Brian Baldinger: Patriots are being re-made to try to beat the Jets

[Kid~Brady]

http://itiswhatitis.weei.com/sports...s-are-being-re-made-to-try-and-beat-the-jets/

NFL Network analyst Brian Baldinger has heard a lot of reasons as to why the Patriots dealt Randy Moss to the Vikings, but he believes the most important reason is that it allows them to become a team that is more capable of beating the Jets.

Baldinger, who breaks down game film for the NFL Network show “Playbook,” says that the teams that have had the most success against the Jets’ defense have employed a passing attack that relies on short and intermediate routes and an ability to get the ball out to receivers quickly.

“They are building this team specifically to beat the Jets,” Baldinger said of the Patriots. “You are not going to beat the Jets by taking seven-step drops and looking for Randy Moss 50 yards down the field. You beat the Jets by getting the ball to the quicker guys who can beat coverage. Between [Julian] Edelman, [Wes] Welker, [Deion] Branch and [Danny] Woodhead, that’s what they are doing. All of these changes are designed to beat the Jets.”

Baldinger, who also works as a game analyst for Fox Sports, says the Patriots’ offense has moved from “being this big play team to a small-ball team,” and adds that they are now playing to Tom Brady’s strength, which is his accuracy. In addition, he likes the changes they’ve made on the defensive side of the ball.

Read the rest of Christopher Price's column here, which includes Baldinger's look at the changes on the Pats defense: link


-------------
DIDNT SEE THIS POSTED, DELETE THIS THREAD IF I'M LATE, THANKS
----------------
Edit: please be sure to include a link when quoting articles, and try to avoid copy and pasting entire articles.

thanks, jmt.