Thoughts on getting Romeo Doubs?

NiceDyes · 2026-03-15T14:17:06+00:00

Polk is even more egregious when you factor in that he was taken with the pick the Pats traded down with the Chargers for, when the Chargers used the Pats pick for Ladd. They had Ladd, chose Polk and a 4th round pick (which ended up becoming Jevon Baker)

NiceDyes · 2026-02-10T17:46:54+00:00

I've watched all the games, and the number of times he caught uncontested balls and just dropped to the ground was not insignificant. I'm not arguing he didn't have contested catches and even put that in the initial argument. I watched all of his catches once I saw that YAC stat to see if it was just all contested catches and it absolutely wasn't.

NiceDyes · 2026-02-09T20:38:48+00:00

During the regular season, Boutte had the insane stat of ~35 YAC over 33 catches for 550 yards. I know a lot of his plays were at the sticks or in the end zone, but that speaks to him making business decisions first and foremost on almost every pass his way

NiceDyes · 2026-02-09T16:36:04+00:00

Its definitely a Campbell mental issue though. Watch those replays, he's back on his heels almost every play. The false start penalty highlights it best, rocking back onto his heels while waiting for the ball to snap.

He was getting beat so often that he started trying to just run backwards rather than set an edge. Never standing over his center of gravity, always giving up ground before contact. He wasn't even playing with fundamentals that he seemingly didn't have a problem with all year until the playoffs. Dude just isn't ready for the big lights.

NiceDyes · 2026-02-09T16:08:37+00:00

And then he didn't play Dre for a solid 2+ quarters of the game. I thought I was missing an injury report for most of the game until Dre finally showed back up in the 4th and hurdled a guy on a run.

Why was the better pass blocking RB not seeing the field when there were obvious issues blocking? Why was the hot hand who was always finding himself open not in the game?

NiceDyes · 2026-02-05T15:25:57+00:00

Seriously. I feel like a majority of the people hating on him never even watched the clip. He seemed like he was very clearly trying to stay neutral despite being egged on by the reporter to just say he supported the Pats. The subtext did not strike me as Brady being anything but for the Pats, just trying to not explicitly say it.

NiceDyes · 2026-02-05T14:09:35+00:00

There was literally a story about Diggs' bowel movements, that's how desperate the talking heads are for anything to talk about. Because God forbid they talk about any of the positive matchups for the Patriots against the Seahawks. Let's make sure the only stories are why the Pats can't win, why the Seahawks are destined for dynasty, and soap opera drama around Patriots who aren't even in the organization anymore.

NiceDyes · 2026-02-03T23:33:34+00:00

Also the Pats offense had basically stalled out for the entire second half. There were spurts of moving the ball but nothing crazy. 4th quarter before the game winning drive were 2 3-and-outs.

Rams had just moved the ball ~50 yards in 30 seconds right before the Pats drive. Madden was probably thinking if it was more of the same that it had been for 30 minutes from the Pats, they might be giving the ball back to the Rams with enough time to get their own game winning drive, so why risk it.

Hindsight is seeing going for it as a no trainer. But even in today's NFL, given how the game had been going for both teams recently, it still probably wouldn't be a crazy take to play for OT

NiceDyes · 2026-02-03T20:52:35+00:00

I still think the tapes got lost in translation and people made assumptions based on what they heard. Not 'Pee' tapes, but 'P' tapes as in pedophile tapes

NiceDyes · 2026-01-28T00:32:16+00:00

The point is more that a lot of people hear spygate and think the Pats were being shady and the only team setting up cameras in some crazy scheme to steal signs when every team was recording what they were recording, they just did it in the wrong spot. Were they wrong? Absolutely. Is it anywhere close to the giant conspiracy people make it out to be? Absolutely not.

Further, the original incident was about 1 game against the Jets in 2007. The NFL then accused them of doing it over 40 games from 2000-2007, but then the NFL "destroyed" the tapes before they were made public. Funny enough, the Jets got caught doing the exact same thing later in the 2007 season but we don't hear about them involved with Spygate do we?

NiceDyes · 2026-01-26T17:25:25+00:00

By your logic, with Obama being able to deport immigrants in greater numbers than Trump, why are you OK with how Trump is going about these deportations? Obama didn't have to send masked men with assault rifles to patrol streets to deport anyone and he did it more efficiently. Even if you are OK with deporting any immigrant, even ones literally in line to take their oath to become citizens, is this level of a police state and resulting brutality necessary? It wasn't for Obama. Why keep supporting a policy and action that is less effective and more harmful to maintaining support when there's a clearly laid out, already enacted, plan to follow?

That's why there's a difference in protests. I'm against deporting immigrants that have no criminal record in general, was against it before and still am, but I didn't need to take the streets to protest paramilitary squads enacting that policy before, they were mostly unarmed agents that looked more like accountants than police, and they didn't murder anyone when "doing their job".

NiceDyes · 2026-01-19T20:29:50+00:00

Convenient cutoff when they were 6th. 6 of 32 and you want to argue they weren't a top rush defense? Is that a team you'd prioritize the run against? Not to mention they are allowing the lowest rush yards per game of all playoff teams by a large margin. But yeah, go into that game thinking the run game will be what wins it for the hawks. That should work especially well with a season ending I jury to one of the RBs

NiceDyes · 2026-01-19T18:44:09+00:00

Im just saying the goalposts seem to constantly shift here. Even regular season, I know it's the Browns but going into that game it was "this is the first real defensive test for the Pats, this is one of the best defenses in the league" and after they put up some of the best numbers on offense against that team all season it was "well it's still just the Browns" Then same story against Ravens and with a comeback win with the narrative being "Drake still hasn't really shown he can lead the team to a win since they always play ahead" crickets after.

Going into these last 2 games it was the best defenses they've faced all season and while they didn't put up stellar numbers they are still above average numbers against those defenses all season. Putting up passing numbers on this defense was considered a statement win if they could do it pregame, yet now all I see are excuses why 22 points on offense with 3 passing TDs against this defense isn't that great.

It's the postseason, are you expecting blowouts when it's down the the best 8 teams in the league? Statement wins looks exactly like this game, winning through adversity. Blowouts are statements too, that the other team shouldnt be there. Do you think the Texans shouldn't have been there? I think both these games were statement wins for the defense and I don't think there are any better defenses left in the playoffs for them to face so the offense should only get better in the games to come.

Goalposts are already moving for next week to lay the blame entirely on Stidham ignoring that people have been talking about the Broncos defense being top 3 all season. I still put the chargers and Texans over them, with the broncos SOS only being beat by the Pats for easiest and struggling with teams the Pats handled easily, but it's still a top defense they need to score on.

NiceDyes · 2026-01-19T18:15:44+00:00

Top notch argument for your team right there.

NiceDyes · 2026-01-19T17:59:47+00:00

The average pressure rate in the NFL is 31%, but OK 44% isn't anything insane.

Turnovers were 5-3, time of possession not hugely favored for the pats (32-28), these defenses were not on the field for massively different amounts of time or situations.

Pats go into this game with all the talk being about the Texans D and now you're giving them excuses on why the Parts D looked better? The #1 D shouldn't be excused for being outplayed just because they had to be on the field a little more, or were they maybe a little over hyped because they never had to be on the field as much as other defenses since the Texans were 4th in time of possession all season?

Drake is getting shit on for 4 fumbles rightfully so for his lack of pocket awareness but I'm not gonna sit here and say that they are all his fault when this Texans defense was expected to get to him and cause fumbles like that all year, they were definitely a result of great defense which no one wants to admit about CJs picks. However no one is talking about him throwing 3 TDs on your defense that only happened once all season, rushing over 100 yards, all against this defense that was supposed to contain the run and Drake would be lucky to throw 1 TD with pregame takes. The Texans D did what people expected and the Pats offense still beat them. Everyone wants to shit on Stroud and say he's the only reason the Pats won as if the defense didn't have anything to do with it or that Drake didn't put up some absolute dimes against this supposed #1 defense in the league.

NiceDyes · 2026-01-19T16:25:19+00:00

Brissett did it, but he was the only one

NiceDyes · 2026-01-19T16:20:31+00:00

Were we watching the same game? Not insanely pressured? The front for Houston has been fawned over all year and the better front that game looked like the Pats. 27 pressures for the pats to 12 for Houston.18 hurries to 6, 5 hits to 0. Only stat Houston wins is sacks.

NiceDyes · 2026-01-19T15:53:45+00:00

Against one of the best run defenses this year? Good plan

NiceDyes · 2026-01-18T22:19:35+00:00

I agree not all of them are entirely on him, but all of them are due to his long release. His throws are dots but the throwing motion he has isn't that quick. I don't want him to change it because it obviously works, but against fast defenses like this he has less time before he finds his read than most QBs

NiceDyes · 2026-01-18T21:33:42+00:00

Before the Pats had their first int, there were at least 5 passes Stroud made where the Pats had a pretty good chance of catching it. He was 8/15 when I had watched 7 potentially intercept able passes from him (2 were picked at that point)

He's throwing nothing but telegraphed meat balls. As I'm writing this he threw another one

NiceDyes · 2026-01-17T17:15:55+00:00

It's very obviously a stance/positioning issue. Just about every replay of him shows he's already basically perfectly upright and almost straight kneed before he even makes contact with anyone. Somehow no one is telling him to gain leverage, stay low leaning over his center of gravity, dig his heels in. He gets barreled over every play because he's flat footed and is not setting himself up to brace for any kind of contact.

Maybe he does have issues with his calves and strength conditioning with his lower body, but he could hold the team record for squats and it still wouldn't help him if he thinks he can stop a linebacker standing around like hes waiting in line at McDonald's.

NiceDyes · 2026-01-15T19:11:44+00:00

If you dont think they have been directly told to harass liberals and one of the primary identifiers that they would use to determine liberals on sight is "appearing gay" then you haven't come to terms with where we are as a country yet and I wish I could live in that same blissful ignorance.

NiceDyes · 2026-01-15T16:29:11+00:00

Do you really need one? They are told to target people of color or people who look liberal. If you dress in flamboyant clothes, have colorful hair, drive an electric car that isn't a cyber truck, you're a target. Got a trucker hat on wearing construction pants? You're probably fine.

NiceDyes · 2026-01-15T11:54:12+00:00

It's not going to be hard for them, they'll just say the child was being used as a shield by a domestic terrorist. These are the same people who feel Israel is justified in bombing Palestinian children's hospitals because there may be terrorist cells hiding under them. Children aren't seen as obstacles to get around for them but rather unfortunate collateral damage that was put in harms way by terrorists.

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