Especially my sons who came in from out of state.
I’m sure I’ll get more granular on this one as the week goes on.
And it bothers me to this day.
So here’s a Cliff Notes version of the usual 2,000 word post.
Fortunately not because Drake Maye looked or played like 1993 Scott Secules.
Obviously we’re not there yet with Maye.
That’s a win, given what the mission of this season is.
Pats receivers have had to be schemed open because they haven’t been good enough to shake coverage.
Or the talent to win the contested catches.
Then they haven’t had a quarterback with the arm to throw them open.
That is, until now.
–Maye’s touchdown to Kayshon Boutte (the career first for both) is the pluperfect example.
Boutte had, what?
Half a step on Derek Stingley?
Let’s call it 2/5ths.
You might not get the result you were looking for.)
–Just not with Tyquan Thornton:
–Get over yourself, kid.
We don’t need help from a guy with more hurt feelings than ability.
That post literally has more words in it than he has receptions on the season.
A closer who blows a save.
A point guard who misses free throws in crunch time.
A golfer who puts his approach in the drink.
But they’re able to deal with it, process it, learn from it, and move on.
A simple concept in 2024’s NFL.
He had two yesterday on four targets, and both were on 3rd downs.
I’m not saying they should stop throwing to him.
Though Tom Brady would’ve completely wiped Polk’s existence from his mental database by now.
So take your victories where you could find them.
–Which brings us to some of Alex Van Pelt’s other play design.
It’s hard to imagine the screen game being any worse than it is right now.
It’s very possible they have a “tell” that’s tipping defense’s off.
That’s how it looked on the interception that got tipped by Will Anderson.
(And by the way, how weird must that play have been for Austin Hooper?
While 40% of those guys have famous names, only 20% are legitimate NFL starters.
And to be fair to the other 80%, they were all waiver claims or recent signees.
–I should acknowledge Maye was not perfect.
Not now; the Cake Stand trophy is Jayden Daniels' and Jayden Daniels' alone.
But for the rest of this season and beyond, this 22-year-old is all upside.
–Defensively, I could never picture them being dominated the way they were.
Sure, the officials didn’t do them any favors keeping that opening drive alive with phantom DPI calls.
And the turnovers didn’t help.
But the real story was them getting physically pushed around.
And Houston’s ability to put more blockers at the point of attack than the Pats had defenders.
Time and time again.
And happened repeatedly, with two runs north of 50 yards and other of 20.
–In addition, they still don’t have a solution for their perennial Stefon Diggs problem.
Though Christian Gonzalez did start playing him better after Diggs drew that taunting penalty on him after his touchdown.
So maybe there’s some respect there.
You believe it’s this boy?"
I appreciate getting the game out of the way nice and early.
But I’m pretty sure sending two 1-5 teams violates the NATO treaty.
