iapatsfan

I do not believe the Pats addressed their most pressing need whatsoever in this draft or offseason. Last year was so frustrating to watch simply because of how bad they were on 3rd and long. I know I've said this before, but it got to the point where I actually expected teams to convert 3rd and longs on the Pats. I was a lot more surprised when they actually got stops in those situations. Now the Pats (as they are currently made up) go into next season without a proven pass rusher on the roster. Adalius is the only player with double digit sacks in his career, and he's done that 1 time.

I don't care how many DBs they pick up, QBs are going to have all day to pick them apart with the pass rushers they currently have. I think a real good defensive comparison would be the Chargers of last year. Great 3-4 D line and good DBs, but without Merriman, no pass rush. They had the 25th ranked D in the league last year, and were 31st against the pass. Without a husge addition to the pass rush, the Pats are in serious trouble next year.

eom

I may hang myself.

edit: could we plz merge this into the 'omgnopassrushers????!!!' thread on page 2?

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captain insano

lmao. wow what a thread

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Jared

It seems like they just didn't call many plays that had more than just 1 OLB responsible for pass rushing. When we were calling blitzes, Merriweather was getting in there. But when it was just three big men playing 2 Gap responsibilities and one OLB coming off the edge, it is easy to pick up.

You look at a team like Pittsburgh and the pressure they get, it isn't because their entire LB corps is full of clones of LT. It is a scheme issue. If you line up Guyton and Mayo up in the gaps and regularly send one of them on each down, along with allowing guys like Seymour and Green to try to shoot gaps, and you'll see more pressure, but it will be at the expense of fundamental run stopping responsibilities.

iapatsfan

Pressure out of who? We have nobody that has shown the ability to consistently rush the passer on the roster.

patsfan-1982

we are 0 and 4 the D is ranked 32th and brady got shot lol its april BB will fix the horrible D that was ranked 8th in points aloud LOL lamo

SeanBruschi54

Thomas.


Crable has the ability.

iapatsfan

I said consistently. Thomas has not shown that ability at all. Like I said before, he has 1 season of double digit sacks in his career. He is now at an age when players tend to slow down. I do not expect him to be any type of beast off the edge because he has never been that kind of player.

Crable has shown nothing.

iapatsfan

How about fixing the D that consistently gave up 3rd and longs and cost the Pats getting in the playoffs. That would be a start.

ausbacker

When I open up a thread with the title "The Pats Are In Trouble" I expect 1 of 2 things

1. The Pats really are in trouble for some sort of transgression, or
2. Some poster's thoughts when they never attach in my opinion to the title.

Option 2 seems to punctuate this board.