Quality roster depth

[Seneschal2]

Informative piece with some interesting quotes from BB and Pioli: Spread it around

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"When you have the top-paid players at several positions, that takes away from what you can do with that," Belichick said. "You can't have the same kind of quality in that mid-level range. You have to balance it off."
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"What we want to try to do is maximize each spot on the roster; we want to be stronger at No. 1 than the opponent, stronger at No. 25 than they are, and stronger at No. 53 than they are," Belichick said. "We're always looking to upgrade the talent level on the team, and play together to be functional.

"It's not just tennis -- No. 1 against No. 1. It's the whole compilation. Somebody can have better 1-2-3 players, but their 11 [on the field] might not be better than the combined performance of someone else's 11."

 

[Box_O_Rocks]

Out-fargin'-standing! Reiss hits another one out of the park with the depth and personnel discussion, including noting that of the more banged up teams, only one is going to the Playoffs at this point.

The Patriots, who have placed 13 players on season-ending injured reserve since the start of training camp, aren't the only team to have played roster roulette this season. The Texans, Bengals, Jaguars, and Packers also have been among the league's most banged-up teams. On the flip side, the Cowboys, Cardinals, Ravens, 49ers, and Jets* are among the teams that have had the fewest players from their opening-day 53-man rosters miss games.

*I consider the Jest to have clinched a Wildcard berth as they prepare for the Jokeland Faiders to stumble into New Jersy.

 

[DB15]

"It's not just tennis -- No. 1 against No. 1. It's the whole compilation. Somebody can have better 1-2-3 players, but their 11 [on the field] might not be better than the combined performance of someone else's 11."

this quote made me think of the bengles

 

[gomezcat]

Informative piece with some interesting quotes from BB and Pioli: Spread it around

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Great piece, thanks. Someone should email it to Daniel Snyder with the title, "how to build a Championship-winning team".

 

[DarrylS]

A new signature is born..

 

[PatsWickedPissah]

I found this interesting...
""One of the big things is working with every player, and the assistant coaches do a great job," Belichick said. "You have your guys who are obviously playing, that you try to win with every week, and then there are guys who may not see any playing time and may look like they're a long way from playing -- and you coach them all the same. With good coaching, practice reps after practice reps, you hope they continue to improve, and then when they have to go in and play, you hope they go in and play pretty adequately.

"We've seen that many times on the offensive line, the secondary, and that's a real credit to the players who are working hard and stay prepared, and to the coaches who take it upon themselves to put just as much into guys who aren't playing as ones who are."

It's obvious that some players who aren't playing (e.g. Thomas) have been paying attention more than others.