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Ok.. Many people have said that we need to get younger at LB. I don't disagree there. The Pats are definitely going to get younger at CB as well since Gay and Samuel are both gone.
So, I've been thinking about the conundrum the Pats have faced and the fact that many people (rightly or wrongly) blame the age of the linebacking corps for the losses in the AFCCG in 2006 and this year in the SB. Would the Pats getting corners who can start off in press coverage and then dropping back into the Cover 3 help the front 7 out? Hobbs actually did this pretty well his rookie year. He wasn't able to do it much in 2006 and, for whatever reason, the Patriots played a real soft Cover 3 in 2007 and it cost them many a TD in the Red Zone. Including in the SB.
If they had 2 corners who could move like this, do you all think it would help the linebackers by buying them time to get to the QB?
So, I've been thinking about the conundrum the Pats have faced and the fact that many people (rightly or wrongly) blame the age of the linebacking corps for the losses in the AFCCG in 2006 and this year in the SB. Would the Pats getting corners who can start off in press coverage and then dropping back into the Cover 3 help the front 7 out? Hobbs actually did this pretty well his rookie year. He wasn't able to do it much in 2006 and, for whatever reason, the Patriots played a real soft Cover 3 in 2007 and it cost them many a TD in the Red Zone. Including in the SB.
If they had 2 corners who could move like this, do you all think it would help the linebackers by buying them time to get to the QB?