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Remember that '2003 Pats playbook' from DaBearz.com? Go check out the 'personnel combinations' section. 'Detroit' is the second one there.
July 05, 2006
Miller time
Former Patriots quarterback Jim Miller (2004) has been shining as a co-host on SIRIUS radio's NFL channel. He’s taken note of the public perception regarding the Patriots.
“I think people think their run is done,” Miller said in a telephone interview on Wednesday. “For whatever the reason, people don’t seem to give them the respect they deserve. I think [Bill] Belichick likes it that way.
“What I’m hearing from callers is that they think the offseason losses of players like Willie McGinest, Adam Vinatieri and David Givens are too much to overcome. I beg to differ. No. 1, to me, is that they still have Tom Brady. And that’s a big thing to have.”
When Miller speaks of the Patriots, he often mentions the team’s coaching staff.
“I think Bill Belichick is one of the most adept situational coaches in the league. He knows situations and preaches them to his players, which makes for smart football. In my whole 12-year career, I never had a head coach in my offensive meetings every day, going over reads and coverages.”
Miller recalls one particular teaching point.
“One meeting, I’m in there with Tom [Brady] and Rohan [Davey] and Bill starts talking about ‘Detroit personnel’ -- that’s two tight ends, two receivers (split end, flanker) and a one-back grouping. And he asks us if we know why it’s called ‘Detroit personnel.’ He said every team he’d ever been with called it that.
"It was from when the Detroit Lions played the Patriots [in the 1970s] and introduced that personnel grouping and demolished them. He said that was really how two tight ends came into the NFL. I’ve never forgotten 'Detroit personnel.'”
Miller said he likes the Patriots to win the AFC East this season. He also listed four of the team's most pressing questions, which we'll pass along on Thursday.
Posted By: mreiss | Time: 01:41:39 PM
Remember that '2003 Pats playbook' from DaBearz.com? Go check out the 'personnel combinations' section. 'Detroit' is the second one there.
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