10-24-2012, 11:00 AM
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Re: Curran:Answers elusive for Patriots defense
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Originally Posted by borg
Just read BB's explanations in this article......his D philosophy is clearly stated...."Manage the Damage." While the best D's in the league try to stop offenses, a Patriots D tries to "Manage the Damage"......aka...Hope the other team shoots itself in the foot. The Pats are very lucky that very few quality QBs are on their schedule
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Every play an offense is on the field is a play the offense could screw up. That's pretty basic stuff, and BB's not wrong there. The problem is that this defensive backfield has a very difficult time limiting plays. You'd rather give up a 20 yard completion than a 50 yard completion, but even giving up the 20 yard completions sucks.
This team has some defensive pieces:
Wilfork
Jones
Hightower
Spikes
Mayo
Love (sort of)
but two of those are rookies and none of them are in the defensive backfield. There's no Rodney Harrison, no Ty Law, no Asante Samuel, or even a James Sanders. This year's draft is supposed to be excellent for safeties. If the Patriots can draft the right one, we could see a very dramatic improvement in overall defensive play.
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