The Arrington at LOLB defense - New England Patriots Forums

SVN · 11-21-2010, 08:17 PM

anyone here can explain what that was about ..? i couldnt watch the game uninterruped becuase the online feed was crapping on me.
even greg bedard tweeted during the last few mins

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Don't know why the Patriots stopped using the defense where Arrington was playing LOLB. Seemed effective. Cunningham doing nothing

***Sciz*** · 11-21-2010, 08:24 PM

It was all dog-faking for when Cunningham came in and forced that pick

***AndyJohnson*** · 11-21-2010, 08:26 PM

I think it was one play, and as a disguise they ran a corner blitz with the corner in a 3 point stance.
Did anyone see it more than once?

tajapandu · 11-21-2010, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by AndyJohnson

I think it was one play, and as a disguise they ran a corner blitz with the corner in a 3 point stance.
Did anyone see it more than once?

i'm pretty sure i did

Shockt327 · 11-21-2010, 08:30 PM

It was actually on quite a few plays on those last 2 drives....

***Aßßynormal*** · 11-21-2010, 08:38 PM

I did as well (minimum of twice), except, he was lined up as a DE. Clearly he was going to rush the QB from the get-go. My thought was he was in the fourth quarter position they used Crable for. Fast player to account for.

From that position he could've picked up the back or rush.

I didn't think he was that effective though - OTOH, maybe Manning audibled out of a flat pass. Interesting.

Shockt327 · 11-21-2010, 08:50 PM

Also, Manning exploited the hell out of this on that 35 yards draw. It was a good call.

***AndyJohnson*** · 11-21-2010, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Aßßynormal

I did as well (minimum of twice), except, he was lined up as a DE. Clearly he was going to rush the QB from the get-go. My thought was he was in the fourth quarter position they used Crable for. Fast player to account for.

From that position he could've picked up the back or rush.

I didn't think he was that effective though - OTOH, maybe Manning audibled out of a flat pass. Interesting.

I think he had pressure on the McCourty pick, probably caused it because Manning would have seen him break off the route if he had more time.

Urgent · 11-21-2010, 08:54 PM

In the post-game press conference, Eric Scalavino asked Belichick:
You seemed to have Arrington at the line of scrimmage a lot in the second-half -- was that an adjustment?
Belichick's response was:
That was planned. We don't just draw them up in the dirt.

So, apparently significant enough that it was part of the game plan.

condon84 · 11-21-2010, 09:08 PM

He lined up at DE on that McCourty INT. He then came back out on the next defensive series and played DE the entire TD drive by the Colts. Colts ran a few draws on his side and he got totally abused. He couldn't do much rushing Manning as well. I believe he also was out on the next defensive series at DE for a few plays.

Then on the next defensive series, Cunningham was back out.

This was so bizarre.