Brady6
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I wanted to share what I thought was an excellent article by Oliver Thomas of NEPD, he really does a nice job outlining the defensive scheme, and how it has evolved over the years under Belichick, highlighting specifically how Belichick has begun using these 4-3 under and 4-3 over formations which incorporate the best of both worlds as far as odd and even alignments.
The Essential Faces of the New England Patriots Defensive Front | NEPatriotsDraft.com - 2013 NFL Draft
I anticipate that this season are nickel and dime packages will begin to embody some of the flexibility that the base sets have taken on over the past 3 years; recently we’ve been basically only using a 4-2-5 nickel and a 4-1-6 dime, this season I expect them to work in some 3-3-5 and 1-5-5 nickel fronts, as well as some 2-3-6 and 1-4-6 dime packages. I hope we see a lot more organized chaos with players like Hightower, Collins, Ninkovich, and Buchanan standing all over the field and coming from all over.
The Essential Faces of the New England Patriots Defensive Front | NEPatriotsDraft.com - 2013 NFL Draft
I anticipate that this season are nickel and dime packages will begin to embody some of the flexibility that the base sets have taken on over the past 3 years; recently we’ve been basically only using a 4-2-5 nickel and a 4-1-6 dime, this season I expect them to work in some 3-3-5 and 1-5-5 nickel fronts, as well as some 2-3-6 and 1-4-6 dime packages. I hope we see a lot more organized chaos with players like Hightower, Collins, Ninkovich, and Buchanan standing all over the field and coming from all over.