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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.The Patriots have a serviceable running game. Currently, the team is ranked 2nd in passing yards and 15th in rushing yards. The issue with the rushing attack is we're often obvious in design and teams are able to anticipate that. A little mix up of the use of screens, play-action, RB dump offs etc would give an extra dynamic to the rush rather than relying solely on Brady.we are not an amazing running team, we should not be running it on first down right away
oftentimes in the first half this this leads to a 2 or 3 yard gain, at which point we pass for 5 yds, or run for another 3 or 4...
sometimes the inclompletion happens on 2nd down, allowing for a long 3rd conversion, or if we run both 1st and 2nd down and get good yardage we dont run it a third time for some reason, we pass it and get an incompletion
so the remedy? stop running on 1st down so much in the 1st half, the reason the prob is not there in the 2nd half is b/c the team has less time left in the game to put up some numbers, so they are more aggressive, and begin to pass on 1st down more....and that brings success
so yes, in the 1st half, split the 1st down plays b/w run and pass, and we should be fine (maybe even more passes than runs)
As an outsider watching almost all of your games,I have a ton of uneducated and "made up in my own mind" reasons for this.
1. Is they need to shorten the 1st down marker for the Pats in the 1st 1/2. They could change it to 8 yards for a 1st and you will make it every time.
2. By watching BB's season on the NFL channel, I saw that he and Brady game plan by changing their plays to fit who they play. This might cause some confusion for the players from week to week and they might be having a tough time adjusting in the 1st 1/2. Maybe tone down the adjustments and work on the fundamentals. Or use the adapted plays when you have already establish a lead.
3. Replace Pats heavy Plated pads and Gear with light and comfortable styrofoam. Yes, the miracle of space age styrofoam would give the Pats a huge speed advantage , and sense your guys are getting hurt all the time anyways, who cares about 1st impact
4. Running game. Its not alright to say you don't have one. You need to find one. IF I were BB I might even try pounding the ball 3 times in a row the 1st set. Anything to get the OL to find their grove and start to get good at it. Problem with abandoning the run is then the OL/TE and RB's never get very good at it. And it would surprise any team if the Pats started pounding the rock in the 1st quarter.
5. One word "load the muskets". Errr that might be more than one, but Im from the Louisiana educational system. On 3th down your mascots should load real rounds. That way when your pocket collapses one of your trusty minute men can cute down the DL before they get to Tom
...and Its an excellent incentive for your players to "Do their Jobs". A carefully aim shot to dispatch Ocho on a dropped ball should go a long way to showing the players BB mean business.
6. For some reason it seems to be a trend that the Pats start out slow then , kick your butt. It might be adjustments , like ppl have suggested, or it might be they are just not ready to play right off the bat, but their does seem to be a trend.
7. The pinata effect or a zagg shield.
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Yess , I know this have been brought up many times, but I still like it.
Brady usually get away from the first attempt of a sack, but if he had tasty treats bursting to the ground after that 1st hit, the DL would waste their time scarfing them up, and it makes them sluggish later.
.. or just coat each of your players in a Zagg shield to completely protect them.. works great on my iPad. Plus their under warrentee .
Maybe not all good, but hope it helps
I wish Brady could take off and run occasionally. (Of course to be safe he would need to get out of bounds or "baseball" slide.) If he could do that even a few times, he would screw up some of the defensive game plans.
Considering we are 3rd on points scored, 2nd in yards, 2nd in 1st downs (1 behind NO) and have punted the 5th fewest times in the NFL, I think the answer is we already have been avoiding them.
Considering we are 3rd on points scored, 2nd in yards, 2nd in 1st downs (1 behind NO) and have punted the 5th fewest times in the NFL, I think the answer is we already have been avoiding them.