Leonardfan
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I bet Brady wishes he had Humphries right about now, and maybe a few other of the "overachieving" WRs they've quickly discarded the past two seasons, e.g., Chris Hogan and Chad Hansen among others:
On Sunday night, there was no more hiding his emotions. All Sunday night, NBC’s cameras showed Brady coming off the field looking like he was about to explode. Once, he was shown yelling at his receivers, and it looked like a lot of his ire was being directed at Phillip Dorsett.
The fact about the Patriots’ offense is they don’t have a lot of receiving talent after old reliable Julian Edelman and running back James White. That seemed clear as the Patriots struggled to move the ball for most of a 28-22 loss to the Houston Texans.
At one point in the third quarter the Patriots went for it on fourth-and-inches, called a play to get Mohamed Sanu open and Brady hit him in the hands. Sanu dropped it. That summed up the night. The Texans scored a dagger touchdown right after that.
Tom Brady frustrated all night
Brady yelling at his teammates was easy for everyone to see. Amateur lip readers on social media ascertained that Brady was telling his receivers they needed to be “faster, quicker, more explosive.” That was the easy part to see for anyone watching at home, as was Sanu’s bad drop.
There seemed to be plenty of other things going on. Former NFL quarterback Dan Orlovsky posted a video on Twitter in which he pointed out that it seemed Dorsett missed a hand signal to run a double move, and Brady was irate as he explained what happened to offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels on the sideline. Maybe Orlovsky’s description after watching on TV wasn’t exactly what happened, but something set Brady off. Houston took Edelman away and that should have opened things up for others, but nobody other than White took advantage. The Patriots didn’t get in the end zone until White caught a touchdown from Brady with 11 seconds left in the third quarter. Then New England, which has had trouble finding a healthy and reliable kicker, missed the extra point after taking a delay of game penalty.
While Brady might never publicly talk about his frustration, it’s obvious the Patriots offense is struggling.
https://sports.yahoo.com/tom-bradys...triots-take-bad-loss-to-texans-043601647.html
I appreciate the hell out of Brady, Burkhead and Edelman but the rest of the offense leaves something to be desired.
The Pats have no one to blame but themselves - most of us veteran posters have pointed out at one point or another how bad they are at drafting and most of their success have come from white caste offs from other teams - Welker, Woodhead, Hogan, Burkhead.
I actually have a theory that Flores might be hiding Laird so the Pats do not decide to scoop him up in the offseason. It may be crazy but the Pats had their eyes on Welker when he was on the Dolphins and look how that turned out