Pro Football Weekly ranks Dean Pees the 23rd best DC - Page 4 - New England Patriots Forums

Baltimorefan06 · 01-06-2010, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by xmarkd400x

#1 in virtually every category, but still #11?

Maybe because Rex calls the plays?

***Nikolai*** · 01-06-2010, 10:54 PM

My first reaction was that this rating is a bit low, but not that far off. I'd have to think about it some more, but even given some of the roster challenges this year, I've been nonplussed by the schemes. Only in the last few weeks has there been anything resembling an attempt at a pass rush, and I think it's been marginally successful given the talent available. I give him low marks for some of his game planning, but higher marks for adjustments in the latter portions of the season.

Still hard to pin some of the 4th quarter collapses on a defense that suddenly has to play overtime in the 3rd and 4th quarter due to inept and ineffective offensive schemes.

patfanken · 01-06-2010, 11:00 PM

keep this in mind. It was the SAME ProFootball Weekly that opined in the preseason of 2001 that the team who had the LEAST chance of winning a superbowl over the next 5 years, was our own NE Patriots. They just missed THAT prediction by THREE. So you've probably guessed that they don't get much credibility from me.