Haven't been on here all week Mark, i've had some assignments to get done for Uni.

My view on the Falcons game though is big credit to the Falcons. The defence they have is far better than i thought/have seen. We had zero running game which is appauling, and i said at the time we can't just rely on B-Jax. It was a close loss which we've had too many of but apart from that fumble Rodgers was perfect (and in reality he shouldn't be running it at the goal line). He did everything to get us ahead in the last minute YET it will go down as another 4th Q loss for him because of the stupid penalty on the KO.

Disappointing that we've lost 4 games all by 3 points (game winning FG's). Still confident if we can iron out a few problems we are good enough to go the distance.

Never realised that. The Grant injury is killing you. We still make far too many dumb mistakes. We move the ball up & down for fun but balls up when we get near the endzone.

Yep all of our loses have come by FG's. IIRC they have all been game ending FG's too either in regulation or OT.

Grant is a very good RB for us (around 1200 each year) and is just very consistent middle of the road RB which is all we need. We miss him massively though. I said at the time he got injured that we needed somebody to pick up the slack and so long as we can run even a little i think we can get by ok. Against the Falcons was terrible, from the first run B-Jax had he had a line up the middle and tried to bounce it to the outside and lost about 5 yards. We don't need big runs we just need consistent 3-7 yard runs.

Games like that we should just abandon the run (and we did in the end) and throw it and every now and then let A-Rod break out and run when he can.

What about Dallas ?

Closed it now and can't remember how I had them finishing. Must have given them 6 wins from somewhere! I think I picked them to win against Arizona and Washington plus an upset in one of the Eagles games. Not 100% sure though!!

From the other side of the coin, I'll have to disagree on that one.

Some one-dimensional offences (and lets face it, that includes yours at the moment) have marched us and up down the field this season almost at will - Cincinatti springs to mind straight away - and we've been left clinging on to goal-line stands and needing the offence to score late on to wrap up games.

We don't get enough pressure (Abraham's fading, Biermann/Jerry are still learning) which puts too much onus on the secondary to cover for longer than they should have to. If we can get a bit more pressure particularly up the middle then we're decent enough against the run to be able to hold teams, but at the moment any pass heavy offence of note can take us to the cleaners.

I can see where your coming from. I've got to say i thought your D was average and succeptable to the deep ball alot prior to our game, whether it was a one off or not i thought your D was very good against us.

The key was the Packers could not run on the Falcons, when your rushing 4 on dropping 7 into coverage, you should not get beat on the deep ball. Against a team with a genuine rushing attack and the threat of a play action pass the Falcons will struggle.

Like the Giants.

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Could be a big advantage to us

Massive game in the AFC east, AFC and the league really this week, Us and the Jesters on Monday Night Football, It`s another game either team could win (seems to be the norm for us Pats this year from my point of view) the only game I was confident of winning we lost ( Browns

) , Jim Leonard is a big loss for the Jets IMO, I am confident we can put points on the board as usual, but again I dont know what our Defense will do, we are a young unit who is a going to be great in the next few years(again IMO

), but at the moment we are very hit or miss, some spectacular plays mixed in with some crap TBH.

My head says Sanchez crumbles under the pressure and we win by 10+, my heart says just scrape a win and get the hell out of Foxboro!

Bring it on!!!

Carpe diem

I think you need to run more against the Jets as Brady has struggled against their corners. If the Pats run more they'll win with ease as the playaction will open up. I worry for your defence though you have relied on big plays to stop teams rather than limiting the length of drives. I hate you both so it's a win win for me. i'd prefer a Pats win though because of the Belichick/Giants connection.

looking at the NFC playoff picture, it seems stupid that a possible 7-9 team could make the playoffs in place of a much better team.

Unfortunately that is what you get from the NFC West.

It's the rules and it's right that the NFC West send a team to the playoffs.

The Chargers went to the playoffs with an 8-8 record and beat the much fancied Colts. They went into the playoffs with a 13-3 record last year and lost to the Jets.

It does seem daft, but I guess thats the rules.

I remember us going 11-5 the year Brady was injured and we didnt even get a wildcard spot! Now that was a kick in the bollox

This thing about a team with a losing record making the playoffs wouldn't be an issue if it was one of the media darlings who was involved. If it was the NFC East, for example, nobody would even bother bringing it up.

It's a one-off - next year the Rams should be even better, San Francisco might finally get their act together and maybe if Arizona gets a decent QB they might actually be able to compete again. Teams don't stay weak forever - we just happen to have most in the division in that 'transition' period.

Bingo!

Am I getting a bit too giddy? Thinking of starting Danario Alexander ahead of Breaston, Nelson and Moss in fantasy land.

I picked up and started Alexander the game after he made his debut earlier in the season when he caught a TD. I think he got about 1 catch for 6 yards

May have to make the most of 2010, fresh doubt now....

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I'm also giving some serious thought to benching Ray Rice

I hope they sort something out, I would be lost without the NFL for a year *





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Randy should have a huge game against that Jaguars D, but I think we all know his head has gone ever since he left us and will end up with 1 catch for 12 yards.

I honestly think his career is pretty much over now, a damn shame because he was/still could be a great player if he sorted his head out, if he continues to play like he is and there is a lockout next year he will find it very tough to find a new team.

Hes still a legend in my book

Bloody hard betting this week. Only one I've found that I fancy is Chicago -5 at the Lions.