X's and O's And How It Affects The Draft

[manxman2601]

This is a place to put anything we learn about how the Patriots lineup and gameplan and how it might affect their gameplan.

 

[manxman2601]

The importance of a safety who can cover WRs. No more box safeties.



And this is a repeat from the safety thread highlighting the importance of tackling for a safety too, particularly as an open field tackler rather than one who just supports the run game in the box.

 

[manxman2601]

An EDGE rusher who can get to the QB one on one rather than as part of a blitz. While Harold Landry got one of his sacks solo on a stunt, his other sack participations came with the addition of a safety blitz.

 

[manxman2601]

The defense in a five man front (Chaisson-Barmore-Tonga-Williams-Landry) and nickel with LB2 off the field. I don't think we'd be drafting a first round LBer unless he can double as an edge rusher too. However, having checked the snap count, Elliss played in 44 snaps, so approximately 2/3.

 

[mayoclinic]

Substitute Peter Woods for Tonga and Sonny Styles for Chaisson, and you have my favorite front.

Spillane in the middle.

Woodson and Dillon Thienemann at S.

Gonzo, Carleton Davis, and Mansoor Delane at CB.

Small problem figuring out how to draft them all (plus Conner Lew and Sadiq Charles), but working on that.

 

[manxman2601]

Substitute Peter Woods for Tonga and Sonny Styles for Chaisson, and you have my favorite front.

Spillane in the middle.

Woodson and Dillon Thienemann at S.

Gonzo, Carleton Davis, and Mansoor Delane at CB.

Small problem figuring out how to draft them all (plus Conner Lew and Sadiq Charles), but working on that.

I was thinking that as I was reading your post

Let me know when you come up with a solution. Better yet, let Mike Vrabel know.

 

[Sciz]

The defense in a five man front (Chaisson-Barmore-Tonga-Williams-Landry) and nickel with LB2 off the field. I don't think we'd be drafting a first round LBer unless he can double as an edge rusher too. However, having checked the snap count, Elliss played in 44 snaps, so approximately 2/3.

Second LB on the field:
16 base defense snaps
36 nickel

Second LB not on the field:
3 nickel snaps (3rd DT instead)
6 dime
2 quarter

So LB2 was a 82.5% playing time role, but it was split between Elliss (first 44 LB2 snaps) and Gibbens (last 8). They weren’t on the field together.