2018 NFL Week 10

[Deceptive Speed]

The Browns look solid on defense all of a sudden with 3 whites seeing plenty of the field, with stud LB Joe Schobert back after missing the last 2 games, and the emergance of DL Anthony Zettel, and LB Tanner Vallejo! Zettel and Vallejo's snap-counts have steadily increased the last few weeks and it looks like there starting now.

 

[Riggins44]

Brady's just about stopped throwing TD passes in the past month

Brady is not very accurate today. He just targeted Hogan on a long down and out, but threw the ball out of bounds.

One of the Patriots' sumos, Brown, just went off the field limping. Not sure if he was replaced with one of our guys.

 

[Don Wassall]

Vallejo is the starter after Kirksey was put on IR.

Right now the Chiefs, Steelers, Rams and Saints all have significantly more dynamic offenses than New England's. The move to a sumo o-line and dumping a slew of talented White developmental receivers in favor of the likes of Dorsett, Patterson and Gordon have not been good moves. Brady looks less effective throwing even when he has time, maybe age is finally catching up to him.

 

[Upside]

The Browns all of sudden look respectable on defense with 3 whites seeing plenty of the field, with stud ILB Joe Schobert (back after missing last 2 games), and the emergance of DL Anthony Zettel, and OLB Tanner Vallejo! Zettel and Vallejo's snap-counts have steadily increased the last few weeks, and looks like there starters now.

Zettel is a really good player who was screwed by Detroit. He had 6 sacks last season. He can be a legit starter in this league.

 

[Don Wassall]

Anzalone with a sack and Hendrickson with half of one against the hapless Bengals. Surely Marvin X will finally be fired after this season.

 

[Upside]

Vallejo is the starter after Kirksey was put on IR.

Right now the Chiefs, Steelers, Rams and Saints all have significantly more dynamic offenses than New England's. The move to a sumo o-line and dumping a slew of talented White developmental receivers in favor of the likes of Dorsett, Patterson and Gordon have not been good moves. Brady looks less effective throwing even when he has time, maybe age is finally catching up to him.

I agree. New England has really shot themselves in the foot with a number of questionable personnel decisions.

And I know he's been banged up but ever since the news broke about the possible Gronk trade, he really has appeared to be disengaged and simply going through the motions.. maybe it's just me, but something's not quite right in NE..

 

[Thrashen]

Edelman - 6 catches for 89 yards. The only bright spot in the offense. It’s games like this where they wish they re-signed Amendola.

 

[Kaptain]

Josh Gordon spent 5 years getting high. What moron in the front office of the Patriots thought they could make him the centerpiece of Super bowl caliber team? I don't care what his numbers are if you watch him play he clearly has nothing.

 

[Thrashen]

Edelman over 100 for the day.

 

[Westside]

NE looking like crap. BB will have to recalibrate during the bye week. Edelman was seen walking into the locker room. Will Burkhead ever come back and make an impact??

 

[Riggins44]

NE looking like crap. BB will have to recalibrate during the bye week. Edelman was seen walking into the locker room. Will Burkhead ever come back and make an impact??

This has got to be New England's worst game of the season. They look like complete crap in all areas. Hopefully they get it all out of their system and this humiliation gets them pissed off and focused.

 

[Kaptain]

Fitzpatrick throws for over 400 yards again - but the team only scores 3 points. I know Mike Evans did drop a TD.

 

[Don Wassall]

Five straight losses for Jax, now 3-6 after being one of the favorites to win the AFC this year.

 

[Don Wassall]

Another superb game for Mitch Trubisky, this year's version of Jared Goff -- 23/30/355, TD passes of 35, 46 and 26 yards, and a rushing TD! Not bad for a "bust."

 

[sport historian]

Vallejo is the starter after Kirksey was put on IR.

Right now the Chiefs, Steelers, Rams and Saints all have significantly more dynamic offenses than New England's. The move to a sumo o-line and dumping a slew of talented White developmental receivers in favor of the likes of Dorsett, Patterson and Gordon have not been good moves. Brady looks less effective throwing even when he has time, maybe age is finally catching up to him.

Brady is 41 this year and age always catches up eventually.

 

[Deceptive Speed]

Another defensive thing to note is that the Chiefs usually "dark" defense was led in tackles by rookie LB Ben Niemann with 6 solo tckls!

Elsewhere on the Chiefs S Daniel Sorensen finally made his mark on a game this year! Sorensen got plenty of PT and finished with 5 tot tckls, hopefully he can win back his old starting SS spot....

 

[Don Wassall]

This was Sorensen's first game back after coming off IR, with Eric Berry injured all year he should get his starting job back.

 

[Leonardfan]

Five straight losses for Jax, now 3-6 after being one of the favorites to win the AFC this year.

Fournette had 24 carries for 53 yards but is supposedly the cog that makes the Jacksonville offense go. I do not believe Gerhart ever got 24 carries as a Jaguar and if he had that kind of performance it would of been national news (in a bad way).

Bortles has been somewhat disappointing but the Jags WRs are notorious for dropping passes. He is going to get the blame in Jacksonville but their supposed elite defense was going to carry this team to the super bowl. The Jags like many of this ultra black teams really have a mob type rule - the Giants and the Raiders are two other ultra black teams trying to run out their white QBs probably in the hopes of getting a black quarterback. The racial division in the locker room is a real thing and to paraphrase Bob McNair - "the inmates are running the prison".

 

[Leonardfan]

Congrats to Barkley on leading a trouncing of the terrible Jets defense. Triumphant return to the NFL for a much maligned and oft-criticized QB.

 

[Don Wassall]

Blake Martinez looked like he had a severe ankle injury last game, but returned to the game and is racking up tackles against the Dolphins. He's easily one of the top five LBs in the league. Some of the injury prone White players can learn about toughness from his example.

 

[Deceptive Speed]

Just saw on the boxscores that Zach Zenner actually had first carry of 2018 on a 12 yard scamper, while adding a tckl on ST's! I was aware the Lions re-signed Zenner but I still honestly thought I'd never see Zenner on a field again. So hopefully Zenner getting involved in the offense so quick is a sign that maybe the Lions will use him!?!?

 

[Don Wassall]

Just looked at the boxscores and noticed Zach Zenner actually had his first carry of 2018 today with on a 12 yard scamper, while also posting 1 tckl on ST's! This was so good to hear I honestly never thought I'd hear of Zenner again, and I'm hoping that him being involved on offense so quick that maybe the Lions plan to use him this Time ?!?!

Zach's carry was on the last play of the game as both teams were letting the clock run out but at least it was a touch. I have a feeling that with his newly cut physique he'll kick ass if they give him an opportunity.

 

[Riggins44]

Cooper Kupp is having a decent game; 5 catches for 39 yards in the first half.

Midway through the third quarter in the Oakland game, Jordy has 0 catches. He has been targeted once.

 

[CrazyFinn]

Brady is 41 this year and age always catches up eventually.

And it happens quickly and suddenly. Not something that takes place gradually over the course of several years. 2-3 bad games and all of a sudden, there’s no bouncing back. Can’t make the same reads and throws on a consistent basis.

 

[Leonardfan]

And it happens quickly and suddenly. Not something that takes place gradually over the course of several years. 2-3 bad games and all of a sudden, there’s no bouncing back. Can’t make the same reads and throws on a consistent basis.

Brady has defied time for a few years now. He is not looking like Peyton Manning did in his final season. As Don mentioned earlier their struggles are probably more due to force feeding the ball to Gordon rather than spreading it around to the other playmakers. Gronk has been out the past two weeks as well which no doubt will cause the offense to struggle. The Patriots have done a terrible job setting themselves up for life after Brady though.