You can also blame the line. The problem I see is that he is jittery back there, even when he has time. He has to have confidence in his o_line and they haven't given him much reason to be confident in the past few weeks.
I agree and if it weren't for some questionable ref calls we have have held them without a TD but if we are giving the ball away we need to take it away. Also Cassell has been horrible under pressure this year and we let him just sit back there and pick us apart.
I will say, I don't like to b*tch about refs but when they allow, say Sam Aiken to make contact with our punt returner who is trying to make a fair catch, it might give the Pats an invitation to do anything. That's what angers me about stuff like that. It gives them carte blanche. Esp. when you are throwing ticky tack flags on us like the Simpson hit.
Our secondary is a strength. Greer and McGee are solid, Corner looked good, McKelvin even held his own. Simpson makes sure that nothing goes over his head...but these poor guys can't hold coverage for so long. We need to get some rpessure on the QB. Even if we blitz we don't put pressure on the other QB. :wallbash:
I mean, that's the problem. The announcers kind of intimated that he did but due to being up the Patriots a**es, they didn't show the outrage that they might have say if we were the Steelers and we were playing, say, the bengals.
Agreed. We are just too young to overcome injuries at this point. Honestly, give me our full team healthy and I think we can play with anyone. Unfortunately injuries are part of the game.
There is definitely a mind set right now that it might as well be 56-3. I'd feel more comfortable if it was any other team but the Pats are in our heads at this point...hopefully they aren't in the players.
At least run a play towards Hardy...It doesn't matter if he drops it...it's a good as getting stuffed at the line on a run. At least you tried something different and are giving the kid some experience.
Honestly I don't want to make this a ref b*tch fest but first play out, tick tack personal foul penalty. I mean, come on, we've lost 9 in a row to these guys...they don't need the extra edge.