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I wonder if Robert Kraft told Jonas Gray he was going to sit on the bench yesterday.
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But then, I am playing checkers. We are all are playing checkers. Most of the NFL coaches are also playing checkers.
But our head coach, coaching staff, and players are playing chess.
Now they face a very tough front 7 in Detroit. They're the most stingy run defense in the league. I could see the Patriots consistently using 5 wide outs, going no huddle, with empty backfields, and slinging the ball 50 times. Couldn't you? But who knows...
Apparently the answer was to beat them up. This Pats team is violent.
As a Bronco fan, completely disappointed in our coaching staff, the mad scientist Belichick is in a class of his own. One of the most impressive things I've seen him do is completely ignore the offense sometimes when the defense is struggling, knowing Brady can handle his own. He turns his back to the game, huddles up the D Line and LBs and changes the gameplan/ coaches up the D.
Heath Evans once told about how the Pats ran the ball to perfection one week and then Belichick came to Heath and said take it easy this week, we aren't running it much. We're playing the Vikings who's struggling in the secondary so we're going to sling the ball all game. That's grade A coaching in my book.
I think that's a very important point. The Pats have beaten 3 good teams in the past 3 weeks in part by beating them up, in very different ways:
- They beat the Denver WRs black and blue, and made them think every time they went for the ball.
- The shoved the ball down Indy's throat.
- They matched up with Detroit's very physical line, and beat up their WRs.
This is not a finesse team. This is a bunch of badasses.
In fairness to McDaniels, he was doing this before Gronk. And although Gronk is a huge part of this offense and is a dominant force, he isn't the reason why the Pats change their offense week after week.
Agreed. Belichick was developing opponent-specific game plans aimed at taking away what the oppositin does best as DC of NY Giants.
BTW, you have a cold hard lock on the Predict the Score contest after the Lions game. Good work.
I was hoping Miami would win that game.Nice to have you on the board. And thanks for beating Miami for us.
That was one of my favorite parts of the 2003 and 2004 teams. They just loved the grind. Glad to see it finally coming back.
I think missing Mayo due to injury is the only thing that dampened the dream but overall I agree. I think if we win the SB this year we will have a legit shot at back to back because the 2015 defense could be even better.The thing is, they are doing it on both sides of the ball. Alternating personnel and scheme. They have such versatility and so many chess pieces. I think this is the closest BB has ever been to having the kind of personnel and roster that he dreams of.
I love seeing the organized chaos on 3rd downs defensively that is reminiscent of the early 2000s.That was one of my favorite parts of the 2003 and 2004 teams. They just loved the grind. Glad to see it finally coming back.
Even Ron Borges is marveling at the Patriots ability to effectively adapt on a weekly basis against good teams