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good stuff as always

Picked-up pieces from 1st quarter review - New England Patriots Blog - ESPN Boston
Picked-up pieces from 2nd quarter review - New England Patriots Blog - ESPN Boston
Picked-up pieces after 3rd quarter review - New England Patriots Blog - ESPN Boston
Picked-up pieces from 4th quarter review - New England Patriots Blog - ESPN Boston

KontradictioN

Rodak is God.

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CREDIT - Sicilian

51Hits

So many of those posts just explain the lack of chemistry on this D. Guys not communicating right, running into eachother, etc.

Brady_2_Moss

Chemistry and communication will get better each game.

Fencer

Good indeed. Cites a lot of individual play efforts, both good and bad.

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SVN

breer used to do this pretty good.now he is to big to do interesting stuff like this instead finding stories..

SVN

some of the interesting ones

3. A key defensive play, the 7-yard sack of Fitzpatrick by LB Jerod Mayo to help hold the Bills to a field goal in the second quarter, was a prime example of the Bills’ continued woes in pass protection. Splitting five receivers wide, the Bills gave their line no additional help against a five-man pass rush. Four Bills lineman blocked only two interior Patriots rushers, with LB Gary Guyton drawing LT Demetrius Bell off OLB Tully Banta-Cain with a fake blitz look. Mayo and Banta-Cain were able to come in unblocked, but such poor pass protection is not something from which the Patriots will be able to benefit against better teams.

5. The Bills kept lighter personnel on the field for the Patriots’ second possession of the quarter, going with their dime package against a 2 WR/2 TE/1 RB offensive set on second-and-16. It would have been an ideal time to run against a sub package and make third down more manageable. Instead, the Patriots ran a play action, with QB Tom Brady passing to WR Randy Moss on a curl pattern. The throw came in behind Moss, giving an opportunity for CB Leodis McKelvin to break up the pass and force the Patriots into a third-and-15 play

7. The Bills’ second third-down conversion of the quarter came on a third-and-18 where Cunningham generated edge pressure, causing Fitzpatrick to step up and make a hurried throw. It was caught by Steve Johnson short of the first down, and three defenders – safety Brandon Meriweather, Chung, and Guyton – all converged on Johnson. The three looked to be more concerned with avoiding contact with each other, allowing Johnson to break free without any substantial contact.

bucky

Actually, this is a very good example of why I DISLIKE Rodak's analysis:

1) He has rudimentary facts wrong. First, it was not Merriweather, Chung and Guyton, but rather Merriweather, Wilhite and Guyton. Second, it was Roscoe Parrish who caught the pass, not Steve Johnson.

2) He draws a highly subjective and illogical conclusion - "The three looked to be more concerned with avoiding contact with each other." This is completely absurd. Merriweather came flying in recklessly and actually hurt the play. But the real scapegoat on that one is Guyton - who put his head down when he went in for the tackle and thus didn't even see Parrish make a cut.

WelshPat

Haha, not the first time I've seen this

ALP

. The first big gain on the ground for the Bills came on the next play, which came as a result of undisciplined run containment from the Patriots’ base 3-4 defense. On the play, OLB Jermaine Cunningham had both a TE and FB on his side of the field, with the responsibility of setting the edge against the run. When the TE blocked down on DE Gerard Warren, Cunningham hesitated and did not get far enough upfield to meet FB Corey McIntyre and keep Lynch inside. If that had happened, ILB Brandon Spikes should have been in position to fill the hole between Cunningham and Warren. Instead, Spikes shot the inside guard/center gap on the play, leaving outside containment (since Cunningham was sealed inside by McIntyre) to Chung, who was 20 yards downfield. RCB Kyle Arrington then could not get off his block, falling and having Chung trip over him. The tackle was made by backside defenders Mayo and safety James Sanders.

4. A few players later, on a second-and-9, OLB Rob Ninkovich demonstrated solid run-defense technique on a similarly-designed play. Ninkovich met the FB McIntyre two yards upfield, and even though Warren by was blocked down by the TE, and Spikes again could not stay back and fill the right hole, Ninkovich was able to shed his blocker and wrap Lynch up.

^^^^for the ninkovich haters

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