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I don't see why it would do any worse than our playoff defenses more often than not over the past few seasons. Seems like a solid pass D overall, our secondary was gutted last season too. It's the run D that should be of concern. But McD's a "defensive genius" and insists on bucking conventional wisdom constantly, so I'm sure he's got it figured out. Fortunately for this game all we're up against are former Bills backups Breida and Hodgins, along with an injured Waller, an injured Barkley, if both even play, and Slayton, another depth caliber WR. Honestly, if our B-team cannot win this game ...

LOL Which raises questions as to whether BB cheated in those Brady-less seasons. That would be even more damning.

This is not a bad game to give our players a week to heal up. Hell, even next week if necessary. Honestly, if we can't win this game if Kyle Allen started ...

Great! Let's move on from McD then. Otherwise, I'll defer to a 10-season career with some notable QBs BTW, Testeverde among them, with a .467 winning %, 78-89 record, 1-2 in the playoffs with two combined losses tallying 76-26, an average loss of 38-13, only three winning seasons in 10, two playoff appearances in those 10 seasons, and never a division win. Yeah, couldn't have been Brady who took Arians, an underachieving coach that had a single divisional round playoff win, to his only notable postseason play in his career with a Super Bowl win in his first season with Arians now, could it be.

On the former, sure, it's arguable, but I'd argue that it was more Brady's 466 passing yards and NE's 546 total yards that was responsible for the win, and not the Pats' defense which allowed the Pats to get into a 21-0 hole to start the game. As to the latter, sure, there's always a single data point in myriad of contrary examples. Kind of like using the fact that we only allowed the Ravens to score 3 points in our divisional playoff game in 2020 as a basis for the suggestion that our defense has been anything but bad in the playoffs allowing an average of 30 points, 25 1st-Downs, and 402 yards of offense in the other 6 games. ... which includes having held the offensively bereft Patriots to 17 points in '21.

BB has only done it with Brady, never with any other QB on the surrounding teams (aka Bledsoe and Cassel in adjoining seasons), and had been miserably poor in ten other seasons overall without Brady, while Brady has gone on to duplicate it under, at the age of 43 even, Bruce Arians. 10 other seasons, two playoff appearances, 1-2 in them with his only victory over the Bledsoe leg Pats, ironically, getting hammered in the other two, never advancing past the divisional round. There's absolutely nothing but extremely mediocre to abysmal performance there, argue as anyone may. And this season, ... LOL Hope that clears things up. 🙂

Not suggesting he had to be a force multiplier, but anyone watching knows what some of the issues are, at least force your OC to correct it.

His defenses got worse over time and he's supposed to be a defensive guru. They won very few playoff games because of their defense after Brady's early seasons.

Let's not go crazy now!

Just cut back, it's only the Giants.

Career Sack% 14.8. Ouch! LOL 49 in 11 starts with us at his peak sacks. 5 more games and he may have won 2nd. LOL

Well, when one of the two never had any success until the other arrived, even with essentially the same team othewise, then upon the departure of that other who goes on to do more of the same at an age considered ancient by NFL standards, and in setting records in that way, while the one reverts back to his ways pre when the other showe up, that also makes its own statement. The Pats' offense on Brady's watch was more Brady's than it was any of the OC's that they've had, which explains why they've all sucked elsewhere too, often repeatedly.

As Buffett laid out, it's 5 O'Clock somewhere.

LOL, yeah, it does. Anyway, this isn't the link that I orginally found, but another. Carr was 76. Surprisingly Cunningham was second with 72, and again 9th with 60 and twice more in that table of the "top" 27. Bledsoe in there twice isn't surprising. LOL The rest of the top-10 stands to reason. https://www.statmuse.com/nfl/ask/most-sacked-quarterback-in-an-nfl-season

Yeah, I looked it up, I think it was Carr, but without checking I forgot. Great point on the extra game. Add another 4-1/2, say 5, puts it at 77. Still a somewhat "shattering" sized leap. It'll be interesting to watch unfold. LOL

Yeah, not sure that Garbage Plates and the words culinary, cuisine, or gourmet should ever be in the same sentence. Garbage Plates are the British "cuisine" of the world. They were great at 2 a.m. replete with the entertainment and amusement that was provided at Tahoe's, but there should be a warning associated with Garbage Plates; Make sure that your BAC is (this high) before you consume one. I say that as someone that has consumed more than his share of GPs in the distant past. 😁 NoDoz will be in everyone's menu when we're up 27-3 early in the 3rd.

Yeah, conceivable that Daniel Jones takes 90, but still, records don't fall that easily. In this case it would shatter it at 72.

It's definitely a head scratcher.

Which raises a great point, between them they have only 9 1st-Downs on the season, not even 2/game. Harty & Murray have 9 in contrast. Here's another thing, in Beasley's two best seasons her he averaged nearly 12 YPR. Kincaid/Davis aren't even averaging 7 YPR.

I wouldn't pin it all Dorsey. Having a great coach with his hands, apparently, tied in the matter, is problematic. I have no idea why McD perpetually gets a pass at the mismanagement of the most relevant piece of the team. Apparently the whole "culture" thing outweighs the performance aspect.

Kincaid may not even be here when Diggs & Davis are gone. He's not going to be happy long term if this continues. Unless we win a Lombardi. Them everyone will be happy. LOL

Great post. I would however argue that it starts with McD. He's the one that selected Dorsey, and he apparently has nothing to assist and guide Dorsey with, ... add a head coach. If the offense is under achieving as it is, then it's up to the head coach to make the appropriate corrective action, regardless of what it is. IMO McD's simply all but incapable of doing that. Considering that our playoff hopes and hopes for a Championship revolver around Allen & the O, that's a terminal disconnect. All those thinking that Daboll was anything special are wrong.

I'm sure everyone did. Which begs questions. There's an ongoing disconnect between Beane & McD.

Right now or TEs (Kinaid/Knox) are placing for about 650 yards and 3 TDs between 'em. Davis should have 800/7 by the bye week, all he's gotta do is average 54 YPG and a TD every other game. Points wise or offense is performing better than it ever has. But it's the games against the playoff tells that matter most. That's not to say it cannot be better, and it can be.

Add to that, why did we expend a 1st-round pick on a player that isn't even being put in a role in which he can put up performance commensurate with that pick. It's disappointing to be sure. There seems to be a huge ongoing disconnect between Beane & McD in the utilization of our drafted players.