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With the zone blocking, this isn’t as powerful as in man, but i think running stunts with bigger D-Ends and looping your Athletic/Fast D-Ends would be effective against the pats this year, Matt Light is a great player, but he could still be effected by the leg injury even if he is 100%
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A good question.
I think an important factor is Tom Brady's quick release, pocket presence, and movement. He always knows when the hit is coming, and is able to either dump it off or buy some seconds.
Call me foolish, but I think it's a lost cause to attack a healthy Patriots O-line. I would rather rush 4, have 7 sit back in zone, force Brady to throw underneath a lot, and PUNISH receivers and backs when they caught the ball.
I think with a healthy O-line and Brady's elusiveness, it is not worth trying to blitz or stack the line.
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Mav, both your posts in this thread are dead on, an excellent strategic job!
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Kaczur still needs more experience
and may have problems at times. I would test him often.
Happily, this testing will help him mature that much quicker.
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A good question.
I think an important factor is Tom Brady's quick release, pocket presence, and movement. He always knows when the hit is coming, and is able to either dump it off or buy some seconds.
Call me foolish, but I think it's a lost cause to attack a healthy Patriots O-line. I would rather rush 4, have 7 sit back in zone, force Brady to throw underneath a lot, and PUNISH receivers and backs when they caught the ball.
I think with a healthy O-line and Brady's elusiveness, it is not worth trying to blitz or stack the line.
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I think some teams with the personnel to do it will still blitz heavily. A 4 man rush won't keep Graham and Watson in to block and what DB is going to punish them? Keeping those two busy is key to defending the pass, IMO. Also, there is a perception that you have to try to rush and hit Tommy. If you don't he'll pick you apart.
Also, while many think our O-line was hampered by injuries and their return will make a big difference, I just don't see it. I didn't think we had that much of a drop off due to lesser talent. If anything, co-ordination may have been weaker than with our starters. Count me as one who thinks Dante needs some additions to the gene pool.
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I think Pats1 (forgive me if this is the wrong member - all the Pats37-pats55 wind up running together in my head) had done some tape breakdown this past season and he cited instance after instance in which Neal had been the weak link and allowed a lineman through
I take that with a grain of salt because the entire line was stretched thin by injuries -
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I think Pats1 (forgive me if this is the wrong member - all the Pats37-pats55 wind up running together in my head) had done some tape breakdown this past season and he cited instance after instance in which Neal had been the weak link and allowed a lineman through
I take that with a grain of salt because the entire line was stretched thin by injuries -
Neal made his share of mistakes when I broke down series, I just didn't notice the same problems Pats1 did.
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The old rule of thumb was blitz the average and inexperienced QBs and drop 7 or 8 against the Bradys and Mannings. But last year, teams were blitzing Brady and Manning all year long -- far more often than before -- a whole change of strategy. It would appear that unpredictability has now become the strategy of choice against the best QBs. Would you agree?
[QUOTE= Count me as one who thinks Dante needs some additions to the gene pool.[/QUOTE]
You are a year too late!
Once again BB is a step ahead and augmented Dante's gene pool with a first and third and snagged a injured Gem before San Diego could hide him on their PS.
Without a broken leg, Wesley Britt is a second round pick, and programmed for the drive blocking, mauling, ORT position that establishes the running game and that is the weakest part of our Offensive line. He played some OLT at 'bama,blocking for brady Croyle, so he is not a total loser at pass blocking, but is a much better run blocker, so ORT beckons.
Most teams run right, but the Pats did better going left, before the injuries. Light is a great run blocker for a OLT. Now teams won't know, will they run left? run right?
Dante has already gotten the upgrade to his gene pool.
I'm with you on Big Britt, I've said it before, I've got a funny feeling about this guy... but lets not jinx it by talking too much about him.
Hope you guys are right about B***t.
Neal, IMO, suffered from the sophomore jinx and will be better this yr.
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Felger started his question, "Correct me if I'm wrong," BB quickly interjected, "I can't wait--"
``The officials now are evaluating the players and their performance, I mean, that's great,'' Belichick deadpanned. ``I can't say how much that means to me, really.''
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