General thoughts/feelings after the game. I don’t check the stats or look back at anything, just the gut reaction of what I saw unfold.
The good thing about week two losses is that by the end of the season they are a distant memory. But this loss today to the Jets has left me baffled.
Our offense looked like a machine in the first half, moving the ball on the Jets defense yard by yard, exerting their will. Brady was moving the ball around to multiple receivers and it seemed like there would be little the Jets could do to stop this offense.
But in the second half I was having flashbacks to 2009. I mean, this was a vintage 2009 game. First half they look great. The we gat a total collapse in the second half.
While Brady showed flashes of trust with Aaron Hernandez, Gronk and Tate were invisible in the second half. Losing Kevin Faulk didn’t help.
With the Jets missing Calvin Pace and Darrelle Revis this was a prime opportunity to take out a divisional rival on the road. When the teams meet again in December it will be the Jets who will probably have more talented players back on the field.
Last year the Pats could point to not having Welker when they lost there in week two, but this time all we’re left to say is that Brady is still developing chemistry with those not named Welker, Moss, or Faulk.
I’m sure Bill O’Brien’s name will be back in the news again this week. Debating his game plans and use of threats outside of Moss/Welker. Though not even they could do anything in the second half.
Brady has to take some of the responsibility as well, never seen someone go from so hot to so cold so fast.
Clearly the talent is there on this team, especially on offense. That’s what is so frustrating. It’s all there. When they were clicking versus the Jets they were unstoppable.
But somehow that all just came apart at half time.
And in the second half they weren’t even facing Revis. Jason Taylor was banged up! I don’t even know who was playing in their secondary. And the shmoes shut down an offense that had been clicking on all cylindars.
We all saw Hard Knocks. The Jets barely had 53 guys good enough to make out their roster. Their backups were torched in every preseason game.
How did this happen? I’m at a total loss.
