I’d say, too, there’s a misconception that there is this 30th-ranked rush defense that they have. Yeah, that’s where their ranking was. But they were up 50 points at home against Carolina, against Chicago, and those teams were running it in the third quarter and fourth quarter, and gaining like 12 or 15 yards a carry when the game didn’t matter. I don’t know; stats sometimes can be deceiving.
After every loss there has to be something that the media and fans glom onto as “the problem”. This week it’s “why didn’t the run more”, as if it the Pats had just kept handing the ball off it would’ve gotten them that extra six points they needed to win.
