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by Karen Guregian / NFL Notes
Sunday, September 26, 2010
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Trent Dilfer: Patriots’ attack went off track - BostonHerald.com
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Having studied the tape of last week’s 28-14 Pats loss to the Jets, Dilfer was struck by several things. The most compelling? The Jets were daring Brady to throw to Randy Moss in the second half.
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“In the second half, the Jets played far fewer of those coverages. They went to a one-high (safety), man-coverage scheme and they pressed Randy almost every single down. They were more aggresive at the line of scrimmage. They decided they were going to try to make Tom throw to the perimeter. You might say, ’Oh, that’s Randy Moss.’ The Jets were saying, ’That’s where we want the ball to go.’ ”
As for why the Pats didn’t combat that strategy when the Jets took away Welker and Hernandez, Dilfer said he understands why did Brady always seem to be looking to Moss first.
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Dilfer is especially impressed with Hernandez. Watching him on film against the Jets, Dilfer said he was open most of the time, and posed the biggest matchup advantage for the Pats.
“You can’t cover him,” Dilfer said. “He’s going to be as good an interior receiver as this league has. The Jets had no answer for him.”
Watching the “all 22” coaches’ film, Dilfer was also able to see that Hernandez was wide open right before Jason Taylor’s late strip-sack of Brady, which sealed the win.
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Trent Dilfer: Patriots’ attack went off track - BostonHerald.com