SlowGettingUp
2nd Team Getting Their First Start
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So Phil Perry calculates that Pats have the slowest skill position players in the league (assuming a 11 package of 3 receivers, a tight end and a running back). Is this Bill deciding to zig when the rest of the teams zag with lots of speedy but light defensive players? Does this fit his draft choice of a big RB over a speedy receiver that he could have gotten at that same spot?
Makes sense that the dominant Pats package will not be 11 but rather 12, with two tight ends or maybe even 13 with three tight ends. That will force teams to their slower base formation and away from the much more common nickel. Then suddenly any speed mismatch is much reduced - way easier for a receiver or a tight end to gain separation vs. a linebacker than a speedy corner or safety.
Perry's full article is well worth reading - he suggests it actually might make things easier for a new QB:
Also worth revisiting the glory days of our two high-level tight ends - Gronkowski and he-who-cannot-be-named for some ideas of what next season might look like:
(have to copy and paste that link to remove the space - otherwise just posts as blank for some reason).
Makes sense that the dominant Pats package will not be 11 but rather 12, with two tight ends or maybe even 13 with three tight ends. That will force teams to their slower base formation and away from the much more common nickel. Then suddenly any speed mismatch is much reduced - way easier for a receiver or a tight end to gain separation vs. a linebacker than a speedy corner or safety.
Perry's full article is well worth reading - he suggests it actually might make things easier for a new QB:
Also worth revisiting the glory days of our two high-level tight ends - Gronkowski and he-who-cannot-be-named for some ideas of what next season might look like:
Breaking Down Why the Two-Tight End Offense Is the Best in the NFL
https: //bleacherreport.com/articles/1624948
(have to copy and paste that link to remove the space - otherwise just posts as blank for some reason).