BlitzFritz
Third String But Playing on Special Teams
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Slow news midweek, so I had a thought and question:
Much has been discussed about the strength of the Pats secondary, which has been built in just the past few years with the acquisition of Talib and Dennard, plus McCourty in center field.
We now have a very solid crew to play man on any team's top receiving core.
My question is this. When exactly did BB switch from the soft bend but dont break zone to a predominantly Man scheme? I seem to remember the Pats playing mostly zone for years, especially during the Middle Ages (2008-2011) when the defense was no longer dominant and not yet rebuilt.
These secondaries included many misses in the D backfield IIRC - Butler, Wheatley, Wilhite, Smurf1, Smurf 2
Was the shift to a predominantly Man coverage a critical strategic decision on the part of BB in getting this D back to the top quartile?
(Moreover, is Man coverage the predominant scheme in the NFL these days)
-- FRITZ
Much has been discussed about the strength of the Pats secondary, which has been built in just the past few years with the acquisition of Talib and Dennard, plus McCourty in center field.
We now have a very solid crew to play man on any team's top receiving core.
My question is this. When exactly did BB switch from the soft bend but dont break zone to a predominantly Man scheme? I seem to remember the Pats playing mostly zone for years, especially during the Middle Ages (2008-2011) when the defense was no longer dominant and not yet rebuilt.
These secondaries included many misses in the D backfield IIRC - Butler, Wheatley, Wilhite, Smurf1, Smurf 2
Was the shift to a predominantly Man coverage a critical strategic decision on the part of BB in getting this D back to the top quartile?
(Moreover, is Man coverage the predominant scheme in the NFL these days)
-- FRITZ