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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.You’re talking yardage on punts, I’m talking field position. Pure yardage puts no context into the situational aspect of the punts.
It’s 1/3 of the game that directly influences the situation the remaining 2 phases, short of a turnover.
www.patspulpit.com/platform/amp/2017/12/3/16725774/the-patriots-special-teams-are-special-again
That’s a huge advantage in field position, especially for the defense. While the Patriots have improved at keeping teams off the scoreboard, they still rank dead last in yards per drive and 26th in 3-and-outs per drive, per Football Outsiders. For a defense that is susceptible to giving up yards, field position is vitally important.
Matt Chatham, career special teams player.
And where has that gotten him, huh???? He can't even break into the broadcast booth with Roche and Fauria, and instead has to split time with Paul Perillo and Andy Hart in the Bob's Discount Studio.
Yes... Brady the New England Sports Jesus..
He covers it all up. The shortcomings of WRs, RBs.. OL.. hell even the defense and coaching. **** he might even cover up the Krafts marketing screwups...
Did you ever maybe think that the OL is designed with Bradys quick release, footwork and subtle pocket movement in mind ? That maybe because the team knows Brady is capable of making the right decision in a very short amount of time and get pre/post snap reads right so they can get away with slightly cheaper parts on the OL ?
I never thought that because the Patriots never expended assets and resources on their OL other than at LT.
UDFAs, guys who didn't play in college, etc. I mean, come on! The OL's success is because of Brady.
Matt Chatham, career special teams player. Everytime you saw Chatham playing defense, you knew something bad would happen.
Mankins says hi
Mods pls change thread title to 'Post your bad opinions here.'
Yes, let's go back 20 years, you'll find a couple. Andruzzi, Compton, Grant Williams, Stephen Neal, Koppen, Andrews, Ashworth, Hochstein, Connolly, Wendell, Yates, Donald Thomas, Josh Kline, Fleming, etc. So, you're right. Vollmer, Mankins, Solder. But for every one of them, there are 5 guys who started and came out of nowhere. The point is, the vast majority owe everything to Tom Brady.
On a one year deal, it makes a hell of a lot more sense to go play every defensive snap in Houston than to compete for snaps with three talented safeties in New England.