patsfan13

Schlereth at ESPN, of course Wingo thinks Mayo would be the Mike in a 4-3 line up. But sounds like B Spikes will be licking his chops.

Comment about S Adams and Siragusa in middle of Ravens line (He played against them in the playoffs) and how it impacted D Lewis.

Benefit of creating havoc on the D-line - New England Patriots Blog - ESPN Boston

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"Some guys play in all-star games, some guys don't. I don't know who picks all those all-star teams. In all honesty, I don't know who picks the combine, for that matter," Belichick said. "How does (Miami-Ohio offensive lineman Brandon) Brooks not get invited to the combine? How did Vollmer not get invited to the combine? I don't know. We can't really worry about that. We just have to try to evaluate them the best we can."

BadMoFo

Who is D Lewis and S Adama?

DaBruinz

And who is VE???

italia44

Be nice,boys....They're just spelling mistakes,no need to pile on

Triumph

Typing from a phone is my guess.

PowerRunRevival

VE= VW= Vince Wilfork?

D. Lewis = R. Lewis = Ray Lewis?

xmarkd400x

Schlereth said: "When we played the Ravens, we broke down four of their games. In those four games, Ray Lewis was blocked on run plays six times. There's a guy assigned to block him on every run play."

If that kind of thing can happen for the Pats, I pity opposing offenses. Imagine if Big Vince and AH each take up two blockers every play? That leaves the third DL in a one-on-one situation. The offense will need to assign a TE/RB to block any additional rushers. What if BB can, oh I don't know, confuse the offense a bit? Like getting that TE/RB to block to the incorrect side of the formation?

Sicilian

If Spikes can become a consistent thumper in the middle, and AH/VW are tying up a combined 4 OL, opposing backs are just going to get worn down trying to run up the middle. Combine that with speedy LB's in Mayo and Guyton playing outside, along with good tackling corners in Bodden and McCourty, and oh yeah, Chung, the outside won't look too appealing either. BB has quietly built a VERY solid base run defense, 1 through 11... again, assuming everything works out as we hope.

patsfan13

Sam Adams and Tony Siragusa played DT for the Ravens when they had their great teams. Ray Lewis was the MLB on that team; apologies for the lousy typing.

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"Some guys play in all-star games, some guys don't. I don't know who picks all those all-star teams. In all honesty, I don't know who picks the combine, for that matter," Belichick said. "How does (Miami-Ohio offensive lineman Brandon) Brooks not get invited to the combine? How did Vollmer not get invited to the combine? I don't know. We can't really worry about that. We just have to try to evaluate them the best we can."

patsfan13

iPad in a hurry.

Thought the video was very good.

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"Some guys play in all-star games, some guys don't. I don't know who picks all those all-star teams. In all honesty, I don't know who picks the combine, for that matter," Belichick said. "How does (Miami-Ohio offensive lineman Brandon) Brooks not get invited to the combine? How did Vollmer not get invited to the combine? I don't know. We can't really worry about that. We just have to try to evaluate them the best we can."