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Has Shelton ever shown anything to thing he'd be able to hold up 2 gapping against a physical front or any average front for that matter ?
Point being the blame should not go to Shelton but to BB and the coaching staff for a bad gameplan that put Shelton into an impossible situation.
That being said you build your team to get into the playoffs and the way the Pats D is built they will handle 80% of opponents relatively well. On some level given constraints like the salary cap and roster size limits it is like a mathematical optimisation problem.. you are trying to have the personnel to be able to deal with as many teams as possible on your schedule.
So it is kinda hard to say that this was based on a roster building mistake especially when they have dominated more typical offenses with absolute ease.
As most here I am really looking forward to a potential second matchup mostly because I am just so curious how BB uses the additional information he has to stay a few steps ahead. All I can say for sure I'd be shocked if they put Shelton into the same position if there is a next time.
I totally agree.
In a vacuum, Shelton failed in his 2-gapping role. But as you said, he never should've been put in that role in the first place.