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2 of the runs were Cassel scrambles and there were 3 sacks. It was actually 31 running plays, 28 passing plays - very balanced.
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<aside>Hey emoney, I was looking at the clip in your sig. Everyone seems to think that it wasn't a dirty hit. But Pollard didnt only go low on Brady, but on Morris too as morris attempted to block. Dirty, dirty, dirty. </aside>
<aside>Exactly, if every blitzer employed this tactic we'd have no QB's left in the NFL.</aside>
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The Jets were VERY aggressive with their pass rush. We ran a lot, through screens, ran draws... to throw that off balance.
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So let's compare Cassel's first full game with one Tom Brady:
Order is Attempts Completions Yards TDs Interceptions & Final score
Cassel: 23 16 165 0 0 NE 19 NYJ 10 (14 Sep 2008)
Brady : 23 13 168 0 0 NE 44 IND 13 (30 Sep 2001)
Now the Pats racked up 177 yards rushing in Brady's first full game, but I'd say the game plans were quite similar in that Brady was managing a conservative game with Antowain Smith and Kevin Faulk rushing for the bulk of the yards.
Before anyone gets too far out on the ledge, it's obvious that Belichick is going to vary his game plan based on the opponent and his QB's experience level. I'm guessing that a healthy and well-protected Matt Cassel will start to open it up quite nicely in the coming weeks. His statistics compared with Brady's first full game are almost identical.
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2 of the runs were Cassel scrambles and there were 3 sacks. It was actually 31 running plays, 28 passing plays - very balanced.
...plus the numbers include a final grind-it-out, run-down-the-clock string with 9 runs out of 11 plays. That's really not indicative of the "game plan," just situational tactics.
i thought they should have been more balanced prior to the brady injury.
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I had two thoughts watching today's game .... We're looking (possibly) at the reincarnation of the 76 Pats .... And (I'm already ducking) "Is this what a tougher, more mobile Tony Eason looks like?"
At half-time I fired up a nice savory humble pie (in a roasted garlic and rosemary cream sauce). I was in the Cassel can't be good enough crowd, but he just looked focused. Raw still, in many ways, but I am convinced he is up to the challenge.
Well, BB and Josh have to take Cassel aside and explain to him the facts of life; i.e., "it's very, very difficult to overthrow Randy Moss in this offense."
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The new template for success. Looks like the playbook as been adjusted to a heavier dose of the run. Personally, I love it. And the best part, we don't have Cassel pretending he is Brady.
I doubt the playbook is adjusted mid-season. Generally the plays are installed in OTA and TC.
What they do is to make a unique game plan for each week from that playbook. It would be foolish to say that what works against one team on Week 2 will work against all teams in all weeks. And last week they passed more than they ran. Look for more passing next week against a weak Dolphin secondary.
It is also hghly situational. The Pats ran a lot today because they had a two-score lead in the fourth quarter. Without such a lead, they would have passed more.
It is the old misconeption that teams that run a lot win more games. That's backwards. Teams that are winning the game run a lot more and teams that are losing pass a lot more.
Re: 23 pass attempts, 33 rushes
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