The Patriots felt adding a player like Yates to the roster before the win over the Houston Texans on Thursday would have been counter-productive because of the short turnaround in preparation, but the dynamics change this week with a 10-day stretch until the next game. “They deserve all the credit in the world and we’ll bounce back from this one”.
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Last spring, Belichick was courtside watching Stevens’ Celtics end their playoff drought with wins over the Hawks in Games 3 and 4.
“From a fan’s perspective, I wanted to watch a good game”.
I agree Patriots Head Coach Bill Belichick is a genius, and his staff twice have outcoached the Texans.
“Look, we just try to go out there every week and win”, Belichick said during a conference call Friday, his voice droning somewhere between contempt and superiority. Or you might get one of them, with Julian Edelman as the backup.
These two results against the Patriots are very similar, in fact so similar it has me questioning Head Coach Bill O’Brien’s integrity.
The New England Patriots are off to a 3-0 start. “Then you just wait and see what happens”.
If Dennis Green were still around he might have warned us about “crowning” the Houston Texans a little prematurely. One of the fumbles was by Charles James and the other came from primary kick returner rookie Tyler Ervin.
“He’ll probably get another week to do it again”, Doeren said. “He’ll learn from it”. The offensive line play is rarely elite and Brady isn’t the most athletically gifted player at the quarterback position.
BOSA TO MISS ANOTHER GAME: Chargers rookie defensive end Joey Bosa has been ruled out of his third straight game due to a hamstring injury. O’Brien was quick to point out that the struggles of the offense weren’t all on Osweiler. “I think he obviously has to limit the turnovers, but I think overall, I thought that he hung in there pretty well”. Just the transition from college to pro which he obviously has a lot of experience with, coming to the New England area – for most players that’s an adjustment. The Patriots tackles were also able to block the two pass rushers in the run game, with Solder having his way with Clowney on runs to his side of the field. Lamar Miller ran for 80 yards on 21 carries in the loss. O’Brien saw some progress by the group through the first two games, but that didn’t carry over into Thursday night’s game.
In order to correctly evaluate this question, I believe we must start in the beginning.
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The unit could get a boost soon with Brown, who has been out since quadriceps surgery in January, inching closer to a return. It is not clear whether Garoppolo, who was slammed to the turf on his right arm by Dolphins linebacker Kiko Alonso on Sunday, will be back to face Buffalo in the final game of Brady’s ban on October 2.
