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I don't have a lot of specifics, but my general understanding is that Belichick and McDaniels consulted with Urban Meyer after losing to the Colts in the 2006 playoffs. The Patriots had struggled against the Colts' Tampa-2 in the past few meetings between the two teams. Meyer and Belichick became personally close somewhere along the way.
The 2007 offseason, remember, was where the Patriots went after Wes Welker so aggressively, and then later, traded for Randy Moss. Welker was basically the same 10 yards per catch guy he is now, but with a lot less catches. New England's willingness to pay so much for him was surprising. Moss had virtually no other interest around the league.
The scheme of the Patriots was expressly designed to do the best job possible at threatening Cover-2 zone looks. The personnel of the Patriots made it threaten every kind of defense, in record-setting fashion.. Especially in the sense of using Moss and Welker on the same side, you cause a lot of difficulty for a defense doing that, and Florida does a great deal of that, doubling up strength. Also, a lot of the creative WR screening is used by Florida too, and a lot more of that emerged with the Patriots beginning with Welker in 2007.
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Re: Denverites explore the "Patriot Way" - much about the Pats
all scheme aside, I think that colts game just boiled down to crap receivers on our end who couldn't hold onto the goddamn ball to keep drives alive, coupled w/lapsed defense in the second half, which was possibly due in part to the fact that our drives kept stalling and the defense had to come right back out.
when they signed welker I thought that was the single missing piece we needed to turn that entire game around and win us a superbowl.
then they got moss.....
Re: Denverites explore the "Patriot Way" - much about the Pats
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when they signed welker I thought that was the single missing piece we needed to turn that entire game around and win us a superbowl.
then they got moss.....
I must have been away because I missed the part about us winning the 4th SuperBowl
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Re: Denverites explore the "Patriot Way" - much about the Pats
Whoa! Welker was the missing piece to win the SB, then we got Moss who must have therefore cost us the SB! Amazing!
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Re: Denverites explore the "Patriot Way" - much about the Pats
Belichick is so far ahead of anybody else it's scary. He was already a defensive genius with 5 rings after 2004, who then went on to become the architect of the greatest offense in NFL history.
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I must have been away because I missed the part about us winning the 4th SuperBowl
??? He said, "I thought" which basically means it didn't happen the way he thought it would, as in, "I thought it was the missing piece" or "I thought that Gaffney was a clutch receiver" or "I thought the Pats were done for when Brady went on IR."
If it WAS true, he'd have said, "I'd never have thought," as in, "I'd never have thought the Pats would only score 14 points in the superbowl" or I'd nver have thought a team could go 11-5 and miss the playoffs."
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??? He said, "I thought" which basically means it didn't happen the way he thought it would, as in, "I thought it was the missing piece" or "I thought that Gaffney was a clutch receiver" or "I thought the Pats were done for when Brady went on IR."
If it WAS true, he'd have said, "I'd never have thought," as in, "I'd never have thought the Pats would only score 14 points in the superbowl" or I'd nver have thought a team could go 11-5 and miss the playoffs."
Hope this helps
But will it cure his fearsome Irish shortcomings?
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