[big'ol_freeper]

My perspective is that the team we all saw the first eight games of the season is the one we'll see in the playoffs. Its almost impossible to maintain that edge when you have no competition within your division and you basically have home field sowed up. You still see glimpses of it when crunch time hits.

I hate the comparisons to the 72 Dolphins, but they played a bunch of clunkers too during their undefeated season.

They are a bit pass happy, but Belichek has no reservations about abandoning an offensive approach on a dime.

[misterrob]

So far this half we have seen:

1) Brady make bad throws (that last throw on 3rd down was a dead duck. Simms is FOS when he said it was tipped)

2) Receivers drop passes

3) Receivers run short routes instead of pushing deeper towards 1st down market

4) Too much passing on 1st down instead of establishing more of a run tempo. This is very important given how much stress it outs on a defense that is getting worn down as the season progresses.

5) Not enough push by the interior D-line.

Steelers are very beatable but we are seeing mental mistakes by Brady and a poor game plan by the offense.