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The TNT will 2 gap, so all they will do is eat up blockers on the line. It can be zone or cover 0 under, with the LB's depending on the formation you see on offense. The main thing is this allows for a zone over (cover 3). With a cover 3 you at least can challenge the seam. With the base 46 (ETNE), you have nothing left for the seam which is where Gronk or presumably Hern will assassinate you.
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I think you hit the nail on the head. Sounds like a better way of forcing some turnovers.
I will be happy if gronk and hern can handle blitz pickup. I dont want brady to break and arm on a fumble and be out for the season.
The Jets are great at disguising their blitzes, and they obviously spent time this offseason self-scouting their own tendencies. This could make it more difficult for a Week 2 matchup, as opposed to a game later in the season when the Patriots will have more game film to study. Because the Patriots have to expect to get beat on some blitzes this weekend, they've got to make sure they've got some safety blankets who can bail out Brady on quick dump-offs.
Typically, a good screen game is a great way to offset blitz-heavy teams, but Jets head coach Rex Ryan is famous for killing that theory. When the Jets blitz, they almost always send one guy into the backfield to level the running back, taking him and the screen option completely out of play.
Thanks for the great break down PatsFanKen - as well as the many that responded with their own analysis.
Figured I'd post this here rather start a separate thread. Not as good as PFK's detailed write-up, but Jeff Howe from NESN - who quietly has become one of the better columnists that follows the Pats, in my opinion - writes about the Pats' challenge in overcoming the Jets' defense.
Solving Rex Ryan's Complicated Blitz Schemes Will Be Biggest Challenge to Patriots - Scouting Report - NESN.com
The Jets are great at disguising their blitzes, and they obviously spent time this offseason self-scouting their own tendencies. This could make it more difficult for a Week 2 matchup, as opposed to a game later in the season when the Patriots will have more game film to study. Because the Patriots have to expect to get beat on some blitzes this weekend, they've got to make sure they've got some safety blankets who can bail out Brady on quick dump-offs.
Typically, a good screen game is a great way to offset blitz-heavy teams, but Jets head coach Rex Ryan is famous for killing that theory. When the Jets blitz, they almost always send one guy into the backfield to level the running back, taking him and the screen option completely out of play.
11. As a Pats fan, here is my biggest concern for this game. Historically it hasn't been wise to bet against the team that is viewed the most "desperate". It's even less wise to bet against a HOME team who is the most "desperate", AND even though its early in the season, and the Pats have had 3 superbowl teams that started 0-2 or 1-3, make no mistake about it, the Jets are a "desperate" team. They wouldn't just be 0-2 but they'd be 0-2 with 2 home losses, 2 conference losses, and heading down to Miami.....OUCH.
That makes this a MUST win, and while I can see a lot of positive aspects to this game and fully expect the Pats to win.....I can't get this old football adage out of my head and it worries me.
This again, is why I have been arguing that the key is to beat the scheme before it has a chance to develop. Get rid of the ball fast and you defeat any new wrinkles the Jets have put in it.
That is the far better solution, rather than taking the complicated approach of deciding who to block, especially when you have two rookie TE's whose blocking is average at best. The more complicated your approach to game-planning, the more chances it has to screw up.
Are you saying the key to this game, and really the entire season is attitude, drive, urgency, desire to win............at the level of a Champion?Let's face it. On paper, the Patriots are clearly the better team - just like they were last year when healthy like they are now. Especially having seen a year's worth of film Ryan's D now, Brady shouldn't have too many problems and the Jets won't be able to match up to Welker, Edelman, and Hernandez.
But to me, this game is really not about the Jets or the match-ups. It's all about whether the Patriots can answer the bell in the second half of the game. Last year's team was 1-6 on the road and blew a second half lead in 5 of those 6 games. This is their opportunity to show that they are tougher than they were last year - both mentally and physically. If they can do that, they will win.