So were Brady and the Pats just playing with Atlanta the first 2 1/2 quarters? Everytime they showed Brady in the first half he looked dumbfounded. Even when the Pats' Defense came out fired up and forced a 3-&-out to start the 2nd half, but then the Pats' Offense did nothing. And it wasn't until the Falcons drove down for a TD to make it 28-3 that Brady began to throw accurately and the receivers began to actually catch the ball and make plays.
The Patriots were stymied by an aggressive, speedy defense. However, Kyle Shanahan's inexplicable decision to keep airing it out after the Patriot's half-time adjustments led to a lot of short possessions for the Falcon's in the second half, and the defense got gassed. Patriots ran more than twice as many offensive plays as Atlanta (93 to 46). There's not a lot of defenses that can maintain speed and aggression for 93 plays....Statistics: Posted by snoscythe — Mon Feb 06, 2017 4:59 pm
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