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Originally Posted by Bobblehead
27:43 time of possession. That is a bit more than I expected.
I tend to agree with Valo - Welker had 8 catches but a lot of those intermediate routes are going to be more crowded in the future without a credible deep threat. But the Pats won the SB before Randy, I'm sure they can do it now that he is gone.
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Exactly, calling Moss a non-factor simply because he didn't catch a ball shows a total lack of understanding of how a passing game, or offense in general, works. Moss, even if he's sulking, forces a defence to respect the long ball and stretches the gaps that a guy like Welker is excellent at finding. Taking that deep threat out of the offence completely changes the way that a defence plays the Pats. Not only does it free up the top corner to jump on someone else, it also allows safeties to mug tighter, which changes both the passing and running game. That's not to say the Pats can't win without Moss, there's more than one way to be effective offensively, but it's a totally different dynamic now.
I don't think the result on Monday would have been different without Moss, the Dolphins special teams saw to that, but who knows, if Welker cant find space maybe some of those 3rd down conversions go the other way.