tom brady

[NE-Stripes]

As a season ticket holder of many years and a tranning camp junkie I could not dis agree more, Brady has been very animated and quick to jump in and work with the young kids. He did have a sub-par season last year but he did miss a year of football and Sam Aiken was his third reciever and Watson can't catch a cold.An they never commited to running the ball, with the young te's and crumpler added to Endelman and a developing Tate you should see much more prodution in the redzone. If they commit to the run you shoud see 30 plus td's from brady with fewer attempts from a year ago. The real question is how fast will the deffense grow up?

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by NE-Stripes

The real question is how fast will the deffense grow up?

Was just discussing this while fishing the other night. In my opinion, it will be another year where the Patriots win games, not by shutting down the other team, but by scoring way more points than the other team - if that makes sense.

Look for them to be put in a lot of positions where they need a scoring drive for the run, or have to make that 1st down late in the game to run out more clock. I foresee at least one or two occasions where we see Coach's lack of confidence in the defense during a game deciding moment - along the lines of last year's attempt to go for it on 4th down instead of punting.

[Slipknot]

hopefully by the playoffs, the defense will improved enough to give them a chance against Indy.
That is the biggest hurdle I think, getting past Indy.
I'm pretty sure they can handle the Jets.
Gonna be a real battle this year, can't wait.

[luds]

Originally Posted by Slipknot

hopefully by the playoffs, the defense will improved enough to give them a chance against Indy.
That is the biggest hurdle I think, getting past Indy.
I'm pretty sure they can handle the Jets.
Gonna be a real battle this year, can't wait.

The Jets' biggest hurdle is Mark Sanchez. He looks horrible on Hard Knocks.

[NE-Stripes]

Look for them to be put in a lot of positions where they need a scoring drive for the run, or have to make that 1st down late in the game to run out more clock. I foresee at least one or two occasions where we see Coach's lack of confidence in the defense during a game deciding moment - along the lines of last year's attempt to go for it on 4th down instead of punting.[/QUOTE]

Very true there were a handfull of games last year where they needed the offense to make a play in the fourth qtr and they failed Denver no second half points Miami of course the 4th and 2. Lots of people wanted to blame the D but the offense had many games where there was little to no 2nd half scoring. The deffense was not great but they were good enough to where if the offense had come up big once or twice in the second half they would of had a bye, A more well rounded offense this year go along way to fixing that problem.

[BigFish]

Guess Brady had a heart transplant with his new contract money......to think this guy is not "A Player" is insane! Did you see that touchdown and his reaction afterwards???!!!!! The guy is A B......All Business!!!

[Squid kids Dad]

I agree Larry

[striperman36]

he was right where he needed to be today. excellent game, Welker continues to impress. Why did Brady need 18 mos off?