this is a spin-off of this thread. I wanted to do a deep dive into the 4 games post-Gronk to see what happened and get a sense of what we are looking at here.
NE 20, MIA 24
this is the game NE dropped that put us back in the #1 seed. NE's first game w/o Gronk. Also, no Dobson or Thompkins. Despite Brady missing 2 WR's and his TE, he threw for 34/55, 364, 2 TD 1 int. Here is the kind of drive that scares me Pats down by 4 late in the 4th qtr:
Tom Brady pass complete short right to Danny Amendola for 12 yards (tackle by Dannell Ellerbe)
Stevan Ridley left end for 5 yards (tackle by Jimmy Wilson)
Tom Brady pass complete short right to Julian Edelman for 13 yards (tackle by Jelani Jenkins)
Tom Brady pass complete deep middle to Austin Collie for 19 yards (tackle by Will Davis)
Tom Brady pass incomplete short middle intended for Julian Edelman
Tom Brady pass complete short middle to Julian Edelman for 24 yards, touchdown
the last series, Mia was up by 4 again and left Brady with 1:15 and 3 time-outs. He was able to drive to the 14 before he ran out of downs.
Dolphins were not a bad pass D, but Brady was able to carve them up when he needed to, he just fell short at the end of the game. Fortunately, the NE D couldn't stop Tannehill, so we've got that goin for us.
NE was 9-17 on 3rd down - not too bad, not great. MIA was 4-11, which is pretty bad. Only 1 penalty on NE. 1-4 in the red zone.
NE 20, MIA 24
this is the game NE dropped that put us back in the #1 seed. NE's first game w/o Gronk. Also, no Dobson or Thompkins. Despite Brady missing 2 WR's and his TE, he threw for 34/55, 364, 2 TD 1 int. Here is the kind of drive that scares me Pats down by 4 late in the 4th qtr:
Tom Brady pass complete short right to Danny Amendola for 12 yards (tackle by Dannell Ellerbe)
Stevan Ridley left end for 5 yards (tackle by Jimmy Wilson)
Tom Brady pass complete short right to Julian Edelman for 13 yards (tackle by Jelani Jenkins)
Tom Brady pass complete deep middle to Austin Collie for 19 yards (tackle by Will Davis)
Tom Brady pass incomplete short middle intended for Julian Edelman
Tom Brady pass complete short middle to Julian Edelman for 24 yards, touchdown
the last series, Mia was up by 4 again and left Brady with 1:15 and 3 time-outs. He was able to drive to the 14 before he ran out of downs.
Dolphins were not a bad pass D, but Brady was able to carve them up when he needed to, he just fell short at the end of the game. Fortunately, the NE D couldn't stop Tannehill, so we've got that goin for us.
NE was 9-17 on 3rd down - not too bad, not great. MIA was 4-11, which is pretty bad. Only 1 penalty on NE. 1-4 in the red zone.
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