bucky

After reviewing last night's game, it's pretty evident what the game plan was against the Bills. The Pats played 2 deep - man under almost the entire game, taking away TO and Evans and any deep passes. They were hoping the front 7 would be able to stop the run and cover the underneath stuff to the TEs and backs, but it didn't quite happen that way. The man under coverage was also the reason why the Bills were so successful with the screens (along with Guyton's inability to shed blocks).

Looking at the Jets, I see a completely different game plan based on several factors:
1) Jets' lack of play-making WRs
2) Rookie QB
3) Very good receiving TE
4) Jets' desire to run the ball
5) Defense's shortcomings in week 1.

I expect the D to play a lot of zone coverage - mixing and disguising looks, lots of safeties in the box and pre-snap movement and occasional blitz. I think we'll see a good share of 3-4 as well, as it's more akin to that type of game plan.

The idea of this would be to 1)stop the run and screens (which zone coverage does), and 2) bait Sanchez into making some throws into coverage.

I actually feel pretty good about this week's match-ups on D. We could see 1 or 2 big plays from the Jets, but also a couple of INTs by Sanchez.

mgteich

We will take away the run and force Sanchez to throw more than 30 times.

slash83

Shouldnt we expect more man press than zones? I expect the Pats DB's to jam up the receivers at the line and challenge the jets receivers to beat them.

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bucky

Well if you play cover 2, you press the WRs and then drop into the short zones. What's good about playing cover 2 is you've got the CBs close to the LOS to support the run and screens. Press man without safety help is very dangerous. I don't think the Pats will blitz Sanchez a lot, but they'll do it enough to get him thinking about it.

slash83

Good points, I just think you take the risks of putting pressure especially against a rookie qb making his 2nd career start and a weak WR group. Will see what happens though I think the Pats will do a good job of mixing up their defenses against Sanchez.

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JSn

Time to get back to the 3-4, methinks.

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mgteich

yup.........

mayoclinic

Leon Washington worries me more than any other Jet on offense. I hope we do a better job at containment than we did against the Bills.

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mgteich

We will be in our comfortable 3-4 2-gap and all the gaps will all be covered by two players. We WILL contain the run!

bucky

Or than we did last year. I think as long as we don't miss tackles against the Jets, we should do well defensively.