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The defensive adjustment which I liked the most last week was our corners reducing the cushion on their WO's.
I've been noticing teams haven't taken advantage of the large (often 10 yard) cushion which is our standard set on the outside. On offense, when you see Brady forcing CBs up by tossing to the receiver for the quick 5 if given any sort of cushion, it always surprises me that no one does the same to us. IMO that planned situational out to the dink n' dunk gives us a lot of 2nd and 5's and 3rd and 1's - the key to sustained drives.
Seeing Brady do this makes it surprise me that few offenses we play take advantage of the fact that we give a large cushion as part of our "bend but don't break" defense. The Jets would have been an exception - ol' Pennepastaarm thrives on the dink n' dunk and reducing the cushion reduced his options; once again showing BB n' co's ability to make teams try to find to new strengths on the fly.
This week, I suspect we'll see a stacked box against the Chargers to force them to win with their 3rd-year rookie QB - and the cushion will probably be right back again.
-jg
I've been noticing teams haven't taken advantage of the large (often 10 yard) cushion which is our standard set on the outside. On offense, when you see Brady forcing CBs up by tossing to the receiver for the quick 5 if given any sort of cushion, it always surprises me that no one does the same to us. IMO that planned situational out to the dink n' dunk gives us a lot of 2nd and 5's and 3rd and 1's - the key to sustained drives.
Seeing Brady do this makes it surprise me that few offenses we play take advantage of the fact that we give a large cushion as part of our "bend but don't break" defense. The Jets would have been an exception - ol' Pennepastaarm thrives on the dink n' dunk and reducing the cushion reduced his options; once again showing BB n' co's ability to make teams try to find to new strengths on the fly.
This week, I suspect we'll see a stacked box against the Chargers to force them to win with their 3rd-year rookie QB - and the cushion will probably be right back again.
-jg
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