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maybemaybenot -> RE: NFL Sob (or Brag) Thread (11/15/2006 6:09:39 AM)
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Pats signed 3 people on Tuesday, Vinnie T being one. There has been a whole lot of speculation over the last few weeks about Brady. He just isn't " right", something is lacking. I mean we all know our recieving corp is average at best, but Brady is throwing balls behind them, missing wide open recievers, uncharacteristicaly high amount of turnovers, sloppy mistakes, etc. The O line bears responsibilty too, but many many of the things have been Brady " just not being Brady". Look at his QB ratings. Horrid !
There is talk that he is hurt. That's one possibility.
The one that I give the most credence to is that they signed Vinnie T to sort of mentor/ simmer Brady down. Our offensive coach is young and IMO, not doing a great job. Mc Daniels lacks the maturity of a Charlie Weiss and Romeo Crennel, even Mangini. IMO, his lack of maturity in the NFL hampers his ability to coach/mentor Brady. He has been the QB coach, but I think OC is a bit over his head.
From that standpoint Vinnie T makes sense as a psuedo QB coach. It would be crazy to fire McDaniels < no one is happy with him here> and plug a guy in midseason and have the players have to learn a whole new offense. We could be kicking some serious ass with Dillon and Maroney, but McDaniels under utilizes the run. Alot of things up here are just not making sense this year.
One other theory is that Matt Cassell is injured and or on thin ice. Before the Colts game he was listed with a shoulder injury and probable as I re call. One of the local scandel rags has reported that Cassell got quite drunk at a team fundraiser and one other instance of public drunkeness at an event < can't re call what event it was>. I still can't see Vinnie T being listed ahead of Cassell on the roster, given his age and past performance as an aged QB in Dallas. Hell he makes Bledsoe look like Elway in regards to mobility.
There are a lot of questions from the fanbase and media base up here as to " what the hell is going on". We hesitantly accepted as we watched loved and key players leave this season for other teams < Branch, McGinest, Vinitieri > but we still drank the BB Kool aide, thinking he had a " plan". After this years performance, to date, that is coming under scrutiny as to whether or not BB is actually in his right mind. lol. Looking at the Pats record is one thing, yup we are 6-3, but we are not playing well AT ALL. Lucky to squeak those wins out, except Vikings.
Not sure if any one saw the game against the Jets, but Seymour was benched by the coaching staff that day around half time. That is really really out of whack. Yea, he was not getting plays off, but he is a veteran and one of the team leaders and to pull him, again, just didn't make sense. Colts game: Dillon was not even on the sidelines in the second half, no injury, no explanation,, what's up with that? After the JETS game Seymour told the pres that the Pats were " out coached and outplayed. Superficially that doesn't sound to bad becasue it is true. But one thing that you rarely hear is a *player* talking about being out coached, that usually comes from the coaching staff. Well in New England anyway. There has been alot of specualtion as to " hidden meaning" and disatisfaction when Seymours interview has been disected.
That's all I know, which tell you alot of nothing, but that is all we have up here. Specualtion and rumor. < shrugs>
BTW the Kool aid is getting kind of bitter and harder to swallow.
mbmbn
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