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Then you should watch closer, because they were nothing alike.
Having an offense that is under pressure to outscore the opponent is very much like the Manning Colts
Having a D that can't get off the field, gives up countless 3rd and longs, and allows below average QB's to have career days are all reminiscent of the Manning Colts.
The D has been frustrating to watch the last couple years.
I, too, am hopeful the D is better.
Until I see it, however....
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Sans a few bad plays that happen to almost every D, including the likes of the 49ers, Ravens, etc., the Pats D has looked downright scary. They're flying to the ball and making sound tackles. The pass rush has made some nice plays and the back end has held up well enough. I like the new look.
A few Random observations occurred to me as I was previewing my Previews...
1 ~ I have never felt better, in the Bill Belichick Era, about our Depth of Talent at Defensive Tackle.
2 ~ Vince Wilfork is the very best, most dominant Nose Tackle in the Game.
3 ~ I believe that the rapidly improving Kyle Love will become a far more disruptive force, with glorious results.
4 ~ The Depth of Talent of our Dragoons ~ DE/OLB Convertibles ~ is utterly astonishing.
5 ~ The Depth of Talent of our entire Front 7 ~ because our Dragoons can move to the Flanks, and because both our Sam and our Will can play the Mike ~ is astonishing.
6 ~ Being able to boast the aggregate Pass Rushing Ferocity and Run Defending Tenacity of Chandler Jones, Rob Ninkovich, Jermaine Cunningham, Trevor Scott, Jake Bequette, and Justin Francis on one roster is absolutely mind-boggling. Wasn't it just 3 weeks ago that it was Derrick Burgess, Tully Banta Cain, and a bucket of spit???
7 ~ As awesome as Willie McGinest, Teddy Bruschi, and Mike Vrabel were, this group ~ Donta HighTower, Brandon Spikes, and Jerod Mayo ~ is fully capable of attaining their level in the next couple of years.
8 ~ If "Young & Talented, yet Experienced" is the best of all worlds ~ and it is ~ then this Defense will rapidly become the envy of the entire League ~ indeed, of the entire Belichickian Dynasty, when all is said and done, I believe. This Defense is deeper than it's ever been.
The "ReBoot", at long last...is complete.
Let the Chicken Littles quote statistics from 2011.
I'm here to say: This Defense ~ the 2012 Defense, and beyond ~ will prove to be of such explosive, disruptive, marauding Excellence...that it will be capable of carrying this team, if needs be, to a Championship.
One half of football is obviously not enough, but damn, the defense is looking pretty darn good today. Swarming, aggressive, tackling, making plays ... not the kind of defense we're used to seeing. Could be the 49ers out there. Jones, Hightower, Mayo, Wilfork - that's 4 big time playmakers in the front 6/7.
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. "OVER Loading at ANY position can create a Fatal Advantage. THAT is what interests ME. Attacking With Concentrated Force. THAT is what WINS. In the words ~ more or less ~ of General Patton: 'I'm fighting a WAR, here. Let the B*****ES worry about their FLANKS.' " - Off the Grid
"The key to any successful organization is to anticipate things, not react to them." - Michael Lombardi
Don't mean to kill the buzz, and I'm very pleased with the start, too, but...holy crap, it's one half against a young QB. Is this jetsinsider.com?
Nope. Just saying we're off to a nice start and the defense looks different in several key respects than what we've seen in a while. The rest will have to wait until they show they can keep it up, and do it against different teams.
A couple of things do stand out so far:
1. Dominant run D against an excellent OL and an elite RB.
2. 2 sacks against an excellent OL.
3. Very sound tackling.
If those things are truly signs of what is to come, it will be an interesting season.
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. "OVER Loading at ANY position can create a Fatal Advantage. THAT is what interests ME. Attacking With Concentrated Force. THAT is what WINS. In the words ~ more or less ~ of General Patton: 'I'm fighting a WAR, here. Let the B*****ES worry about their FLANKS.' " - Off the Grid
"The key to any successful organization is to anticipate things, not react to them." - Michael Lombardi
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Re: The Patriots Defense ~ A Return To Dominance
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