play well in spots last year at LT. So, good job by all of them in an emergency situation. 1 sack allowed and a clean pocket all game. Granted, Houston is not an elite front 7, but I don't care. It was good to see and it's nice to know they have quality back ups.
3. Special teams. Outside of the bizarre miss by Folk on a 33 yard PAT (one of the NFL's modern mysteries) in a dome, he had another nice game as did Bailey.
4. Bad/cute coaching by an inexperienced head coach on the other side. I am making no apologies after more of our own issues with self inflicted wounds at the most bizarre times, but that fake punt gave me Indy flashbacks back in 2015. It's just so dumb to overanalyze those things and thy were getting cocky in a one score game, when the Pats offense was just driving up and down the field. Strange, but thank you very much, because after that, NE took it over. Houston deserves to have lost based on that head coach peacocking all up and down the sidelines like the game was over, when there was a ton of time left.
5. Self inflicted wounds. From the horrible coverage breakdowns to the supposed fumble (I didn't see convincing evidence he didn't hit chalk for the TD), it just has to stop. This team could easily be 4-1 or even 5-0 without them. It's frustrating to see them underachieve in spurts to that degree. There's so much talent out there and it's just been slow to jel so far. The Meyers drop shocked me. Here's Mr. Catch Everything and he's wide open, likely set up for his first career TD, and he just bricks it. It's almost comical how they have all these positive plays strung together and then do stuff like that.
Overall, I like how they didn't quit at halftime, because they easily could have the way their luck has been going and it's good to see because it was a must win. Now, let's see if they can do it next week at home vs a better opponent. They need to continue to improve and improve in their strange weak areas.
Odd how they're actually a better road team than a home team so far. That needs to change.
This was the biggest comeback on the road for this team since 2017 vs the Jets. So, they have that going for them.
1. Horrible start by the D, obviously. Very disappointing to see what happened last week and then that. I was a little concerned of a let down after what felt like the energy of SB last week, but still, no excuse. It's on them to do whatever you gotta do to reset and bring an energy. It was clear that energy and urgency was not there to start the game and I don't know why or how they think they can get away with that in this league. There are too many veterans on the team to allow that to happen. McCourty had the worst game I've seen him play in a while. They get credit for that goal line stand holding with the Judon sacks, but they simply cannot start slow like that. A very annoying thing that needs to be fixed immediately. I thought it was fixed last week.
2. Great job by the OL. I had a sneaking suspicion they were going to be ok even though our lead troll did the uneducated handwringing tactic all week playing into the media trollwork. That certain troll is 100% wrong again on a particular topic and he/she will act like he/she isn't. Cajuste looked good, Herron, as suggested, for whatever reason is a LT and not a RT, and great job by the interior. I thought I'd remembered seeing Herron play well in spots last year at LT. So, good job by all of them in an emergency situation. 1 sack allowed and a clean pocket all game. Granted, Houston is not an elite front 7, but I don't care. It was good to see and it's nice to know they have quality back ups.
3. Special teams. Outside of the bizarre miss by Folk on a 33 yard PAT (one of the NFL's modern mysteries) in a dome, he had another nice game as did Bailey.
4. Bad/cute coaching by an inexperienced head coach on the other side. I am making no apologies after more of our own issues with self inflicted wounds at the most bizarre times, but that fake punt gave me Indy flashbacks back in 2015. It's just so dumb to overanalyze those things and thy were getting cocky in a one score game, when the Pats offense was just driving up and down the field. Strange, but thank you very much, because after that, NE took it over. Houston deserves to have lost based on that head coach peacocking all up and down the sidelines like the game was over, when there was a ton of time left.
5. Self inflicted wounds. From the horrible coverage breakdowns to the supposed fumble (I didn't see convincing evidence he didn't hit chalk for the TD), it just has to stop. This team could easily be 4-1 or even 5-0 without them. It's frustrating to see them underachieve in spurts to that degree. There's so much talent out there and it's just been slow to jel so far. The Meyers drop shocked me. Here's Mr. Catch Everything and he's wide open, likely set up for his first career TD, and he just bricks it. It's almost comical how they have all these positive plays strung together and then do stuff like that.
Overall, I like how they didn't quit at halftime, because they easily could have the way their luck has been going and it's good to see because it was a must win. Now, let's see if they can do it next week at home vs a better opponent. They need to continue to improve and improve in their strange weak areas.
Odd how they're actually a better road team than a home team so far. That needs to change.
This was the biggest comeback on the road for this team since 2017 vs the Jets. So, they have that going for them.
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