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Per: It Is What It Is Upon Further Review: A Look Back At Pats-BucsWe were a bit confused as to why the Patriots didn’t run the ball more than they did. Tampa Bay came into the game allowed an average of 172 rushing yards per game, 31st in the league. However, New England’s running game struggled to put together constant yards, but did end up with 107 yards. Another look back at the video reveals that Tampa Bay spent a good chunk of the game stacking the line, bringing safety Sabby Piscitelli down into the box to try and stuff the Patriots run game. So New England tried some different things in an attempt to get some ground yardage, trying to use the Bucs’ tendency to overpursue against them. “The screens, the reverses, the play-actions … kind of anything to get the defense running one way and then bring it the other way with play-action or try to separate the defense, because they’re a very hard-pursuing team,” Belichick said Monday. “They really hustle and they pursue hard to the ball. So when you can get them going one way and screen them or draw them or reverse them or play-action them, we felt like those would be good plays for us.”
Didn't see this posted on here yet but pretty good read, ah how bye weeks seem to be the slowest time of the year....
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