JSn
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Reiss' breakdowns of formations and groupings is just awesome.
Things that stuck out to me:
Sam Aiken plays more WR snaps (51) than Welker (50) or Moss (45) and scored the first TD of his 7 year NFL career. I think he's becoming a legit part of this offense, though he'll probably get squeezed for playing time by...
Brandon Tate. ONE WEEK off of the PUP list, not only did Tate return some kicks, but played 23 snaps at WR. 23 snaps?? Not only that, but I'd have to say that the kid could have made some big plays if he was a first or second read, he seems to manage separation fairly easily.
Hoyer gets his second week of mop-up duty (and may there be many more) and looked pretty good. Is our back-up QB more poised than some of the starters in this league? At any rate, it's becoming clearer how he stole the job from O'Connell and Walter.
Ben Watson grabs another TD. Is it possible that on this pace, he becomes a name-brand Tight End by season's end? Another couple of good games and I'd get this guy extended. He's really showing up in the passing game and his blocking is already better than several big name TE's.
We've talked at great length about the defense, and they look great. But this offense is slowly re-tooling before our very eyes.
The run game seems to need work, but I have to think the run didn't feel very important to those drawing up the game-plan. I'd like to see more 2 RB sets, but maybe that's going to have to wait for Taylor and Morris to trickle back in. The ground game is going to be important in keeping the passing game alive now that "training camp" is over.
Below are Reiss links for personnel groupings and snaps played on offense.
New England Patriots Blog - Patriots used varied offensive packages - ESPN Boston
New England Patriots Blog - Downs played by offensive personnel - ESPN Boston
Things that stuck out to me:
Sam Aiken plays more WR snaps (51) than Welker (50) or Moss (45) and scored the first TD of his 7 year NFL career. I think he's becoming a legit part of this offense, though he'll probably get squeezed for playing time by...
Brandon Tate. ONE WEEK off of the PUP list, not only did Tate return some kicks, but played 23 snaps at WR. 23 snaps?? Not only that, but I'd have to say that the kid could have made some big plays if he was a first or second read, he seems to manage separation fairly easily.
Hoyer gets his second week of mop-up duty (and may there be many more) and looked pretty good. Is our back-up QB more poised than some of the starters in this league? At any rate, it's becoming clearer how he stole the job from O'Connell and Walter.
Ben Watson grabs another TD. Is it possible that on this pace, he becomes a name-brand Tight End by season's end? Another couple of good games and I'd get this guy extended. He's really showing up in the passing game and his blocking is already better than several big name TE's.
We've talked at great length about the defense, and they look great. But this offense is slowly re-tooling before our very eyes.
The run game seems to need work, but I have to think the run didn't feel very important to those drawing up the game-plan. I'd like to see more 2 RB sets, but maybe that's going to have to wait for Taylor and Morris to trickle back in. The ground game is going to be important in keeping the passing game alive now that "training camp" is over.
Below are Reiss links for personnel groupings and snaps played on offense.
New England Patriots Blog - Patriots used varied offensive packages - ESPN Boston
New England Patriots Blog - Downs played by offensive personnel - ESPN Boston
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