Fencer
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Sometimes, you get out-gameplanned. You'd like to be able to win anyway in the games where that happens.
One way to win is to have a simple offensive option you can turn to that is likely to work against most defenses. In the past, I've felt is if the shotgun/spread was that option for the Patriots. Is it really? Do they need a smashmouth option as well?
About the simplest offensive scheme I recall working in the modern era was the one Carolina rode to the Super Bowl -- pound the ball, and occasionally take shots deep. That doesn't seem to be a good match for the Patriots' personnel. Maybe a 3-TE alternative would work? I guess it would help if BJGE were a more compelling presence in the passing game, even as a poor man's Dillonesque blocker ...
One way to win is to have a simple offensive option you can turn to that is likely to work against most defenses. In the past, I've felt is if the shotgun/spread was that option for the Patriots. Is it really? Do they need a smashmouth option as well?
About the simplest offensive scheme I recall working in the modern era was the one Carolina rode to the Super Bowl -- pound the ball, and occasionally take shots deep. That doesn't seem to be a good match for the Patriots' personnel. Maybe a 3-TE alternative would work? I guess it would help if BJGE were a more compelling presence in the passing game, even as a poor man's Dillonesque blocker ...