Joe Haden was a beast tonight! He gets my game ball.
Joe Haden was a beast tonight! He gets my game ball.
"You've heard people brag about 'being in the zone'. They don't know what the Hell being in the zone is about. I played in the NFL for 15 years and I was only in the zone that one time." - "Mean" Joe Greene on the 1974 playoff victory over Oakland
Jalen Samuels.
Lets fucking go!!!!
Finally!!!
1. Amarius Mims, OT, Georgia 2. Zach Frazier, C, West Virginia 3. Roman Wilson, WR, Michigan 3. Renardo Green, CB, FSU 4. Mo Kamara, OLB, Colorado State 6. Logan Lee, DT, Iowa 6.Khristian Boyd, NT, Northern Iowa
Samuels. Big game.
Should take some more money out of Bell's pockets too.
Defense stepped it up despite Butler trying to lose the game.
Good game overall.
No goats.
The entire team for game ball, even Boz cause he made it when it counted
No goats today
We beat the Patriots*! Everybody gets a game ball!!!
Well... Artie Burns still gets a goat from me.
"You've heard people brag about 'being in the zone'. They don't know what the Hell being in the zone is about. I played in the NFL for 15 years and I was only in the zone that one time." - "Mean" Joe Greene on the 1974 playoff victory over Oakland
Samuels on the offensive side, Haden on the defensive side.
I'm glad I picked up Samuels (and Damien Williams), he just pushed me into my FF final next week!
Samuels on Offense and Haden on Defense.
Samuels on offense, Haden on defense.
Secondary mention to the offensive line for the assist to Samuels, and most importantly NO PENALTIES that affected anything.
If there is any goat, it would be Boswell.
See you Space Cowboy ...
"You've heard people brag about 'being in the zone'. They don't know what the Hell being in the zone is about. I played in the NFL for 15 years and I was only in the zone that one time." - "Mean" Joe Greene on the 1974 playoff victory over Oakland
Honorable mention for Washington as well.
Game Ball: Samuels
Goat: Burns
Gut check game ball to Boz. Making the long one after missing the short one.
Everyone gets a game ball but there are some special mentions.
Defense. Everyone from Butler on down to the water boy. They held Tom Brady to one TD and that was on a busted coverage. They stopped him twice in the red zone (three times?). Gronk caught two balls for 21 yards. No Patriot receiver or rusher went over one hundred yards.
Specifics: Haden played a great game, as did Hilton (though quietly). One of the things that changed the outcome today was Watts's motor. He kept coming and coming and it caused disruption, even if he only had one sack.
Washington. To come in on a big game and make a catch like that? Not to mention his breaking that tackle . . . He also gained the most yards of any receiver. This may have been the JuJu-game he needed.
JuJu just had another solid game as did Brown. They were quiet, but when needed they stepped up.
Jaylon Samuels. 142 yards rushing. 7.5 rushing average. We also have to hand it to the OC for those misdirection plays, pitching it right and then running left. Dang.
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HM. Tony Romo and Jim Nance. I usually can't stand the commentary. Today, I thought it was great. They played it down the middle and actually added to the experience of watching the game. I don't think that's happened for me since I don't know when.
Correction: Tomlin says in his PC that the blown TD coverage wasn't Burns' fault, but rather his personally.
"You've heard people brag about 'being in the zone'. They don't know what the Hell being in the zone is about. I played in the NFL for 15 years and I was only in the zone that one time." - "Mean" Joe Greene on the 1974 playoff victory over Oakland
Jaylen Samuel! Hero for sure .
All the wide outs stepped big at some moment.
Goat, i feel bad but Boswell.
Samuels fore sure. He looked really fast tonight. Like the way he took care of football.
Whole D, they held Marsha to 3 after first drive. Pretty amazing.
"You've heard people brag about 'being in the zone'. They don't know what the Hell being in the zone is about. I played in the NFL for 15 years and I was only in the zone that one time." - "Mean" Joe Greene on the 1974 playoff victory over Oakland
Boz's 48 yarder got him out of the doghouse. Had he missed that Pats have ball at 38 yd line instead of 25. Not to mention the security of going up by 7.
???? Coaching?
You mean the coaching that held the Patriots* to seven points? The coaching that had run plays that literally tricked every single defensive player but one? I can think of three bad plays. The blown coverage, which Tomlin says was his fault. And, the two zone coverage plays at the very end of the game that allows the Pats* to drive. Other than that, this game was very well coached. Brady and Belicheat* got them once with a quick change and quick snap. That's all. That means adjustments were made on the fly and issues fixed.
Unless you expect perfection, I really don't get how you can label the coaches goats today.
Three dropped passes. Yeah, those hurt, but one of them I think was actually tipped by a Steelers defender although nothing was made of it. The penalties were almost all pre-snap motion penalties because the Steelers were getting off the ball fast. Those are forced errors, IMO, and can be attributed to the defense.
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