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Suit up! Let's see if it helps!

😂 A month ago who would have thought that the Tampa game would be a huge game for us. It will be interesting to see what this coaching staff is made of.

Oh, and consider yourself fortunate that you missed the game. LOL Honestly, it was tough to slog through.

Yeah, good luck. Others will add more, but players like Rousseau, AJE, and Floyd were conspicuously quiet yesterday and were the ones that needed to step up. Combined they had 0 sacks, 0 TFLs, and 1 QB Hit. Mac Jones went 25 of 30 for 272, 2 TDs, 0 INTs, and finished with a rating of 126.7, the third highest of his career. Their running game was consistently effective. To pair with our 56-10 rout by them in 2007, another kick in the nuts and cherry on top for this game was Belichick's 300th victory. So that's nice. 😳 Some still supporting Dorsey, but the offensive play-calling lacked imagination and creativity. Once again the team showed up seemingly sleepwalking into the game. I don't think anyone would argue that. Our LBs faced a more traditional task yesterday and proved that they're not built for that. McD's D schemes are built to rotate many players, as opposed to leaning more heavily on 11 starters, but if those players were not available to rotate, and of course Milano was out, you see the results.

It's interesting to watch this unfold. McD's starting to reasonably take some heat for the performance of his team. This is the season that people on the fence regarding support for McD are going to get pushed off to one side or the other. Right now, and barring some drastic unforeseen turnaround, they're ending up on the critical side. But once the wheels start coming off in that regard, the criticism of Beane won't be far behind.

Fear of failure should never guide decisions. Who's left from McD's time at Carolina that he hasn't hired? I think he's got everyone here now. ... and we wonder what the problems are. LOL. Here's the catch-22, he'll never hire anyone that's good enough to replace him. Hasn't happened yet. There's a significant gap in the toolsets of Goff vs. Allen though.

That may end up being prescient.

Yeah, I only remember seeing him once. On top of what you said, he's still going to cost us $24M against the cap next season if he's on the roster, $32M against the cap if he's cut. Doubtful that we ever see much more than slightly above-average play from him henceforth, which makes that contract an albatross. They'll keep him as they should, but it's costly. Hopefully he'll be at least an average player that is capable of starting. Then Knox's contract, another burden at this point.

Whatever's going on, this is the worst three-game string since 2019. It has coaching written all over it.

6 yesterday, out of 60 total D snaps Wasn't sure whether someone had provided it.

Is this part true? You're the second person that's mentioned this. Where did this notion come from?

Fun facts; This is the most points that the Pats have scored in over a year. Tampa has won both of their road games this season by an average score of 26-13. This week's game is on a short week. Curious how play given that.

Yeah, he's doing such a fine job in NY.

Well, then our $60M man is simply going to have to try to out-execute his offensive counterpart.

According to Spotrac, his dead cap hit is $32M next season. His cap hit with the team is $24M.

If this continues we may be talking about a complete rebuild with the exception of Allen. If this continues we'll be 5-12 or 6-11 in three months. There's no sense in making any changes now. Let's see if the team can pull its head out of its arse. But honestly, if we play the Bucs like this next week at home it's going to get FUGLY. If McD cannot get this team into some phase of an effective above-average steady-state of offense, it'll be interesting.

Sacrilege!!! Anathema! You mean the holy Process isn't holy for as undefined as it is? Beware the lightning.

Two losses and a win that should have been a loss, with two of the three being against two of the worst teams in the league. Let's say instead of three games that were 8 games, would your take still be the same? At what point do you have issues with it? Just curious.

It'd be one thing if we were getting the most from Allen and the offense under him, but that's far from the case. But we have a "winning culture" and "character." Apparently those of us thinking that can get a whole lot more than what we're actually getting are "soft." LOL

IDK, if I'm in the locker room I'm pretty pissed off that we didn't play anywhere near to the level that we're capable of playing. ... for three weeks straight now and even somewhat prior to that. Soft?

Marginally being the operative word there.

LOL, but come on, you saw a lot of creativity in our play-calling otherwise today?

No, every team's goal is to win a Super Bowl. Getting to the playoffs is merely one step in that progression. Not one team ever has said once it gets to the playoffs, ... Coach: Well fellas, we've achieved our goal. Let's just have fun from here on out and win or lose, remember, we achieved what we've set out to do. It's been a great season. Thanks for participating.

Beane and McD are handcuffed. Beane can't fire McD, but Beane's likely gone too if Pegs ever fires McD. If Pegs is thinking about firing Beane, then it's common sense he'd send McD with him. The head of the snake, ... so to speak.

So that's your goal, regardless of what happens when we get there?