Defense, Strength or Weakness

[patsfan55]

My Dear Son,
There is no question your football (especially reur beloved PATRIOTS) acumen is unsurpassed by ANYONE-HOWEVER please remember how you attained such a LOVE/PASSION for the NFL/PATS!!!!!! I may be in my mid 50's -but I still have some knowledge RE:OUR LIFE-THE PATS and the NFL!!!! IN todays NFL WORLD-5 years is to be considered substantial and not a bandaid!!!! I do agree we need to draft young talent at LB & SAFETY-I just don't agree with bandaid statement!!!! I'm sure Belichek & Pioli and all Pats fans would love to consider AD to have same impact in PATS success (ie.CHAMPIONSHIPS-KNOCK WOOD) as Rodney/Vrabel/Phifer/etc.-If AD DOES perform at that professional level on and off the field as well as in locker rooom-I'll need to put my PATS leather (SUPER BOWL WINS) JACKET in the closet and purchase a new one that represents ALL CHAMPIONSHIPS(KNOCK WOOD)!!!!!!!!!!! LOVE DEAR OLD DAD

well some ppl might use the term "bandaid" differently
i dont look at him as a fill in for like a couple yrs
thats why i used the word HUGE in front of bandaid
i was being literal and figurative when i used that word

 

[patsfan55]

My Dear Son,
There is no question your football (especially reur beloved PATRIOTS) acumen is unsurpassed by ANYONE-HOWEVER please remember how you attained such a LOVE/PASSION for the NFL/PATS!!!!!! I may be in my mid 50's -but I still have some knowledge RE:OUR LIFE-THE PATS and the NFL!!!! IN todays NFL WORLD-5 years is to be considered substantial and not a bandaid!!!! I do agree we need to draft young talent at LB & SAFETY-I just don't agree with bandaid statement!!!! I'm sure Belichek & Pioli and all Pats fans would love to consider AD to have same impact in PATS success (ie.CHAMPIONSHIPS-KNOCK WOOD) as Rodney/Vrabel/Phifer/etc.-If AD DOES perform at that professional level on and off the field as well as in locker rooom-I'll need to put my PATS leather (SUPER BOWL WINS) JACKET in the closet and purchase a new one that represents ALL CHAMPIONSHIPS(KNOCK WOOD)!!!!!!!!!!! LOVE DEAR OLD DAD

yeah, u'll have to add another patch to that jacket in about ten and a half months KNOCK ON WOOD

 

[bottlefullofbubb]

Our defense was TREMENDOUS in the regular season last year. Arguably the best we have ever had, evidenced by the Franchise Record for fewest points allowed. We led the league in defensive TDs allowed, were near the top vs the run, and good against the pass overall (statistically, but much better than good overall, since 12-4 teams usually lead in games and allow more passing yards because of it).
However, our season ended because our defense was putrid in the AFCC.

Does this mean we have a great D that had a bad day?
Or does this mean you overhaul the D? To use an analogy if we had a Championship team with a QB who choked in big games, we would replace the QB. Has our D evolved into 'good stats' but they choke in big spots, and in big games?

Or is the answer somewhere in between?

other than the colts, none of the teams in afc east faced any high powered offence. that is why Belly signed adalious