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Great half overall. I don’t like giving away the possession at the end of the half though with like a minute to go and a timeout. Every possession is precious in games like this.

Gotta close this out, 17-7 and the ball to start the half? Can’t ask for more than that!

I hated that, just gave them back any kind of advantage from the holding

D needs to come up big here, let us build a lead

I’ve been tough on McD but I loved the call there. I will never criticize him or any coach for going for 4th and short when you have a top QB. I can live with fate if the ball is in our best players hands.

Ultimately what it came down to for the players was weighing the desire to do what’s best for the team vs the fear of taking the shot. Not saying one is wrong inherently right or wrong, that’s just what it boiled down to.

I think it’s moreso that those guys were aware that the penalties were greater if you’re not vaxxed and still chose not to. Even after all this time when there’s no evidence that the vaccine actually does anything negative. It may not help as much as many once thought, but it also doesn’t seem to be a threat in any way.

Haha is this thread for real? Where’s the sense of humor? I thought it was pretty funny

I still enjoy it. Sure I would more if McD wasn’t here and we did a better job building the trenches over the last 5 years…but it’s still fun.

Agreed, but that overall body of work against them from McD is still disappointing, but much moreso if we lose on Sunday. That was mostly my point there. There isn’t some kind of talent disparity this year to be “ok” with going 0-2 against them in games with basically the season on the line. And we have the better QB. 0-2 vs them this year with the stakes and QB situations would say a lot unfortunately.

He’s 2-7 overall, the wins count but they were also in the one year NE sucked. More importantly if we go 0-2 vs them in a year where we desperately needed to just split while we have the better QB would be an atrocity.

How does that make me a Pats fan? By wanting to have a coach that can actually beat them? I would argue that Pats fans would be ecstatic to see us keep McD long-term.

Ugh I can already see the excuses for McD if we lose this game

So bizarre. Especially the Dawkins thing, he's been horrible. And Edmunds, wow.

We’re actually one of the oldest teams in the league

This is the case for any good team. The best teams can still win when they’re the hunted. We’re not in that group unfortunately.

Unless they know that we know that they know

This. Haha I didn’t read the whole thread before I just posted but I guess this angle is already being discussed

Does Cole realize that by him believing and acknowledging that he may not have gotten tested if he just got vaccinated, that he’d probably be playing and helping his team in the biggest game of the year if he just took a shot? Maybe he should have done the unselfish thing and just got vaccinated. He could still voice his opinion on it, but he could’ve played.

We’re almost just daring the Panthers to come back and win this

I don’t get it. Also the lack of quick slants, at least 2 of them would’ve been wide open there.

He’s got the arm to chuck it out of bounds there, he’s just gotta throw the ball, those are such bad sacks

Yea I’m still fine with Brown, he’s still probably the best blocker on the line

I like Gabe a lot, we need to get him more targets

Yup, a miss by McD. Not that surprising.