Patriot Missile
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Where was the pressure all night? Not one sack . How many QB hits?
Pederson's a hell of a playcaller.
Baldy has started his dive into some of the Pats plays and this one stands out most:
Brady will have a pretty bad summer over whiffing this. He got too comfortable with those deep completions and stopped respecting the Eagles DL. He makes that pass to White 95% of the time out of the presnap read. But he got greedy with over 2 minutes of times and 2 timeouts and essentially ended the game right there.
Lombardi replies to Baldy a bit later and indicates that Brady really wanted Gronk on this play:
I rewatched this play yesterday on the NFL Network replay (yes, apparently I'm ok torturing myself...). I read it as a bit of a combination what Lombardi is saying and Baldinger is saying. At first blush, it looked like Gronk was his primary read (despite White being open pre-snap). That said, notice how White kept getting more and more open as time went on, because Brady was staring down Gronk. Then at the last moment, right before the strip, he turns and starts to throw to White.
My interpretation? I think Brady was trying to be greedy in terms of yardage. I think he looked at Gronk first hoping he'd be open, but at the same time realizing that as he stares Gronk down he's opening the lane for White even more. He dumps the pass off to White right away, he might get 5 to 10 yards on the play, depending on how the blocking goes, but he should be able to go out of bounds. However, based on when he actually tried to throw, if he could have gotten it off, that's at least 10 yard and possibly 20, and White is still able to get out of bounds. And if Gronk happened to be open initially, so much the better.
The Eagles and head coach Doug Pederson deserve all the credit they have received for doing their homework and attacking the weaknesses in the Patriots defense. One of those weaknesses has been defending running plays when the offense is in 11-personnel, or three wide receiver sets, especially when the quarterback is in shotgun.
The Patriots typically defend these looks with five or six defensive backs on the field due to their lack of trustworthy linebackers in coverage, which leaves them lighter along the defensive front.
In fact, the Patriots allowed an average of 6.7 yards per carry on shotgun runs out of 11-personnel, and 4.9 yards per carry out of 11-personnel under center in the 18 games prior to the Super Bowl. The Eagles ran the ball out of 11-personnel on 70% of their rushing attempts and averaged 6.0 yards per carry on Sunday night, according to Warren Sharp of Sharp Football Analysis.
Pederson knew exactly how to attack the Patriots defense and did a terrific job implementing that game plan.
Yep. The Eagles gameplan on offense was as good as our gameplan on offense. On that level it really was a great chess game between the OCs. Too bad most of that will forever go under in that stupid Butler controversy.
That pretty much meshes with what I saw when I rewatched the condensed game a few times. The team did not really get out coached but consistently out executed by a more talented team. The entire Butler situation is just the new shiney object people will lash on to because it is THE low hanging fruit.
Yep. I still don't think he's that good. Get pressure in his face and he's mediocre
Where was the pressure all night? Not one sack . How many QB hits?
I don't think that's quite exactly fair though to call it a shiny object. The unknown question is if they would have been out-executed with Butler in there too, or if Butler's presence limits that. There have been good posts of the ripple effects here, where Chung wound up covering Agholor a lot since Butler was out, which led to Richards being on the field in Chung's spot in a few cases. Obviously I understand that if Butler were in there, different reads and different plays are called. And obviously I understand that clearly, Belichick thinks Butler's ability to execute would have been just as bad.
My 'therapy' consisted of watching XXXVI again last night.