3 Reasons Why The Patriots Might Repeat

PATS16N0 · Sep 1, 2015

#1, #2, and i'll quote from #3.

The NFL has become a league obsessed with passing, and a huge component of the Pats' defensive style has been the duo of Dont'a Hightower and Jamie Collins, two of the more elite linebackers in the game. According to ESPN Stats & Info, the Patriots received 40 percent of their sacks last season from linebackers. That clip ranked second to teams running the 4-3 last year, but that was without the behemoth Vince Wilfork (signed with Houston) creating sizable holes up front. So what did the front office do? They shrewdly drafted defensive end Trey Flowers and added free agent Jabaal Sheard to help bolster the pass rush alongside the steady duo of Chandler Jones and Dominique Easley.

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PATS16N0 · Sep 1, 2015

Offseason is ending.

What's funny to me is that the beginning of a football season is like turning on a light in a ****ty apartment - all the ****roaches will scatter.

Framegate fun will be over when Tom and the Pats are ruining everybody. All the trolls will be driven into their holes.

Driving narratives about magic footballs only works in June.

FourierSeries · Sep 1, 2015

I feel like Mayo's presence this year is not talked about enough. If he can stay healthy, that will be huge. I don't expect the defense to take a significant step back like some here are.

The offense should be slightly improved.

But the most important aspect of all: Angry Tom Brady.

Joker · Sep 1, 2015

all for naught...you SAW who the ref was last game?...get used to THAT all year...

"...the game winning touchdown by Brady!...wait ...the ref just threw a flag from 40 yards away...he's saying the game is over before the pass...and there's still 5 seconds on the clock...that's it, game over, Pats lose...

and when BB complains, who will he run into? Some puppet with moving lips as Goodell cites "integrity of the game!" and declares Pats losers...because HE CAN DO THAT....watch

varjao · Sep 1, 2015

Yeah Im expecting "forces of nature" getting in the Pats path.

ausbacker · Sep 1, 2015

1. Tom Brady.
2. Bill Belichick.
3. Rob Gronkowski.

MrNathanDrake · Sep 1, 2015

Like always, it depends on the health of our key players. Most notably Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski.

If Gronk goes down again, our entire offense stalls. He is the spark plug and the go to guy. The only player on offense that strikes fear into opposing teams. He opens it up for everyone else.

VectorPrime · Sep 1, 2015

My number 1 reason:

sheer spite

slash83 · Sep 1, 2015

Tom Brady, Bill B, Gronk, and cant forget about deflategate.

Brewskies · Sep 1, 2015

MrNathanDrake said:
Like always, it depends on the health of our key players. Most notably Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski.

If Gronk goes down again, our entire offense stalls. He is the spark plug and the go to guy. The only player on offense that strikes fear into opposing teams. He opens it up for everyone else.

If Gronk goes down we have Scot Chandler

BlueThunder · Sep 1, 2015

If the OL can get it's act together...Pats will be a force to be reckoned with.....

3 Reasons Why The Patriots Might Repeat

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