tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post2477794645870791673..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Old Wisdom, New WisdomAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-64853631118514072812010-09-13T16:08:01.617-04:002010-09-13T16:08:01.617-04:00To be fair, I didn't get to watch the game. Th...<i>To be fair, I didn't get to watch the game. That's the trouble of being a displaced Yankee.</i><br /><br />Try these.<br /><br />http://www.veetle.com/ this is Bay Area based, so not likely to have Pats games, but a possibility. <br /><br />http://www.vipstand.net/sports/american-football.html had Pats game on for most of the game but it got cut off for copyritght reasons<br /><br />http://www.justin.tv/directory/sports/football?order=hot&lang=en haven't gotten it to work.Gringonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-17905007785227707802010-09-13T14:35:36.984-04:002010-09-13T14:35:36.984-04:00Palmer was 34 for 50 with a yard-per-attempt of 6....Palmer was 34 for 50 with a yard-per-attempt of 6.9 yards. Carson Palmer's yards-per-attempt in '09: 6.6. We didn't stop Palmer from being a deep threat, he's just not really a deep threat anyway.<br /><br />It was good to stop Benson off the line this game, but I think this season we'll see that most of Benson's effectiveness was from those two excellent weakside offensive linemen. Expect a huge letdown in Benson's production this year.<br /><br />To be fair, I didn't get to watch the game. That's the trouble of being a displaced Yankee.Ben Wymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12491745981357751416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-27866732252666083392010-09-13T11:15:19.266-04:002010-09-13T11:15:19.266-04:00This unit can't stop the run and really can...<i>This unit can't stop the run and really can't stop the pass.</i><br /><br />The defense held Cedric Benson, a pretty good runner, to under 3 yards a carry. [I wonder if BB regrets not picking him up..]Take away the meaningless Hail Mary pass of 51 yards at the end of the first half, and the defense held Carson Palmer to around 6 yards per pass attempt, which most pass defenses will take any day. It held Cincinnati, a fairly good offensive unit, to 17 net offense points:24- Guyton's interception for a TD.<br /><br />IOW, the jury is still out on the defense. It definitely had some bright points yesterday.<br /><br />My guess is that as it is a young defense, it will be better in the second half of the season.Gringonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-54840650938918685022010-09-13T01:53:58.957-04:002010-09-13T01:53:58.957-04:00The problem isn't the exhaustion of our defens...The problem isn't the exhaustion of our defense because we don't have a running game - though that doesn't help - it's our massive defensive holes. Belichick's a schemer, but this defensive unit is awful, and our only good player (Ty Warren) is out for the season.<br /><br />That was our problem in 2007, too: people assume that Belichick's gonna run out a good defense every year, but that unit couldn't stop the run to save their life. Remember how badly Willis McGahee tore us up on Monday Night Football? He wasn't the only one.<br /><br />I think you can't say the Pat's offensive issues are too much pass vs not enough run. Offense is always a question of number of weapons, even if all of them are receivers or coming out of the backfield. Look at how well Tennessee played today without a single worthwhile receiver - Vince Young/Chris Johnson is enough for them. <br /><br />Last year, they had Moss and Welker, occasionally Kevin Faulk, Fred Taylor in the two games he was healthy, and that was it. This year, they've got Moss, Welker, Faulk, Taylor back, Julian Edelman coming on, Brandon Tate being a huge steal in the draft, two good TEs (Gronkowski and Hernandez), maybe getting something out of Taylor Price. That's a lot of weapons for Brady. It's gonna be 2007 again. Including the defensive problems.<br /><br />This unit can't stop the run and <i>really</i> can't stop the pass. This team's gonna go 9-7 and win all their games 42-28 or lose them 35-24.Ben Wymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12491745981357751416noreply@blogger.com