Patriots-Giants Game Observations (Second Half)
More thoughts from the TV copy of the game:
- On Tom Brady’s fumble, it seemed like all of the offensive line and Hernandez, who was in blocking, thought it was an incomplete pass, because there was no scrum for the ball as usually follows a fumble. Perhaps a missed opportunity, and one that Patriots coaches will likely pick up - the offense should attempt to recover any incomplete pass that falls around the line of scrimmage.
- A review of the Patriots overall season would likely reveal that the special teams are so far the poorest aspect of the team, which has given up a couple of large returns, as well as giving up two fumbles. They’ve also tried an unsuccessful onside kick, and missed three field goal attempts.
- The Patriots blitzed CB Philip Adams four times during the game, with three resulting in an incompletion. Adams seems to have taken the role of the defensive back who blitzes, instead of CB Kyle Arrington, who even took snaps at outside linebacker last season.
- The Patriots dropped 5 passes throughout the whole game.
