The Patriots supposed lack of pass rush

[DarrylS]

This is classic BB defense, take away their strength and force them to throw..

It is not that complicated... neutralizing Spiller kept this team in that game.

 

[Ozymandias]

You'll find that forums encourage the opposite.

Spiller tore us up last year (at least in our home game against them). Jackson has torn us up in the past. The focus was on the RB's, who are up there as far as RB corps go.

Indeed. Keeping Manuel in the pocket was apart of the focus too.

They played very disciplined defense and the issues they had with the Bills last season were largely held in check.

 

[tonyto3690]

I'm sorry but none of those guys are particularly explosive. Maybe Goodwin is fast but that's about it. Saying Chandler is explosive is like saying Wilfork is explosive.

The biggest threat was CJ Spiller and the neutralized him. The secondary guys weren't very important/very good in anyway.

 

[Sicilian]

I agree that it was likely scheme that made the pass rush look worse than it was. I'm not convinced they couldn't have played any better though, we'll have to see.

I will say though, that I don't think we'll see anything drastically different against the Jets. We don't have to account for Spiller/Jackson, but Geno is still a mobile QB so I'm guessing the gameplan will have some similar contain/spy themes to it. All this to say, we'll have a better idea in week three of where this pass rush's actual potential is. Until then I'll settle for another 150 yard passing game from the other team and be damn happy about it.