I’ve been trying to find a video of the Jets’ Santonio Holmes’ little “hold the ball out then drop it” first down celebration forever. Yesterday when I saw this little installment of it I had to share. The look on the refs face is pretty much the same one on my face after every time he pulls this crap.
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Patriots – Packers Highlights
Notes on an Ugly Win: Patriots pull it out against Packers
You know you’re have a good season when you’re randomly setting NFL records and winning games that you really shouldn’t have won. The Pats did both of those things against the Packers, moving to 12-2 with two more games to play.
The Patriots are now one win away from clinching homefield advantage throughout the playoffs.
The Packers pulled the tricks out early, recovering an onside kick on the opening kickoff. The Patriots offense seemed to be inconsistent all day, but pulled out plays when they had to, getting contributions from who else, everyone.
The defense was very much who they’ve been all season. It’s an easy cliche to say the Patriots defense has gotten better all season long, but the truth is that they’ve been pretty consistently sub par, the only difference being when they get turnovers.
Tonight they only had one, though they should’ve had two (thanks TBC, who’s developing a bad habit for 3rd down-stop-nullifying penalties), and it was a close game that went down to the end.
Yes, the defensive line is really starting to miss Mike Wright, Myron Pryor and Ron Brace. They’re having a lot of trouble getting pressure up the middle.
Biggest problem of this game for the Patriots was the runs against their sub packages, a problem that reared it’s head for the first time since earlier in the season. A lot of this is tied to the absence of Wright.
Devin McCourty didn’t have an INT but he played a strong game, especially in run support.
Kyle Arrington with a pick six, about time he got one.
Nice to see Dane Fletcher and Eric Moore getting some pressure. Moore seemed to poop out a little bit after a strong start to the game. He’s doing a better job that Crazy Legs did, so he’s fast becoming someone to watch.
Pats need just one more win to lock the number one seed up, hopefully they get it in Buffalo and get a little extra rest for some of the walking wounded.
A realistic hope for AFC seedings:
- Patriots
- Ravens
- Chiefs
- Colts
- Jets
- Steelers
Gonna take a Chiefs meltdown for Indy to get up to the 3 seed and thus have a really hard route if they’re going to make it to New England for the AFCCG.
Big play by PatChung again to hold Green Bay short of the first down on the second to last play. The ensuing confusion sealed the game. Had it been a first down they could’ve spiked it dead.
All in all BB will be able to turn the screws and demand a focused finish to the season. Sometimes games like this are just the scare you need to help you avoid an early letdown in the playoffs.
Dan Connolly Returns Kick 71 Yards! NFL Record for O-Lineman!
Of course he left the game four plays later with a head injury but I have a feeling we’ll be seeing a lot of this in the coming weeks.
Late Audibles on Matt Flynn, the Packers and the playoffs…
Looking forward to a full day of quality football tomorrow. As you may have heard Aaron Rodgers is indeed out, so it will be Matt Flynn going for the Packers.
It’s time for the Patriots young defense to prove that they can shut a quarterback and his offense down. I’m talking a dominating performance. The opportunity against a back-up is sitting in front of them.
If they can show they’re capable of that they’ll intimidate the AFC teams that have to come to Foxboro in the playoffs.
If Matt Flynn suddenly looks like he can’t throw an incompletion the questions surrounding this defense will continue.
I feel confident that our offense will score. Dom Capers is a Dick Lebeau disciple, and we know what the Pats usually do to that defense.
A lot of Clay Matthews vs. Vollmer coming, I think it’s Vollmer’s chance to shine on national tv by shutting him down.
Will Gerard Warren play? If not it will be interesting to see how they hold up against the run, and how much inside pressure they get in passing situations.
Brandon Meriweather in the doghouse or rebounding? Or is Jarrad Page starting to show he’s better than Meriweather is?
I think McCourty plays.
I think Tony Carter plays McCourty’s special teams spots though.
Will we see more Dane Fletcher at OLB?
Finally some thoughts on the playoffs. An unofficial twitter poll had Indianapolis as the number one team my Patweeps didn’t want to play, though some had Baltimore or San Diego as their top teams as well.
For me it comes down to keeping our weakness (pass defense) hidden. I’d prefer not to give Manning or Rivers a crack. But we’ll probably have to beat one of them.
I’ve seen a lot of Baltimore and I’m convinced of two things. The Ravens defense is not what it once was, and Joe Flacco isn’t consistently clutch. I respect the Ravens of course, except for you Terrell Suggs, the new Joey Porter in my life, but I’d far rather face Flacco than Manning or Rivers.
The potential Kansas City match up would be something really cool to me. I just don’t see Tom Brady losing to Matt Cassel. But to see Charlie, RAC, Vrabel, Pioli on the other sideline? That’d be cool. Almost as cool as ending their season.
Enjoy this last prime time dress rehearsal before shit gets real.
I like 84 Branch just as much as I liked 83 Branch.