Excellent Ben Volin article on the Titans game

[K. Dog]

One interesting observation was how a swing pass to Amendola early set up several fake swing passes to Amendola later to move the defense.


Ben Volin: Patriots’ coordinators had a showcase game against Titans - The Boston Globe

 

[Ring 6]

Your title had an oxymoron in it




And a regular moron too.

 

[FCB02062]

Excellent and Ben Volin in same sentence?

 

[oldrover]

Excellent Ben Volin article

 

[Clonamery]

Your title had an oxymoron in it




And a regular moron too.

Volin and I had to Google "oxymoron."

 

[Ring 6]

Volin and I had to Google "oxymoron."

Excellent Volin = oxymoron

 

[signbabybrady]

 

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[PatsDeb]

Your title had an oxymoron in it

My first thought when I saw the title of the thread, and while the article may be complimentary, I wonder how long it will take for Volin's exclusive on how the Jags are going to beat the Pats because they are distracted by their coordinators going elsewhere.

 

[Ring 6]

My first thought when I saw the title of the thread, and while the article may be complimentary, I wonder how long it will take for Volin's exclusive on how the Jags are going to beat the Pats because they are distracted by their coordinators going elsewhere.

I didn’t read it, I assumed he was saying the coordinators put in extra effort this week so they can get hired away.

 

[Wheelman]

It's Trollin Volin! WHy! Just why did you post that.

 

[PedroMac]

I'm sorry. I'm just not ready to forgive....amongst numerous other reasons.

 

[WinstonSmith]

Excellent Volin = oxymoron

I thought that Rush Limbaugh and Heath Ledger were Oxy-morons?

 

[K. Dog]

I'm not familiar with Ben Volin or whatever he is supposed to have done. He's just the author of the article, which was a very good article, which is why I used his name in the title of the post about the article.

 

[Uncle Rico]

Welcome to the board, Ben!

 

[patchick]

I didn’t read it, I assumed he was saying the coordinators put in extra effort this week so they can get hired away.

That's exactly what I thought when I saw the headline in the paper this morning, so I initially didn't read it! It turns out the headline writer did Volin a disservice. It's simply a look at highlights of the game planning and play selection from the Titans game that show off why the two coordinators are such hot commodities.

Credit where credit's due: it's a perfectly good article, and unlike the vast majority of coverage its actually about FOOTBALL rather than locker room rumors or tomato cans. Maybe if we're nice to Ben and give him a lollipop for this, he'll deliver more of the same?

 

[jboston19]

If anyone out there is a Lewis Black fan, the title of this post was equal to him hearing "if it weren't for my horse, I wouldn't have spent that year in college." I, too, almost had an aneurysm over it.

 

[Richard Camembert]

Whatcha doin after this, Mrs. Volin?

 

[PatsBoy12]

The surprising thing, and I guess it shouldn't be since most teams are doing it now and I watched the game myself, is just how much man coverage the Titans did play. Again, I guess it shouldn't have surprised me considering that everyone in the league now believes that is the way you play the Pats offense. It's just now every team has the personnel to do it effectively, or so it seems to be the case.

 

[Bruins29]

I'm not familiar with Ben Volin

Of course you are not.