"The IG IG/Jerry Thornton Thread"

http://thornography.weei.com/sports...ee-jerk-reactions-week-15-patriots-vs-titans/

My favorite part:
"Beating the Jets will not suffice. I need Logan Ryan and Malcolm Butler to dominate. Or to be more specific, play better than Darrelle Revis. If back in the spring when the Jets blatantly tampered him out of New England, you told me that was even a possibility, I would’ve laughed in your face. Homer or not. But in a season of best-case scenarios, it’s not only possible, it’s likely."

My sentiments exactly.
Thx for posting, HSanders.
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http://thornography.weei.com/sports...ee-jerk-reactions-week-16-patriots-vs-jets-2/

For real.

— One play I can live without, though, in addition to anything that includes Tom Brady road grading upfield on a reverse, is that third-and-1 handoff to the fullback. The Patriots tried it with Joey Iosefa in the first, and it extended its own Most Consecutive Attempts Without Ever Converting the First Down streak, which now stands at 2,482. I’m going to hack into their files and delete that play if I have to get a job with the St. Louis Cardinals to do it.
 
"But we understand that like with all belief systems, our deity works in mysterious ways and it’s times like these that you need to keep your faith."

Amen, IGIG. Amen.
 
Jerry's in full-on "if I don't laugh, I'll cry mode"
http://thornography.weei.com/sports...-jerk-reactions-week-17-patriots-vs-dolphins/

Jerry Thornton said:
— I have to get one thing out of the way, and that is any notion that the Patriots weren’t really trying to win, which is lunacy. Why else would Pat Chung, Devin McCourty and Rob Ninkovich (to name a few) have nutted up to get back in the lineup? You can argue the game plan all day. But this wasn’t telling Matt Cassel to throw the ball into a Minuteman’s tricorn hat in 2005 so you could face Jacksonville. This was the bad kind of straight-up failure. Not the good, master-plan kind.

— Though I’ll concede it kind of looked like it was intentional when Josh McDaniels turned off his Microsoft Surface and pulled out the yellowed, parchment scrolls containing the 1920 Decatur Staleys offense and went with that.

— I do question the wisdom of taking the best passer and clutch performer of all time and turning him into a leather helmet-era handoff monkey. Though part of that was dictated by Miami. Repeatedly the Pats came out in two-tight end sets, and the Dolphins stayed in their base nickel defense. They basically dared the Patriots to run the ball. And just like with the Jets the week before, the Patriots couldn’t, even with the size/schematic advantage. And that, more than anything, is what has me a-scared.

— I want to be kind because the Pats haven’t just hit the bottom of the offensive line depth chart, they’ve torn up the tiles, ripped out the plywood and joists and drilled into the subfloor all the way to the LaAdrian Waddle. So there’s only so much you can ask. That said, they simply can’t push the line of scrimmage back, and the pass blocking has all the effectiveness of an invisible fence if you don’t put the collar on your dog.

— Eventually of course the Pats did start putting the ball in the air. By my reckoning, the first pass from Tom Brady that actually crossed the line in the air was the incompletion intended for Danny Amendola with 8:30 to go in the half. I thought they might stop the game and give the ball a card to commemorate the occasion, like the one the Navy gave my dad the first time he crossed the equator, but it wasn’t meant to be. Anyhoo … by the time the offense really needed to throw it, Miami was able to bring pressure with only three or four rushers and drop the rest into coverage. It was a numbers game the Patriots simply couldn’t win.
 
Note that Jerry features a fair amount in Fitzy's latest "Shit Pats Fans Say" youtubr video for the post-season, I'd link it if I wasnt on mobile.
 
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I had heard a host on EEI talking to a caller who suggested having an MIT scientist he referred do a legit real life scientific method data accumulation and proof at the stadium this past weekend.

The host referenced the Thornography blog and said it was going to happen that very weekend.

What happened?
 
Hey everybody. I've got a ? And not sure how to use this post. My father in law was a season ticket holder from about 1990-2000. His picture was featured on some type of game day program or season ticket holder program. He was seated in the bleachers with his back to the camera facing the field. I believe ether alone or with not many others around him. Now that he is passed I would love to find a copy of this picture for my wife. If anyone knows how or where I can find this please email me. Andrewbnnr22@gmail.com. Thanks
 
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— Thanks for reading these columns all season. They’ve been my favorite thing to write since I first started posting them on the Patriots Planet message board, and I’m honored (“Your kids are honored! Your families are honored!!!”) that you guys allow me to do them for a living now. I appreciate you reading Thorngraphy, so please keep it up. And keep Defending the Wall. I promise I will.


 
Good point on creating turnovers, that was THE thing I was worried about with this defense for awhile.
 
Dude. Get a cough drop. I mask the sound of your voice with a recording on repeat of nails scratching a chalkboard to soothe me.

Ricola, try one.
 
Thank you, Igig!

http://thornography.weei.com/sports/boston/2016/05/20/maine-grocery-store-bans-roger-goodell/

This started with the Bangor Daily News, got picked up by WLBZ Channel 2 in Bangor (sister station Wwhatever Channel 6 Portland) and from there to Igig.

I'm in Tozier's Market almost every day and know the owner and management quite well and have an update on this story: Dale Jr. read Igig's post to me around 1:30 this afternoon, about 15 minutes later I was told (not by Dale Jr.) that the town council is willing to change the name of of Goodell Street, but not to Brady. Their reasoning is that players come and go, therefore it may be renamed Patriots Street; I'm personally hoping for Patriots Way.

Thank you, Igig, :bow:you have helped in this possible change. Here's the link to the original article that WLBZ followed up on: http://hashtagmaine.bangordailynews...sioner-brady-foil-not-welcome-at-maine-store/
 
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