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jsboston : 9/22/2014 9:37 pm
in the talk radio call in shows today callers were complaining about all the problems we all thought the Giants would have this year:

- quarterback doesn't perform well when pressured
- the quarterback is immobile
- why didn't the FO address the OL problems in the off season?
- why are their undrafted free agents on the OL?
- the OL is a mess.
- Brady's best days are behind him.

seems like the Pats OL problems are worse than the Giants. at least judging from this weekend's games.

put me in the camp of the Giant's turning it around, the OL is just starting to gel and we have the horses to compete for a playoff spot. it hurts that we lost the Cards game, but it's a long season.
the Patriots tried to get  
pjcas18 : 9/22/2014 9:39 pm : link
cute and traded Mankins "a season before he should be traded" instead of a season too late.

they're paying for it now. That said they have an easy early schedule and as a result are 2 - 1.
Brady has Edelman to throw to  
MaineGiantFan : 9/22/2014 10:07 pm : link
But the rest of the WR corps is garbage. Gronk doesn't like like Gronk yet and the play of Vollmer has been subpar.
The Pats have a new OL coach.......  
Doomster : 9/22/2014 10:19 pm : link
Dante retired after 22 years as a coach.....so a new coach, the leader of the OL is traded, and the merry go round that has happened in the OL has not provided dividends......

Funny thing is, when the Boston media talks about Eli, he is no good.....they haven't seen the OL and weapons he's had the last two years......same thing happens to Brady, but he is the golden boy....but for the first time, many are questioning, if the skills are starting to erode....
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SanFranGiantsFan : 9/22/2014 10:22 pm : link
Their OL sucks.
They've made a lot  
bceagle05 : 9/22/2014 11:13 pm : link
of poor decisions in recent years. Father Time may be knocking on Brady's door, but he's done some incredible things in recent years with fewer and fewer weapons. He took a cap-friendly deal, and they've still surrounded him with crap.
I have no idea  
kepler20 : 9/22/2014 11:58 pm : link
Why Brady doesnt have a bigtime target. Like a Vincent Jackson kind of guy.
seems like Brady  
jsboston : 9/23/2014 12:09 am : link
took a cap friendly deal for nothing,

based on the Raiders game it could be a long year for him.
It's insane that Brady's top target is  
giantgiantfan : 9/23/2014 12:30 am : link
a poor mans version of Wes Welker. Edlemen is nice possession receiver but the Patriots have junk. They could have signed Hakeem Nicks or Santonio Holmes to very cheap deals. Both received 1 year prove it contracts. There are probably other decent WRs they could have signed for peanuts.

They are dumb.
The formula of these type of WRs has worked for the Pats  
PatersonPlank : 9/23/2014 6:41 am : link
for a long time.

I am glad to see this. Sometimes I feel that many here think the Giants are the only ones with problems. Look around the league, lots of teams are struggling, even the Saints, Pats, Steelers, 49ers, and Packers.
Speaking of that cap friendly deal......  
Doomster : 9/23/2014 8:35 am : link
Brady is making less than other top qb's.....supposedly did it to help the team, surround him with a better offensive unit.....

The Pats have 16M in dead money, thanks mainly to the Hernandez and Mankins contracts....yet, they managed to come up with 12M for Revis(who was targetted 6 times for 5 receptions, against a rookie qb)....AND, they are sitting on almost 10M in cap space.....

Instead, they let Welker go, signed Amendola who is not a WR, he is a slot receiver.....Edelman, who is the slot receiver, I don't think will last the season with the hits he is taking, ala Welker....they signed Lafell, on the cheap, and he hasn't worked out thus far.....

When you look at what Welker was making, in the last year of his contract, and what the Pats gave the likes of Ocho, Amendola, and Lafell, it's more than they were paying Welker....is it any wonder he jumped at that 9M franchise tag, and wouldn't renegotiate a lower contract extension.....the way little Bill is running the franchise, that carrot, he hangs in front of prospective vets to sign at a lower contract price, with the chance of a championship ring, no longer has that same value....
All that  
pjcas18 : 9/23/2014 8:38 am : link
and they'll still probably be 12 - 4 and in the hunt for the Super Bowl.

You cannot or should not evaluate a Belichick team in September. Around Thanksgiving he says you know what you have for a team.
I wouldn't take sports talk callers  
newmike2 : 9/23/2014 8:45 am : link
seriously. I remember when I lived in NH and I had occasion to tune in and it made my head hurt. Red Sox lose a game in June and they all start looking forward to the Patriots because the "seazin is ova" and when the Pats lose a game in November, they all start to look forward to "pitchaz and catchez".. in other words, just like the rest of the sports world.

What camp will  
JoefromPa : 9/23/2014 8:46 am : link
you be in if the Giants lose to the Redskins Thursday?

Fans in Boston are no different than fans here on BBI, they overreact to a lose or a win.

they are 2-1  
Essex : 9/23/2014 8:47 am : link
and were in the conference title game the last three years. We were 0 for September last year and have gotten of to a 1-2 start this year. I would think Giant fans are justified and Pats fans are overreacting to seeing that there team is probably inching, and I stress the word inching, toward a down season.
I am an optimist  
jsboston : 9/23/2014 8:53 am : link
Can't help it

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