Who? On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 9:46 AM, Beaudoin, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> Eh-hem > My calendar says that football season hasn't started yet. > > This Sox group still has play-off baseball to banter about. > > Lest I start talking about the latest champions of Boston - the C's. > > John > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon Oct 13 05:58:00 2008 > Subject: Re: Final word on the Patriots > > > 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 > >>>> > > > >>>> > > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > > > > > > -- Blog: http://blog.raysalemi.com "Why should a sequence of words be anything but a pleasure?" - Gertrude Stein --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
