Patriots Pre-Game Thread

[today]

I just re-watched the first half of our first game with the Pats, pausing at different points in the middle of plays and assessing assignments. I'm a lot more confident in our ability to win this game because I don't think we make a lot of these mistakes again:

1. Pats got 3 3rd down conversions by penalty
2. Harris/Gardner missed 6-7 assignments that blew up plays
3. We dropped key passes
4. Schaub made several poor reads trying to force the ball to Andre
5. Our LBs were awful in coverage
6. JJo got beat a few times in coverage (coming off the groin issue)
7. Quin bit on a play action (leading to wide open TD pass).

I'm hoping that we correct all of the above problems, but I still expect Newton to miss a couple of assignments, and I expect that our LBs will still have major trouble in coverage.

Foster ran the ball well IMO, and with Newton in there to cut down on the RT mistakes, I bet we'll see Arian have at least 120 yards and be north of 4 yds/carry.

GO TEXANS!!!!!