But it does, in part. With Brady, the Pats' offense had the ball more often, keeping the other team's offense off the field. They also scored so many points so early in games that the opponents would become one-dimensional and easier to defend.
That said, the defense is old, didn't do anything to replace its best CB and the ballyhooed defensive line doesn't pressure QBs, which should really be its first job. Steve O On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 8:22 AM, Ray Salemi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One more thing ... > > The Patriots defense was ranked 25 overall when measured by DYAR given up > (http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/teamdef) > > I'm sure this didn't improve last night. > > That has nothing to do with Tom Brady. > > On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 8:20 AM, Ray Salemi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> BTW. Before he got injured, Tom Brady had compiled a DYAR of 17 >> >> On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 8:17 AM, Ray Salemi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> In reality, Tom Brady was hiding a lot of stink. Yes, Cassel can't run >>> the offense yet, though I wouldn't count out a guy who played in the Little >>> League World Series (there, a baseball reference.) I suspect Cassel has the >>> tools to become a servicable QB by the end of the year. >>> >>> But the real story here is an old defense that is getting smoked. Deltha >>> O'neil is the Julio Lugo of football -- always has been. I was dismayed >>> when we picked him up and it didn't take much for other teams to figure out >>> how weak he is. Rodney Harrison is too old to pick up O'neil's slack. >>> >>> (Al Michaels said, "The Patriots have only replaced two defensive players >>> from last year." like it was a good thing.) >>> >>> Tom Brady made this team what it is. The Patriots sucked before he >>> started, and they are likely to suck until he's back. >>> >>> Ray >>> >>> How bad is Matt Cassel? This site >>> (http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/qb) is for stat heads much the same >>> way Baseball Prospectus is for stat heads. They've come up with an Runs >>> Created-like stat for football players that measures how many yards the >>> player was worth over a replacement player. It's called DYAR. >>> >>> In 2007 Tom Brady had the highest DYAR in history: 2788 >>> So far this season Matt Cassell has 39. >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 7:49 AM, Steve Ouellette >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>> On this we agree. Patriots should have gotten a decent veteran backup >>>> quarterback -- a Damon Huard, Doug Flutie, Earl Morrall, Hugh Millen >>>> ... >>>> >>>> Steve O >>>> >>>> On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 12:25 AM, Matt & Olga McSorley >>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> > Matt Cassel takes all the fun out of football. Man, he's awful. >>>> > >>>> > -- Matt >>>> > > >>>> > >>>> >>>> >>> >>> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
