Pats All-Decade Team of the 70's
 

Patriots team of the 70's

Some obvious choices; who is in that should not be, and who was left off that should be included?

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Off the top of my head Roland James at saftey. AT least i think he was there in the '70's.

Looking at the defense the Pats have to be the longest running team to use the 3-4 as a base defense. I'm pretty sure they were the ONLY ones using it in the 70's.

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Well, Parcells and Belichick got their 3-4 defense directly from Fairbanks and his DC Hank Bulloughs. Well actually indirectly since Parcells learned it when he was a LB coach in New England under Ron Ehhardt who was a legacy of Fairbanks. So considering both Parcells and Belichick have had tenures here, it isn't surprising.

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From what i remember the Fins used it occasionaly, and the Pats adopted it full tiime.
I remember this being discussed during a game probably (by the bradcasting crew) in the seventies. It stuck in my head.

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Almost impossible to squeeze him in but Darryl Stingley needs recognition..

Julius Adams should be in the Pats HOF.. he played well in the trenches for a lot of years, and was their only all pro for a while..

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Glad to see Sam Hunt in there. I was too young to evaluate his play, but he was a favorite of me and my brother (#50 was big for his time).

Anyone here who can actually put Hunt in perspective?

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I saw the team of The 1970's in person and the only change that I would have on this list is I would play Rod Shoate at Linebacker over Steve King.Other than that ,it's a very good list.

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The Houston Oilers and the Pats both started playing the 3-4 around 73-74. They were the first 2 that I remember running it. Houston had Curley Culp at Nose and he was a beast. Sugar Bear Hamilton was smaller but he was also very effective. Fairbanks brought the 3-4 with him from Oklahoma along with Hamilton. As far as OLB, I never thought much of Steve King. I thought Webster, even though he was way past his prime, and Shoate were definitely better. My favorite OLB back then was Pete Barnes. He was great with a pass rush off the edge.

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not really........

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I don't think so.......rod shoate shined for around 10 minutes, and I think it was the early 80's