Shockt327
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This thread is only about the D...
I think anyone who has read Patriot Reign or The Blueprint is familiar with Belichick's basic philosophy: Take away what the other team does best, and force them to do something that they are not comfortable with.
For the purposes of this game, that meant taking away the run and forcing Sanchez to beat you with his arm. Notice how during last weeks game (Cincy), there was alot of pre-snap movement and stemming - and the blitz was there. Their first priority was the pass. Seems like Bill expected the Jets to stay conservative like they did with the Ravens. Even when they had Nickel personnel, it seems like they were run first all game. The Jets came out throwing, and NE had no real answer -- ironically those passes also opened up the run game too, IMO.
Reminds me of what happened against the Ravens and Eagles in 2007 -- where Boller and AJ Feeley had what must have been career games against a very good, veteran Pats D.
*Also, Butler was garbage.*
I think anyone who has read Patriot Reign or The Blueprint is familiar with Belichick's basic philosophy: Take away what the other team does best, and force them to do something that they are not comfortable with.
For the purposes of this game, that meant taking away the run and forcing Sanchez to beat you with his arm. Notice how during last weeks game (Cincy), there was alot of pre-snap movement and stemming - and the blitz was there. Their first priority was the pass. Seems like Bill expected the Jets to stay conservative like they did with the Ravens. Even when they had Nickel personnel, it seems like they were run first all game. The Jets came out throwing, and NE had no real answer -- ironically those passes also opened up the run game too, IMO.
Reminds me of what happened against the Ravens and Eagles in 2007 -- where Boller and AJ Feeley had what must have been career games against a very good, veteran Pats D.
*Also, Butler was garbage.*
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