hwc
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Why in the world would a defense be in nickel against 6 OL?
What do you do if the Pats line up in a 2 TE 1 RB package with Gronk and Vereen (with, say Cannon at the other TE?) Do you stay in base and cover Vereen out of the backfield with a LB? If the defense stays in base against the formation, the Pats have a massive mismatch in the passing game. Six O-line to pass protect and Gronk/Vereen matched up against safeties/LBs.
I really, really don't think many defenses are looking to get caught in their base alignment when the Pats go hurry up. Base defense against Brady in the hurry up is not a pretty look.