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2nd Team Getting Their First Start
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Greg Begard got behind the scene Access to the Texans and how they build a game plan. Really, really good read. And one good Patriot Tidbit.
The entire conversation about this one play takes 39 minutes, but O’Brien says that’s nothing. In 2007, in preparation for the Patriots’ divisional playoff game against the Jaguars, offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels, receivers coach Nick Caserio (now director of player personnel) and O’Brien, then a low-level offensive assistant, spent three hours designing a play. They even moved all the tables and chairs out of their meeting room and brought in a football to work through the timing and ball skills needed to run the play.
The result was a seven-yard touchdown pass from Tom Brady to Wes Welker that broke a 14–14 tie midway through the third quarter. The play involved two fakes: a direct snap to running back Kevin Faulk, and Brady feigning a high snap. Brady actually caught the ball while spinning, put it on his hip, and then connected with Welker in the back of the end zone.
“I was the center, Josh was Brady and Nick was the back and Welker,” O’Brien says. “It took us forever.”
The article is a really long read, but worth it.
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