Recent content by David Deas

Nearly every team after the Patriots faced the Eagles in 2007 "had the cattle"

No it's not. This is not the same line that could swallow up Peppers, Buckner, Rucker, and Jenkins in the Super-Bowl. Nope. No way Jose. These days all you see is Matt Light getting smoked by anybody with even the slightest bit of foot speed.

True. But when an OL is used to being in pass blocking mode all game long, it can be hard for them to rapidly transition into run blocking mode. That transition becomes easier with a more balanced scheme.

The Patriots lost in 2007 for *one* reason and it happens to be the same reason they continue to struggle - the inability to protect the QB. Passing on every down can work, and it is something that Belichick wanted to do based on his garnered respect for how difficult it is to stop the spread...