Maybe this deserves to be merged into another thread, it touches on topics I know I've read about in here recently. But I am too lazy to look for the right thread to reply to. So, I will leave that decision to our very capable Moderators.
Anyway, so far this season and in seasons past there has been a lot of hand wringing and upset fans/sportswriters/tv "experts" in regards to the offense and defense the Pats play. "Why do they let bad teams stay in games?" "Why don't they blow out people by 40 points like the Colts?" These comments and many like these have been uttered over the last 3 or 4 years.
I know that somewhere along the line points scored and allowed comes into the playoff seed tie breaking system. Plus, regularly beating teams by 45 points sure looks good on television. BB doesn't give a rat's a** about that. We all know how much time and effort he and the rest of the crew put into looking at film, seeing what teams and players do well and do poorly. If the game is in hand, far better to run the vanilla run, run, pass, punt sequence than to run some cool play that'll be good for 40 yards. Why? Because that play is not needed then. And if you do run it when it isn't needed, there is film of it. So next week, or in 4 weeks, or in the Superbowl, when we DO need that play the possibility exists that the other team has studied that play and come up with an effective way to defend it.
In a perfect world, I have no doubt that BB would want the Pats to go undefeated, winning every game 3-0 without ever showing anyone anything that they could use against us. Remember, every battle is won before it is fought, and you can't win a battle if you show up without ammo.
Games like the Bengals game...that was just a case of the Pats being so much better prepared mentally and physically that to not run up the score they would've had to turn the ball over on purpose, and that would just be stupid.
Anyway, that's my take on the Pats and how they run the O and the D. Questions? Comments? I've been a long time reader here, and a VERY infrequent poster, so try not to slam me too hard.
Anyway, so far this season and in seasons past there has been a lot of hand wringing and upset fans/sportswriters/tv "experts" in regards to the offense and defense the Pats play. "Why do they let bad teams stay in games?" "Why don't they blow out people by 40 points like the Colts?" These comments and many like these have been uttered over the last 3 or 4 years.
I know that somewhere along the line points scored and allowed comes into the playoff seed tie breaking system. Plus, regularly beating teams by 45 points sure looks good on television. BB doesn't give a rat's a** about that. We all know how much time and effort he and the rest of the crew put into looking at film, seeing what teams and players do well and do poorly. If the game is in hand, far better to run the vanilla run, run, pass, punt sequence than to run some cool play that'll be good for 40 yards. Why? Because that play is not needed then. And if you do run it when it isn't needed, there is film of it. So next week, or in 4 weeks, or in the Superbowl, when we DO need that play the possibility exists that the other team has studied that play and come up with an effective way to defend it.
In a perfect world, I have no doubt that BB would want the Pats to go undefeated, winning every game 3-0 without ever showing anyone anything that they could use against us. Remember, every battle is won before it is fought, and you can't win a battle if you show up without ammo.
Games like the Bengals game...that was just a case of the Pats being so much better prepared mentally and physically that to not run up the score they would've had to turn the ball over on purpose, and that would just be stupid.
Anyway, that's my take on the Pats and how they run the O and the D. Questions? Comments? I've been a long time reader here, and a VERY infrequent poster, so try not to slam me too hard.