MrNathanDrake
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I agree. Our secondary is actually decent. As Butler and Chung progress, our Secondary could be VERY good....This goes out to the long time Pats' fans. I am not jumping on the team or criticizing. It's just a rather obvious observation, and then question to the rest of you.
I've been following the Patriots since day one. I never remember, EVER, a Patriots team applying less pressure on the QB.
It's rather pathetic in a sense. The QBs are back there, and there is sometimes ZERO pressure for long periods of time.
The reflex reaction is to say, "look at that darned lousy secondary", but to me it's glaringly the fault of the non-QB pressure. Henne and others this year drop back, look left, look right, shuffle a bit, break out a sandwich, listens to his IPOD, and then finds an open receiver.
My question, does anybody remember a year in the Pats history, when they applied less pressure? I know they are 13th out of 16th in sacks in the AFC, but I don't even mean just statistically. Just overall, I personally can't remember the opposing QBs sitting in the pockets for as long, play after play, as they are this year. What about the rest of you?
but no matter how good a secondary is, when you apply ZERO pressure on the QB... they can not only stand in the pocket as long as they want, but mentally they arent even worried about being touched and have 100% confidence in getting the throw off..