Something I haven't seen mentioned.....
What is with the late hits on Brissett not being called? Two of them in the first quarter I thought were pretty clear, no flag. You can't convince me the refs don't give favoritism to the "elite" qbs, either one of those on Brady or Brees or Rodgers would have been a flag. One he was hit out of bounds and another was shoved down well after the pass.
The D has been disappointing thus far. Leonard is getting beat over the middle on pass attempts pretty consistently. Too much of a run game allowed. Autry was bringing the pressure up the middle but as mentioned no outside rush today, just so happened Mariotta as holding the ball back there forever.
Brissett doing the game thing. Have to get rid of the ball. Most of that pressure today was on him, not the OLine.
Beautiful play though on the Ebron TD, ran that perfectly.
Reich just outcoached them at the end. Typical NE coaching cast off, leave BB and they don't know shit. Why on earth did Tenn, down two, under five minutes, 4th and short, run the full time off the clock trying to get the offsides? I mean I get it, try it, give it a few 'hut, huts', but they are wasting time. Whatever, all the better for the Colts, less time left. Then Reich, I knew he would go for that 4th down, and you should. Brissett does convert those short yardage plays. Play to win.
Then Mariotta mismanaged that one minute drill on that last drive. D played that well. Keep things in the middle and short, let the block run
Its a win, and a division win at that. Its going to be a tough division race based on the results so far. Jags and Texans in a tight one today, Thursday night game coming up for Tenn/Jax.
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