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Positives from Pats finale

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- Undrafted rookie Robert Jones started at RT and I thought held his own. I saw a few nice pushes in the run game. He got beat by Judon once but Judon got a Late hit. Really liked him in draft and today was promising.
- Xavien Howard Pick 6 was a thing of beauty, he had a great season 50 tackles 1 sack 5 ints 2 FF 2 FR 2 TDs. If that’s his regression season I’m thrilled.
- Christian Wilkins finished his ascension from good role player to star player. He’s a freak and a force on the interior.
- Jaylen Waddle, not his best game. But set rookie catch record and caught a nice TD. Great rookie year!
- Andrew Van Ginkel had a great game and really finished the season strong after a slow start.
- Jaelan Phillips huge fumble recovery, and he flashes when he’s on the field he’s clearly a superior athlete to every other lineman.
- Duke Johnson needs a contract extension ASAP he’s the best RB we’ve had in a long time. He could be our Cordarelle Patterson where he has a late career breakout in a featured role.
- Special teams was solid, Sanders made all his kicks and Palardy had some nice punts in the rain. I also like Lindsay as a return man he has speed and a reliable ball carrier never fumbled. It’s a plus having a guy that has ball security as a returner.
- Overall I’m happy we finished with a win. 9-8 on the year it’s not what we wanted but overall I’m glad this team didn’t just give up.
- A lot of young talent on this team we have cap space and draft capital to fill our holes (Wr, Ol) and then we just need some better QB play and I think we can be a perennial playoff team
 
GhostArmOfMarino said:
Agreed with most. I wouldn't say Wilkins is a star though. He's just really damn solid at everything.
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He had like 90 tackles as an interior Defensive lineman that’s insane. And it’s not like a Lb just getting freebie garbage time tackles, it’s mostly run stops. 4.5 sacks is solid. But he does a lot of dirty work on the inside too. His stats on paper may not look like star but when you see the impact he makes for this team I think he is
 
dolfan91 said:
Can't say enough about Robert Jones performance at RT. As soon as Jesse Davis entered the game, NE got pressure. I think Davis played his last game in Miami.
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Yeah I had to make that my first positive. Matthew Judon is a heck of a pass rusher. I’m just so aggravated coaches didn’t play him earlier would be nice to know if he could be our RT of the future
 
Oh - Secondarily -- on the first long Tua run, to his left, watch the replay. I think it was Eich -- He chased his man running a stunt to the other side of the line. I mean chased him. He didn't reset and look for someone else to engage. He was playing one v. one coverage at OL.
 
Swollcolb said:
He had like 90 tackles as an interior Defensive lineman that’s insane. And it’s not like a Lb just getting freebie garbage time tackles, it’s mostly run stops. 4.5 sacks is solid. But he does a lot of dirty work on the inside too. His stats on paper may not look like star but when you see the impact he makes for this team I think he is
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90 tackles is really good but when I think star, I think someone that can single handedly change a game. To do that as a defender usually it's with pass rush or pass coverage. Not because solid run D isn't important, it's just not quite as "game changing".
 
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