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If you want to know who Tom Brady trusts, just pay attention to who is getting his passes when the game is on the line. In the team’s final 11-play, game-winning drive, Danny Amendola was targeted four times and Shane Vereen was targeted twice as Brady went 6 for 6 to help set up Gostkowski’s 35-yard field goal.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/if-you-want-to-know-who-tom-brady-trusts-just-pay/
Danny Amendola stirs visions of Wes Welker in New England Patriots debut – ESPN Boston
As I was saying…
No one is saying that there aren’t concerns for the Patriots with what unfolded. It was ugly, at times, for a team that prides itself on taking care of the football to be sloppy. Some of the team’s young players didn’t rise up. More on the Patriots Mike Reiss has the Patriots blanketed for ESPNBoston.com. Check in for all the latest coverage. Blog • Send a question for Mike’s mailbag But at the same time, if we haven’t learned by now that the opening game of the season isn’t always reflective of what is to come and that teams evolve over the course of a season, then we haven’t been watching closely enough. To be able to win with a clutch final drive, overcoming their mistake-filled ways, is something that Belichick, Brady and others believe has significance.
I can’t make excuses, two balls on the ground is unacceptable. I’m not going to sit on the past. I have to accept where I messed up, made a mistake and grow from it. That’s really all you can do, not point the fingers but come back to work tomorrow. I hate it and it’s unfortunate but it’s part of the game of football that I’m just going to have to keep working, keep driving and keep pushing forward. We’ve got 15 weeks in front of us and I’m going right back to work.
patriots – With help of Shane Vereen, Tom Brady again great eraser – WEEI | Mike Petraglia
Ridley saying the right things, but he’s not going to keep getting chances if he doesn’t hold onto the ball. Like permanently. Maybe they need to do The Program drill with him where he has to carry the ball around everywhere he goes and guys can try to knock it away. Even when he’s in his onesie. Ugh…
https://www.patspropaganda.com/i-cant-make-excuses-two-balls-on-the-ground-is/
Not much time to reflect on this one and that’s probably for the best. Reading too much into the opening game of the season is futile. If nothing else, it establishes the baseline of performance and gives each player and unit something to build off of. Anyone trying to extrapolate what every hit or miss from yesterday means in the big picture at this point is foolish.
One thing we can take away is that this is yet another Patriots team with plenty of fight and that will take them a long way regardless of whatever strengths or weaknesses begin to recur.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/not-much-time-to-reflect-on-this-one-and-thats/
Really wonder if we see Amendola on Thursday with the quick turnaround.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/really-wonder-if-we-see-amendola-on-thursday-with/
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Edelman spikes like Gronk and scored like Gronk
https://www.patspropaganda.com/tony-perfect-tony-perfect-edelman-spikes-like/
Thanks, good thoughts. Curious to see the snap totals on a lot of guys, especially Vellano. Like usual thought he had some good, some bad. It’s hard not to think this is exactly what we should’ve expected. That was exactly how week one divisional games almost always seem to go, especially when they’re on the road in a tough place like Buffalo.
Yet again the Bills just couldn’t put the Pats away and Brady came back to ruin their day.
There’s no question this offense will be a work in progress, but if you look long term – when Gronk is back, Amendola is healthy, and the rooks have experience – I think we’ll be just fine.
