12-03-2009, 01:59 PM
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Re: NFLN replay: Pats vs. NO constructive analysis
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Originally Posted by Rob0729
It isn't the shotgun. It was abandoning the run that was the problem. The Pats have been primarily in the shotgun before and not have this problem. The fact of the matter is the Saints didn't care about the Pats running the ball and just played pass for most of the game after the first quarter.
Of course the defensive woes also played into it. The Pats were grinding it down the field initially, but the Saints didn't need more than a minute or two to respond with a TD meaning the Pats couldn't even afford to grind out the ball anymore. Brees was throwing a TD pass about every four to five pass attempt.
Personally, I think this was an entire team failure. You are focusing too much in on the offense when the defense wasn't even a speed bump on the defense scoring. I think on both sides of the ball the players didn't execute and the coordinators failed to adjust.
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Absolutely, it was a total team failure. I was focusing on an analysis of the offense. But I haven't absolved the defense by any means.
We did a much better job of incorporating the run into the shotgun in the Dallas game than we did in the NO game. Most of the time I didn't see a back line up at all.
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