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Old 10-05-2009, 01:15 AM   #1
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Default Imagine this D with Mayo back in the mix...

I'll freely admit that these guys are playing well. I can't wait to see the ballhawking stepped up when we get 51 back. The secondary play has been as advertised. The D-line is grinding out pocket territory and disrputing throws. The linebackers have each stepped up thir games. Three things...

1. Stop the dumb encroachment BS, we are better than that.
2. Get Mayo back
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Old 10-05-2009, 01:17 AM   #2
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I'll freely admit that these guys are playing well. I can't wait to see the ballhawking stepped up when we get 51 back. The secondary play has been as advertised. The D-line is grinding out pocket territory and disrputing throws. The linebackers have each stepped up thir games. Three things...

1. Stop the dumb encroachment BS, we are better than that.
2. Get Mayo back
3. Look out
To be frank and upfront.. it's give me a forests worth of wood.
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Old 10-05-2009, 01:34 AM   #3
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I was hoping for 4-3 at the bye and then getting Mayo back for the second half. The whole mindset was to just be in contention at the bye.

Now anything less than 5-2 would be a shock, and 6-1 (if the Pats beat Denver next week) is very doable.
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The other thing that was very interesting was the different pressure packages and looks with more guys being brought on the blitz. I thought the secondary held up well when they rushed extra guys.

And like many fans, I used to love the higher risk and more aggressive D of the Carroll era Pats, no matter how much one must recognize that our best defenses have been "bend but don't break". With the changes in the NFL this year and the effectiveness of things like the Jets' blitz packages, could this game herald the arrival of a new more aggressive philosophy for our younger and faster D?
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Hopefully our run defense will tighten up a tad as well.
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Imagine this D with Mayo back in the mix...


i can't wait. they finally let the d loose today.
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I was hoping for 4-3 at the bye and then getting Mayo back for the second half. The whole mindset was to just be in contention at the bye.

Now anything less than 5-2 would be a shock, and 6-1 (if the Pats beat Denver next week) is very doable.
The interesting thing is, that going into the season many thought that the Pats would be around 5-2 at the bye week because of inexperience on defense, with our offense having to carry us. Meanwhile, we're averaging 22 PPG on offense, Brady is still coming into form, Welker has missed 2 games, we haven't developed a third WR, we lost our defensive captain and best player in the first quarter of the first game, and we have been dinged up. And we may well end up 6-1 at the bye, assuming no letdown.
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Best player? Maybe. Wilfork has been a total beast this year, and Meriweather is tearing it up. Ty Warren hasn't been a slouch either.

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The interesting thing is, that going into the season many thought that the Pats would be around 5-2 at the bye week because of inexperience on defense, with our offense having to carry us. Meanwhile, we're averaging 22 PPG on offense, Brady is still coming into form, Welker has missed 2 games, we haven't developed a third WR, we lost our defensive captain and best player in the first quarter of the first game, and we have been dinged up. And we may well end up 6-1 at the bye, assuming no letdown.
Let me put this post in other words: BB is a freakin' genius.
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The other thing that was very interesting was the different pressure packages and looks with more guys being brought on the blitz. I thought the secondary held up well when they rushed extra guys.

And like many fans, I used to love the higher risk and more aggressive D of the Carroll era Pats, no matter how much one must recognize that our best defenses have been "bend but don't break". With the changes in the NFL this year and the effectiveness of things like the Jets' blitz packages, could this game herald the arrival of a new more aggressive philosophy for our younger and faster D?
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