|
|
Quote: |
Tom Brady pass incomplete intended for Antowain Smith Antowain Smith up the middle for 6 yards (tackle by Dewayne Washington) Tom Brady pass incomplete intended for Donald Hayes Ken Walter punts 40 yards, touchback |
Quote: |
Tom Brady pass complete to Marc Edwards for 11 yards (tackle by Lee Flowers and Brent Alexander) Tom Brady pass incomplete intended for David Patten. Penalty on Chad Scott: Defensive Holding, 5 yards (no play) Tom Brady pass incomplete intended for Daniel Graham Antowain Smith up the middle for -4 yards (tackle by Casey Hampton and James Farrior) Tom Brady pass incomplete intended for Troy Brown (defended by Chad Scott). Penalty on Joey Porter: Encroachment, 5 yards (no play) Tom Brady pass incomplete intended for David Patten. Penalty on Dewayne Washington: Defensive Holding, 5 yards (no play) Tom Brady pass complete to Christian Fauria for 4 yards, touchdown |
Quote: |
Tom Brady pass complete to Troy Brown for 2 yards (tackle by Kendrell Bell) Antowain Smith up the middle for 4 yards (tackle by Jason Gildon) Tom Brady pass complete to Deion Branch for 5 yards (tackle by Chad Scott) Tom Brady pass incomplete intended for David Patten Antowain Smith left end for 3 yards (tackle by Larry Foote and Brent Alexander). Penalty on Marc Edwards: Offensive Holding, 10 yards Tom Brady pass complete to Cam Cleeland for 1 yard (tackle by Joey Porter) Tom Brady pass complete to J.R. Redmond for 3 yards (tackle by Mike Logan and Rodney Bailey) |
Quote: |
Tom Brady pass complete to Cam Cleeland for 8 yards (tackle by James Farrior) Tom Brady pass complete to Deion Branch for 5 yards (tackle by Lee Flowers) Tom Brady pass incomplete intended for David Patten Tom Brady pass complete to Donald Hayes for 9 yards (tackle by Joey Porter) Tom Brady pass incomplete intended for Deion Branch (defended by Joey Porter) Ken Walter punts 41 yards, returned by Antwaan Randle El for 9 yards (tackle by Matt Chatham) |
Quote: |
Tom Brady pass complete to Troy Brown for 1 yard (tackle by Aaron Smith and Lee Flowers) Tom Brady pass complete to Cam Cleeland for 10 yards (tackle by James Farrior and Larry Foote) Tom Brady pass complete to Troy Brown for 4 yards (tackle by Jason Gildon) Tom Brady pass complete to David Patten for 11 yards Tom Brady pass complete to David Patten for 11 yards (tackle by Chad Scott) Tom Brady pass incomplete intended for Deion Branch Tom Brady pass complete to Cam Cleeland for 7 yards (tackle by Joey Porter) Tom Brady pass incomplete intended for Troy Brown Adam Vinatieri 45 yard field goal good |
Quote: |
Tom Brady pass complete to Deion Branch for 17 yards (tackle by Deshea Townsend) Tom Brady pass incomplete intended for J.R. Redmond Tom Brady sacked for -3 yards |
Quote: |
Tom Brady sacked for -11 yards Tom Brady pass complete to Cam Cleeland for 8 yards (tackle by James Farrior) Tom Brady pass complete to David Patten for 37 yards Tom Brady pass complete to Donald Hayes for 40 yards, touchdown |
Quote: |
Tom Brady pass complete to Donald Hayes for 5 yards (tackle by Dewayne Washington) Marc Edwards right guard for no gain (tackle by Larry Foote and Aaron Smith). Penalty on Joe Andruzzi: Offensive Holding, 11 yards (no play) Tom Brady pass complete to Troy Brown for -1 yards (tackle by Jason Gildon) Tom Brady pass incomplete intended for Troy Brown NWE challenged the ruling, and the play was overturned. Tom Brady pass complete to Troy Brown for 19 yards Antowain Smith left tackle for 4 yards Antowain Smith up the middle for 3 yards (tackle by James Farrior and Jason Gildon) Antowain Smith right tackle for 5 yards (tackle by Mike Logan and Kendrell Bell) Troy Brown left end for -3 yards. Penalty on Christian Fauria: Offensive Holding, 10 yards (no play) Tom Brady pass complete to Christian Fauria for 7 yards (tackle by Joey Porter and James Farrior) Tom Brady pass complete to Cam Cleeland for 6 yards (tackle by Lee Flowers) Tom Brady pass complete to Deion Branch for 22 yards, touchdown |
Think about it like a coach going for it on 4th and 1. Why do they do it? sometimes it is just to restore confidence in your team. If it works then great. If not then it could really hamper the team. Same goes for the running game in preseason. You have to give it a shot if you want to improve it but right now all the air is out of the balloon so to say with regards to it.
They will need to put downfield pressure on the defense to make them back off, and hopefully that will soften things up for the run game.
This was a basic premise of Bill Walsh and his offense. Come out throwing, then run the ball to ice the game.
My major problem with our OL is the lack of push in the middle....there is no push and there are no holes for our backs.
More talent on O this year, hopefully a healthy core OL, they'll be good enough to be middle of the pack in pass pro. McAdoo probably has the guys he needs to make those short passes more effective and the gameplan shifts to focus on pass setting up the run.
Still, need to be able to run at will on occasion, in particular for short yardage or goal line situations where passing may be impractical.
and I do believe that you need to run to win. But the stubborn insistence on running the ball first is holding this offense back, without question imho. Your franchise player is Eli Manning - let him chuck it all over the yard. Your best player is OBJ - let him catch it all over the yard.
This year they have outstanding weapons in the passing game with an unproven running back. With the weapons and the defense they have, they should be passing to establish the run, not running to establish the pass.
Think about it like a coach going for it on 4th and 1. Why do they do it? sometimes it is just to restore confidence in your team. If it works then great. If not then it could really hamper the team. Same goes for the running game in preseason. You have to give it a shot if you want to improve it but right now all the air is out of the balloon so to say with regards to it.
Thanks for the reply and to be clear I'm patient and I'm not suggesting drastic unrealistic (I don't think) changes and I don't put much stock into pre-season results and agree this is the time to work on shit, however, this is the same OL unit as last year's regular season, so If they do fall flat on their face in run blocking during the regular season (and pass blocking for that matter) I'm just wondering, are the Giants confident enough to abandon the run, and do so early?
This was still spygate era Patriots so who knows how much they knew of what the Steelers defensive alignment indicated, but that play transcript was from week 1.
So it wasn't like halfway through the season the Patriots recognized a problem it was based on pre-sesson and training camp I imagine.
I NEVER liked how Andy Reid operated in Philly, but he would come out throwing - sometimes 8, 9, 10 x in a row. Then after the defense was loose, he'd start running it.
And passing the ball didn't mean down the field all the time. There were screens, hitches, etc..........
It seems we waste downs with run plays. Of course, the flip side is if they work as designed, everything changes.
But you have to realize what your strength is and play to it.