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Morning after: Seahawks 24, Patriots 23 – Extra Points – Boston.com

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Morning after: Seahawks 24, Patriots 23 – Extra Points – Boston.com

Here’s a Wet Blanket of Reason towel snap for this Monday morning…

Patriots lead Giants 17-9 with 11:20 left in third quarter of the Super Bowl and don’t score again and lose. Patriots lead Cardinals 9-6 early in third quarter and are outscored 14-0 before losing. Patriots lead Ravens 30-21 with 14:10 left in fourth quarter and go scoreless before losing. Patriots lead Seahawks 23-10 with 9:21 left in the fourth quarter and go scoreless before losing. Not acceptable. Have to find a way to execute better and get the final score to win the game. I mean, one touchdown on six trips in the red zone? And twice the Patriots were inside the 10-yard line and got zero points. Unreal. One thing that crossed my mind as I watched Tom Brady get up very slowly after the roughing penalty he took to the head, was that he might have been a little woozy. After the hit, Brady was 5-12 for 81 yards, one interception, one sack and one grounding penalty.

Where is the finish, Patriots? – BostonHerald.com

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Where is the finish, Patriots? – BostonHerald.com

There are two types of stories you’ll read this week, ones about the secondary or ones about how they can’t finish on either side of the ball.

Finishing is really less of a concern to me. It’s something that has to be learned every season somewhat, and just because this team is taking a little longer to gain that killer instinct doesn’t overly concern me. Yet.

Brady in particular had his shaky moments when he most needed to be a steady hand, throwing two interceptions — and Seattle safety Earl Thomas dropped a third that was a potential pick-six had he held on. But this was not simply about Brady or the running backs. This was a systemic cratering at crunch time. The offense faced a third-and-2 at the Seattle 17 with nine minutes to play and the offensive line got buried; Stevan Ridley was flattened for no gain before the Patriots settled for a field goal. They led 23-10, so their growing offensive struggles did not seem significant, but the game was trending the way the Arizona and Baltimore ones had. The later it got, the less the offense produced. When something was needed most, it did the least.

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On seven of the eight drives the Patriots did not allow a play over 20 yards, guess what? They allowed zero points. The lone exception was the pass interference penalty by Patrick Chung that was later erased by a fumble. The other four drives were littered with explosive plays and they directly resulted in all 24 points.

Secondary: What goes on back there? – Patriots – Boston.com

https://www.patspropaganda.com/on-seven-of-the-eight-drives-the-patriots-did-not/

Secondary: What goes on back there? – Patriots – Boston.com

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Secondary: What goes on back there? – Patriots – Boston.com

Time to officially bury the “bend don’t break”. Now I know everyone will be killing the secondary this week, heck, we were leading the charge on the whole deep ball thing two weeks ago, but really if the Patriots can fix this one thing it’s going to make them a lot better. 

The formula for being moderately successful defensively is fairly simple: don’t give up big plays. It’s the mantra of coach Bill Belichick. The play calls by defensive coordinator Matt Patricia are almost always conservative, specifically to minimize risk for big plays that can swing a game. Yet the Patriots keep allowing them. And opponents know they are going to give them up if the Patriots don’t develop a consistent pass rush that can’t do more than spark up here or there.

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Why does it seem like players always regress in the Patriots’ secondary? The list goes on and on: Brandon Meriweather, Terrence Wheatley, Darius Butler, Leigh Bodden, Chung, McCourty, and Ras-I Dowling. Where’s the ascension? Where’s the excellence? OK, how about we settle for a turn of the head and making a play on the ball when the receiver reacts to the ball being in the air? There is much to be disappointed about with the Patriots, especially in the secondary. Without a Giants-like pass rush, the Patriots are going to have to cover better in the back end to win games.

Secondary: What goes on back there? – Patriots – Boston.com

https://www.patspropaganda.com/patriots-defense-secondary-3/