PatsPropaganda

Yeah, my thoughts exactly. Right now we’re seeing that there are two kinds of fans, those who see poor performance in Week 2 and want to fly off the handle and rush to judgement on anything that can be judged. They likely did the same thing last season after the Pats lost to the Cardinals.

The other group is where you and I reside. We understand that football in September is meaningless unless you lose a bunch of games and kill your playoff chances. Otherwise it’s about trying things out, understanding what you have and what your strengths and weaknesses are.

The WR rebuild was inevitable. It’s fair to criticize the organization for failing to bring in and stick with any young wide receivers from 2005-2012. They’ve made that bed and now they have to lie in it, and there is no other way to do that than stay the course, trust your scouts and coaches, and hope that come November the team starts to click.

Well, there’s all the stuff we’ve talked about excessively… the post snap route adjustments, running the routes the way Brady wants them to be run, but what we’re seeing right now is also just general rookies adjusting to the NFL. 

Logically, an offensive system where all the weapons are reading the defense and adjusting accordingly makes the most sense, so really it’s just a matter of time and experience for these new guys. 

I am all for the Pats just continuing to throw the new guys out there and giving them a trial by fire. All have shown the get open against NFL defenders, now they just have to refine their routes, and ultimately, catch the ball when they’re open. If they start doing that suddenly the big storyline becomes “Look at Tom Brady’s explosive new weapons!"