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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Very interesting stuff. That explains a lot, unfortunately. I guess the team has to just be better prepared for the wildcat stuff going forward.
Off-topic, but why would he need a ghostwriter?? The guy knows the game of football and is very articulate. This is great stuff from him.
As a flavor, vanilla gets a bad rep. Vanilla ice cream tastes damn good, people.
Teams have hundreds of plays, including trick plays. This notion that you don't, or shouldn't, hold some back for the 'right' time is ridiculous.
Maybe they should use every fake punt in their arsenal over the course of the first 4 weeks?
If this team has hundreds of plays 'being hidden' then they are hiding 90% of them right now,this team is predictable on offense after 5 weeks and that IS the problem with the offense at this stage.
I still maintain that the Pats are doing on defense this year what they did on offense last year. I think they are delibertly pairing back the schemes for the defense to get more comfortable and will open the playbook in the second half of the season when the defense is completely cohesive.
Every team is "predictable" to the masses if it doesn't crack out gimmick plays game after game. That's because the masses don't actually know what plays were called.
When it comes to critiquing playcalling, one can look to percentages, formations, personnel, etc.... The moment you start with the "predictable" argument without backing it up with explanations and details, you basically become useless in the discussion.
Brady calling his own number for QB sneaks is pretty damned predictable in short yardage plays when the opponent leaves the center uncovered, by the way. I don't hear too many people crying about that.
In this division you don't wait to unleash these so called secrets
This is not the AFC West where you only have to worry about San Diego or Denver (whichever of the two you are)- This is a VERY competitive division with 3 teams that have a legit shot to win it and losing a game or even two because of holding back and therefore producing vanilla predictable plays will cost dearly down the line if in fact this idea in here of BB doing this is true.
The Jets and Dolphins are both very capable of winning 11 games,this division is no longer a cakewalk - you play to win now,tomorrow and into december,no time for slowly gelling in the AFC East anymore it will be a dogfight thru the last week of the season just like last year.
I still maintain that the Pats are doing on defense this year what they did on offense last year. I think they are delibertly pairing back the schemes for the defense to get more comfortable and will open the playbook in the second half of the season when the defense is completely cohesive.