Nothing really new; just "I messed up; they gave me a second chance; I owe everything to that second chance." I still found it nice to see, and I stumbled across it in such an obscure way I wasn't sure you guys would see it on your own. :)
Super Bowl MVP Deion Branch expects 'big things' from...
The Belichick Whisperer
Two things I found interesting:
Since Zolak ran the scout team while BB was DC, he in a way worked directly for BB.
BB went out of his way to explain to Zolak some time after the Seattle Super Bowl to explain why he thought the goal line pass call wasn't stupid...
Bill Belichick: Can't overlook Rob Gronkowski as route runner
Reiss has a good summary of BB's plays-of-the-week video, but those are always worth watching through anyway.
One thing that was noted neither on the video nor in Mike's summary -- Edelman actually blocked 2 different Steelers on...
This week's BB/Zolak plays of the week video is shorter than most, alas.
Belichick Breakdown: Top Plays from Patriots vs. Bengals
2 of the 3 plays they did cite were in the goal line stand vs. the Bengals. In both cases, BB refers to Ebner as "setting the edge", before going into detail...
Brady and Ninkovich will need roster slots a week from now.
The obvious ideas for freeing them up are:
(Hopefully not an option) A newly injured player to IR.
One of the young QBs to IR.
Cut the new DT.
Cut the #3 gunner (King).
Cut one of Harbor or Derby.
Cut or IR a guard.
How teams with first-year starters are simplifying offense
Commonalities among the plays called for newbie starters -- rookie or otherwise -- in Dallas, Denver, Philly and NE (x2). Claims that this is deliberate, conscious & smart; in 3 of the 4 cases the team had the same coaches last year...
What does Bill Belichick 'love' about LeGarrette Blount's running style?
As always, the video is a joy. I think it was actually below average for the series, but that's still outstanding. (Coverage of the last play discussed was pretty perfunctory.)
BB actually called out 2 different DLs for...
I hope and trust that this is just idle speculation, but suppose Edelman DID have to QB, in a situation where going all run all the time didn't seem likely to win the game. What would happen?
My guesses start:
He's probably practiced enough to maintain good throwing mechanics. The one pass to...
So who are the emergency backups?
We've learned that Edelman is the emergency QB.
The K and P are always each other's emergency backups.
Ninkovich is usually the emergency LS. I don't know who it is in his absence.
The offensive skill position players to some extent probably back each other...
Martellus Bennett disappoints fantasy owners but chips in for Pats as blocker
What jumped out at me is that he has about 1 3/4 DEs per snap plus about 1 2/3 DTs per snap.
Jules and Jim
Jimmy Garoppolo has a theory on why Julian Edelman is so clutch
It sounds like what he's saying is that Edelman makes his choices about how exactly he'll run a route, based on the defense, and that somehow the QB is able to infer reliably exactly what those choices will be...
Five quarterbacks who thrived -- and five who stunk -- vs. the blitz in 2015
Solid reporting and analysis from, yes, ESPN.
th;dr (Too hating; didn't read):
Blitzing a lot generally seems like an unsuccessful strategy.
The Patriots are a leading example of that, on both sides of the ball.
Patriots teammates support Tom Brady at Best Buddies football game
Dion Lewis played at half speed.
Julian Edelman had a boot on and didn't play.
The video cited there -- the one in -- is indeed pretty fun. :)
There are various discussions around the fact that BB has greatly disinvested in the position/role of penetrating DT.
If he doesn't believe in them, what are the implications for the OL?
And by the way -- how does not believing in them gibe with the problems Brady sometimes has against them?
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