Belichick breaking down X's and O's

[buile]

One odd thing; BB seemed like he was squinting a lot or that he has something funny in his eyes. especially right at the end.

I know it's rare, and he doesn't have a lot of practice doing it, but that is BB ~trying~ to smile.

*Great* breakdown episode. I really appreciate the line play, but I don't have the eye to see it in real-time. Love Waters' head-on-a-swivel to pick up the inside move.

 

[buile]

And your point is good- our "conservative" defense prefers death by a thousand cuts instead of a bullet to the head

Yes. Force the offense to ~keep~ making plays. Anything less than great execution leads to a defensive stop, nevermind fantastic plays from the defense, too.

Although that first bomb in the Philly game was scary, it took a perfect throw and perfect catch... I figured Philly couldn't keep making those plays, and they didn't.

 

[PatsWickedPissah]

Yes. Force the offense to ~keep~ making plays. Anything less than great execution leads to a defensive stop, nevermind fantastic plays from the defense, too.

Although that first bomb in the Philly game was scary, it took a perfect throw and perfect catch... I figured Philly couldn't keep making those plays, and they didn't.

Precisely my take as well at the time. In the game thread posters were throwing in the towel but I figured that a perfectly excited play beats any D and I didn't think that QB had that many more in him.

I was scared by the brutal Philly pass rush knocking Tommy Boy around though. I was seriously worried for his health. Talk about adjusting to negate the rush.

 

[cmasspatsfan]

On the Welker TD, I think the Eagles are in Cover 2 man with Hanson as a nickel playing slot corner. Only the safeties have zone responsibilities. Corners and the Sam are in man coverage.

Hanson bites badly on the play action and I think that's why Allen drives so hard on the route. It's tough on Hanson because he has Welker and run responsibility.

It's funny that Underwood was the safety valve on the play.

Welker noticed him biting on a play earlier and in the huddle told Brady to watch for it, if he did Welker would run straight, he did, welker ran and Brady hit him, perfecto

 

[Patspsycho]

On the Welker TD, I think the Eagles are in Cover 2 man with Hanson as a nickel playing slot corner. Only the safeties have zone responsibilities. Corners and the Sam are in man coverage.

Hanson bites badly on the play action and I think that's why Allen drives so hard on the route. It's tough on Hanson because he has Welker and run responsibility.

It's funny that Underwood was the safety valve on the play.

It starts out as a cover 3 with the weakside corner acting as a pseudo safety to stay on top of Gronk who has the Will on him but peels off to try to keep up with Hernandez (that's the beauty of having two unstoppable TE's on the roster). The Sam isn't quite in man coverage but spying on Woodhead either to stop the run or deny him the pass to the flat. If Woodhead had stayed in to check the blitz, the Sam would stay in spy on the flat.

But you're right- it would make sense to go at Hanson because he has run support.

 

[PatsWickedPissah]

It starts out as a cover 3 with the weakside corner acting as a pseudo safety to stay on top of Gronk who has the Will on him but peels off to try to keep up with Hernandez (that's the beauty of having two unstoppable TE's on the roster). The Sam isn't quite in man coverage but spying on Woodhead either to stop the run or deny him the pass to the flat. If Woodhead had stayed in to check the blitz, the Sam would stay in spy on the flat.

But you're right- it would make sense to go at Hanson because he has run support.

Stating the obvious but Hanson's bite fiasco is the perfect illustration of why BJGE and having a running attack that has at least some concern by the opposition makes the passing game so much more effective.

 

[strngplyr]

Stating the obvious but Hanson's bite fiasco is the perfect illustration of why BJGE and having a running attack that has at least some concern by the opposition makes the passing game so much more effective.

An O-line coach as your opponents DC probably helps explain lack of discipline too, but you are right in that actually running the ball well helps a ton.