Palm Beach Pats Fan

Only example that comes to mind is the Bills under Marv Levy with Jim Kelly and Thurman Thomas. They would go no huddle all game, and on occasion they would catch the D with a small nickle/dime look and run & run with Thomas.

You need a really versatile / flexible group of offensive players to pull it off, first getting the defense to sell out on the pass while you have a very run-capable unit on the field, and then to keep it that way by not allowing substitution.

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ForThoseAboutToRock

Cool - I wonder if any coaches are looking at their defense and saying that if Ridley runs for more than 100 yards, the Patriots wont win.

They'd probably have to add the caveat that Welker won't have >10 catches and the running game won't be >200 yards... I guess that de-simplifies the beauty of the original statement

Froob

If I'm not mistaken I believe it is also the first time in NFL history a team has gotten 35+ first down against the broncos at home on October 7th.













Honestly though pretty impressive, do they hire guys that just dig for odd stats and stuff?

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WhiZa

We really didn't have many deep plays (run or pass). Most of the first downs were less than 15 yards.

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Alfred

I, also, found it amazing how fast the managed the no-huddle and got to the line and began the play. I have seen them, as well as other teams, use the no huddle but I just cant recall it ever being accomplished in such a fast manner. They must have spent the entire week working on it.

I hope they continue doing the same thing at Seattle.

With, of course, some minor tweaking such as adding a new play, or two and making minor adjustments in those that did not work well. But stay in the "Lightning Speed" No huddle offense.

jmt57

The Patriots have more first downs in the last two games than the Jets have all season at this point.

Mountain_Commando

Great find!

Some points of note:

1. I looked back at 2009, expecting to see us ranked poorly that year. I was shocked to see Pats at #1 that year! It felt like we used to struggle to keep drives going that year.

2. We were #1 in 2007 (not surprising), but also in 2008.

3. It's early in the season so our current average of 30.2 first downs per game will probably decrease somewhat. However, comparing with other teams at the same point in the season this year, at #2 is Detroit who has 4.7 fewer first downs per game (followed by SF who have 6.2 fewer). Compare that to 0.9, which is the average difference between the leader and #2 in the years since 2003.

Meaning our first down numbers this year really are very impressive! That's what you get when you add a commanding running game to an already dominant passing offense

ctpatsfan77

Don't forget, though, that in 2008 the Pats had the most productive rushing attack they'd had in 25 years.

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Brady_to_Moss

And that's good for a patriots...FIRST DOWN

Patsfanin Philly

Since the merger IIRC....

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