Reiss:No-huddle strategy, struggling on special teams two of the keys

[SVN]

Mike Reiss' blog - Top storylines in the loss - ESPN Boston

Switching up the offensive communication. All of the Patriots' skill-position players had play sheets on their wrists as they ran the no-huddle throughout the game. On the sideline, receivers coach Chad O'Shea and practice squad quarterback Isaiah Stanback held up boards as a way to communicate to players on the field. Tight end Benjamin Watson couldn't remember the last time the offense did that, but seemed to remember it from earlier in his career. Quarterback Tom Brady didn't think the offense's struggles were a result of the communication, but more execution.

interesting reiss thinks this was something .
maybe we overcoached a little in this regard ..

 

[aurakilla]

i think it was a factor but not the main reason.

there was a play galloway went deep and brady threw it short thinking heed be there. so it defnitly was a factor but a tiny 1

 

[Nikolai]

Either way, it makes the second game in a row where the offense has had something of a gimmicky game plan from the onset. Last week, it was the frequent player substitutions. This may have something to do with disrupting the flow of the offense.