Patriots' Patrick Chung keeps 'Jack Strong' promise to Montana boy

I know some hate ESPN but this is such a good story!

Patriots' Patrick Chung keeps 'Jack Strong' promise to Montana boy

Patrick Chung has become one of the all-time Patriot greats!! 3 time champion and key joker/hybrid secondary starter on all these nickel/dime packages

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He's a class act. Great story.

thecore762 said:

I know some hate ESPN but this is such a good story!

Patriots' Patrick Chung keeps 'Jack Strong' promise to Montana boy

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I can hate ESPN and like Mike Reiss at the same time, which I do.

Chung is heading to the pats hof I think. At least he should.

I remember the days he was hated for that fake snap in the playoffs and the fact he was a glass cannon. Outside one game against the Dolphins he was a bust. His turnaround was amazing.

PatriotReign said:

I remember the days he was hated for that fake snap in the playoffs and the fact he was a glass cannon. Outside one game against the Dolphins he was a bust. His turnaround was amazing.

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Remember when none of our corners located the damn football? We had a secondary drought. Right around when we drafted Chung and proceeded to let him walk to philly. He learned how to cover in philly. Then he came back and really fit in with the new cover talent in town.

Physical, man corners are more disruptive. Period. The skills translate to run support. Of the 16 cb/ db's listed on the team roster, only one comes in listed under 5' 10", 4 are 5' 11, and 7 come at 6'+. There's a similar drift to size (and I'd imagine length to match) on offense at WR. It seems like everyone new is well over 6'.

Not sure if Chung will make the Pats HOF, not because he does not deserve it, but more because there is a pending and continual log jam of equally qualified candidates..

Have always respected Chung for his professionalism, and his ability to be part of the whole that is our D backfield..

Chung is exactly the kind of player and man you target for your franchise.
In a world of Tyreek Hills there are still Patrick Chungs.

PatriotReign said:

I remember the days he was hated for that fake snap in the playoffs and the fact he was a glass cannon. Outside one game against the Dolphins he was a bust. His turnaround was amazing.

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I’m hoping that we will see a similar resurgence with Jamie Collins. It’s going to be really interesting to see how Belichick uses him.

Ivan said:

I’m hoping that we will see a similar resurgence with Jamie Collins. It’s going to be really interesting to see how Belichick uses him.

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People will be very surprised when he's used strictly as a punter

Ivan said:

I’m hoping that we will see a similar resurgence with Jamie Collins. It’s going to be really interesting to see how Belichick uses him.

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Hopefully but Collins will already be 30 and has already made bank.

woolster22 said:

Remember when none of our corners located the damn football? We had a secondary drought. Right around when we drafted Chung and proceeded to let him walk to philly. He learned how to cover in philly. Then he came back and really fit in with the new cover talent in town.

Physical, man corners are more disruptive. Period. The skills translate to run support. Of the 16 cb/ db's listed on the team roster, only one comes in listed under 5' 10", 4 are 5' 11, and 7 come at 6'+. There's a similar drift to size (and I'd imagine length to match) on offense at WR. It seems like everyone new is well over 6'.

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With all due respect I'm not sure Chung learned some magical skill in Philly. As a rookie he was woefully miscast and played the wrong position of free safety by Dean Pees on the Patriots. Remember those Patriot secondaries under Dean Pees, 2 deep-safeties and both corners 15 years off the line of scrimmage every play, inability to stop any 3rd down? I think this was way more on Dean Pees and misplaying Chung, when Chung was always a great in-the-box strong safety, a physical secondary player who should be played close to the line of scrimmage.

DropKickFlutie said:

With all due respect I'm not sure Chung learned some magical skill in Philly. As a rookie he was woefully miscast and played the wrong position of free safety by Dean Pees on the Patriots. Remember those Patriot secondaries under Dean Pees, 2 deep-safeties and both corners 15 years off the line of scrimmage every play, inability to stop any 3rd down? I think this was way more on Dean Pees and misplaying Chung, when Chung was always a great in-the-box strong safety, a physical secondary player who should be played close to the line of scrimmage.

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I thought the first paragraph did enough to address the scheme/coaching issue. Sure, he didn't learn all his cover skills in philly, but they certainly improved a bit. The talent he has been surrounded by since returning shouldn't be discounted either.