Pats rush D the last 2 games

[Bobs My Uncle]

Has been spectacular.

On Sunday the Pats limited Willis McGahee to 59 yards rushing on 20 attempts (2.95 YPC average) with a long run of just 8 yards.

The week prior the Pats limited Ronnie Brown to 39 yards rushing on 17 attempts (2.3 YPC average) with a long run of just 7 yards.

 

[BelichickFan]

Has been spectacular.

On Sunday the Pats limited Willis McGahee to 59 yards rushing on 20 attempts (2.95 YPC average) with a long run of just 8 yards.

The week prior the Pats limited Ronnie Brown to 39 yards rushing on 17 attempts (2.3 YPC average) with a long run of just 7 yards.

They're both averaging 3.8 YPC on the year so we've done significantly better than the league has agaisnt them so far (and our numbers against them are included in the 3.8 so they're around 4.0 against the others).

 

[Brownfan80]

Has been spectacular.

On Sunday the Pats limited Willis McGahee to 59 yards rushing on 20 attempts (2.95 YPC average) with a long run of just 8 yards.

The week prior the Pats limited Ronnie Brown to 39 yards rushing on 17 attempts (2.3 YPC average) with a long run of just 7 yards.

I think that if this trend continues the next two weeks that we'll have pretty good shots of beating two very good teams.

 

[Va_Pats_Fan]

Anyone else notice that Willis McGahee is a slippery one. I counted 4 or 5 times he was hit in the backfield/LOS and still managed to get 3 yards, falling forward, etc.

I looked quite foolish at the local bar yelling "WRAP HIM UP" over and over again....(it may of been the beer more than the game however...)

 

[Box_O_Rocks]

I looked quite foolish at the local bar

I have a special treat for whomever decided to place mirrors behind bars - there are some things I just don't want to see.

 

[patsox23]

I think some people think we didn't play the run well yesterday b/c of that long scamper by McGahee, but that was on a shovel pass and counted toward passing yards.

 

[lobster]

A big challenge will be the Vikings running game with LG Hutchinson and 6' 8" LT McKinnie - who ESPN's John Clayton's views as a future Pro Bowler. John Clayton's described a 95-yard running play against the Seahawks, run to their left from the Vikings 5-yard line:
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/colum...n&id=2635485&campaign=rss&source=NFLHeadlines

 

[BelichickFan]

A big challenge will be the Vikings running game with LG Hutchinson and 6' 8" LT McKinnie

I bet the Seahawks wish they had Hutchinson now instead of Burleson - they miscalculated that one badly.

It's hard to worry about an opponents' OL the way our DL is - unless Seymour is out - but even if he is, Jarvis is pretty good himself.

 

[zippo59]

I bet the Seahawks wish they had Hutchinson now instead of Burleson - they miscalculated that one badly.

It's hard to worry about an opponents' OL the way our DL is - unless Seymour is out - but even if he is, Jarvis is pretty good himself.

The Seahawks couldn't have kept Hutchinson even if he wanted to. There was a clause in the contract given to him by the Vikes where he had to be the highest paid offensive lineman on the team or it would trigger a sh!tload of money that had to be paid to him. Walter Jones was higher paid than the contract Hutchinson got and the Seahawks could not handle the cap hit which would be triggered by that clause. Their hands were tied.

They didn't not keep Hutchinson so they could get Burleson. It was more of a revenge factor, but it was stupid anyway.

 

[BelichickFan]

The Seahawks couldn't have kept Hutchinson even if he wanted to.

Sure they could have. They could have franchised him. It would have been expensive but they could have done it and then likely worked out a long term deal. People talk about the Patriots messing up The Twig's situation, the Seahawks messed up worse with Hutchinson.

 

[Oswlek]

The Seahawks couldn't have kept Hutchinson even if he wanted to. There was a clause in the contract given to him by the Vikes where he had to be the highest paid offensive lineman on the team or it would trigger a sh!tload of money that had to be paid to him. Walter Jones was higher paid than the contract Hutchinson got and the Seahawks could not handle the cap hit which would be triggered by that clause. Their hands were tied.

They didn't not keep Hutchinson so they could get Burleson. It was more of a revenge factor, but it was stupid anyway.

This is not accurate. The whole "poison pill" clause issue that Minny and Seattle played could have been easily avoided has Seattle franchise tagged Hutchinson instead of transition tagged.

 

[zippo59]

This is not accurate. The whole "poison pill" clause issue that Minny and Seattle played could have been easily avoided has Seattle franchise tagged Hutchinson instead of transition tagged.

Yes they could have franchised him and the whole situation would have been avoided but what I was focusing on was Seattle's options AFTER Hutchinson was transition tagged and the Vikings made an offer, which is very little.

 

[Box_O_Rocks]

I bet the Seahawks wish they had Hutchinson now instead of Burleson - they miscalculated that one badly.

It's hard to worry about an opponents' OL the way our DL is - unless Seymour is out - but even if he is, Jarvis is pretty good himself.

Yes, Jarvis is good, but this may be a good time to use more 4-3 with Wright and Wilfork inside, Jarvis and Warren at DE. Rosey has reportedly been struggling to set the edge, I need to look at the tape to confirm, but I did notice McGahee get around him on the first play - I'm not sure I want to place all the blame on Rosey, Asante and Geno/Rodney should have been up to help extend the lateral movement too.

Either way, it would put heavier players on the edge to force Taylor back inside, we'll have to see. Another option, move Vince to LDE and use Wright on the nose. If Sey's elbow is bad, we may get to see Hill for the first time this season - Hill bashers warm your engines.