(01-21-2018, 10:18 PM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(01-21-2018, 10:05 PM)nypatsfan774 Wrote:

I love the "jags have more talent" narrative when the team you're comparing them to has the best QB to play the game in decades. LOL  

 The QB weighs a bit heavier when measuring roster talent, no? 

The pats coached a little better in the second half than the jags, but the jags are limited in their options offensively because they have to constantly guard against putting Blake in a position to turn the ball over. Not exactly a full palette to paint with. 

I'm not whining and complaining. There were some stupid calls and a number of non-calls but not terribly more than there are in most games. 

I actually predicted 24-20 NE if the jags make mistakes and 27-20 Jags if the Jags don't screw up. We know which happened. 

Defensively - The Jags should have played less zone and played more press - jamming Amendola and Cooks at the line. They didn't. That was a mistake.  They should have kept their foot on the gas on offense in the third quarter - but they kept getting backed up an didn't want #5 to throw picks.  That's an understandable strategy given his history of doing so. 

The Jags are simply a few pieces away on offense from being able to beat the pats right now.  If they had their #1 receiver and a run blocking upgrade or two on the O-Line - they probably pull that one off - even with Bortles. 

Congrats on the win. Pretty good game.

Good post.

Why has nobody mentioned the delay of game call late in the first half? I thought that was the turning point. If that play had stood, it's a first down for the Jags, they kill the clock into the half and add 3 or 7 to go up 17-3 or 21-3. Instead, the Patriots drive the length of the field and go into halftime down only 14-10.

Both Belichick and Brady said in their post-game press conferences that going in at only 14-10 despite being badly outplayed was significant.

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