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This week\u2019s opponent is the Seattle Seahawks.\u00a0 They are coming off a win at home against the Denver Broncos and rookie QB Bo Nix.<\/p>\n

According to Warren Sharp, the Seattle Seahawks \u201care as close to middle of the road as any team in the NFL.\u00a0 In the last three years they are 1 game below .500.\u201d\u00a0 This was under Pete Carroll and those days are in the rear-view window.\u00a0 Now the Seahawks are coached by Mike Mcdonald, the former Baltimore Ravens Defensive Coordinator.\u00a0 He is the youngest coach in the league.\u00a0 The Seahawks have some very inexperienced coaches.\u00a0 Ryan Grubb is the Offensive Coordinator.\u00a0 He is a 1st<\/sup> year Offensive Coordinator in the NFL and comes from the University of Washington.\u00a0 As Offensive Coordinator for the past two seasons at Washington he overhauled the Offense with Michael Penix and lead them to leading the nation in passing yards per game, yards per game, 1st<\/sup> downs per game, and 3rd<\/sup> down %.<\/p>\n

Aden Durde is a first year Defensive Coordinator.\u00a0 He is from England and played linebacker in the NFL.\u00a0 He is one of leading principles in the International Pathway Program.\u00a0 The Seahawks also hired Jay Harbaugh, son of Jim Harbaugh, as their Special Teams Coordinator.\u00a0 Another 1st<\/sup> year coach in the NFL, he spent 9 years under his father at Michigan.\u00a0 They are a complete unknown.<\/p>\n

Offense<\/strong><\/p>\n

3 WR 1 TE<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nStarter<\/td>\n2nd<\/td>\n3rd<\/td>\n4th<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
QB<\/td>\nGeno Smith<\/td>\nSam Howell<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RB<\/td>\nKenneth Walker<\/td>\nZach Charbonnet<\/td>\nKenny McIntosh<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WR<\/td>\nDK Metcalf<\/td>\nJake Bobo<\/td>\nMarcus Simms\u00a0IR<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WR<\/td>\nTyler Lockett<\/td>\nLaviska Shenault<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WR<\/td>\nJaxon Smith-Njigba<\/td>\nDareke Young<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TE<\/td>\nNoah Fant<\/td>\nPharaoh Brown Q<\/td>\nAJ Barner<\/td>\nBrady Russell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LT<\/td>\nCharles Cross<\/td>\nStone Forsythe<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LG<\/td>\nLaken\u00a0Tomlinson<\/td>\nSataoa Laumea<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
C<\/td>\nConnor\u00a0Williams<\/td>\nOlu Oluwatimi<\/td>\nJalen Sundell<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RG<\/td>\nAnthony Bradford<\/td>\nChristian Haynes<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RT<\/td>\nGeorge\u00a0Fant Q<\/td>\nMichael Jerrell<\/td>\nAbraham Lucas\u00a0O<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Geno Smith is an experienced QB in the NFL entering his 12th<\/sup> season.\u00a0 Last year with a banged up and inconsistent Offensive Line he completed 64.9 % of his passes for 3624 yards.\u00a0 His TD to Interception ratio was 20\/9.\u00a0 Smith is a very capable and fast runner if forced out of the pocket having run a 4.59 40-yard dash when he came out of college.\u00a0 In the 2013 Draft he was a 2nd<\/sup> round pick (#39) of the New York Jets.\u00a0 He eventually replaced Russell Wilson in Seattle.\u00a0 \u00a0Sam Howell the former Commanders starter was signed as the backup and gives the Seahawks a valuable and veteran backup.<\/p>\n

The Seahawks are blessed with one of the Top receiving corps in the league.\u00a0 They are ranked as the 6th<\/sup> best group.\u00a0 The deep threat DK Metcalf leads the team.\u00a0 Jaxon Smith-Njigba, the 2nd<\/sup> year speedster out Ohio State, gives them a complimentary payer on the other side.\u00a0 That frees up veteran Tyler Lockett to roam free from the slot.\u00a0 Last week the Seahawks only threw the ball 25 times and completed 18 of those tosses.\u00a0 That was good for 170 yards and 11 1st<\/sup> downs.\u00a0 Lockett led the Seahawks last week with 6 catches on 7 targets for 77 yards.\u00a0 This should be a classic matchup of the Patriots secondary and the Seahawks WRs.\u00a0 When Smith is pressured his average pass play drops to 5.9 yards per completion.<\/p>\n

The running game is no slouch.\u00a0 Kenneth Walker ran for 103 yards on 20 carries and a TD.\u00a0 Backup Zach Charbonnet has 2 catches for 29 yards and a TD.\u00a0 Walker was a DNP at practice on Wednesday or Thursday with an oblique strain.\u00a0 He was injured late in the game Sunday.\u00a0 Charbonnet isa capable backup if Walker can\u2019t go.<\/p>\n

The Offensive line had trouble protecting Smith and Denver was able to generate some pressure on Smith.\u00a0 When pressure Smith\u2019s completion yardage drops to 5.9 yards.\u00a0 Right Tackle George Fant is replacing Abraham Lucas who is on PUP.\u00a0 He is hurt now with a knee injury and didn\u2019t practice on Wednesday or Thursday.\u00a0 Stone Forsythe the backup LT moved in for Fant who was injured in the 1st<\/sup> Quarter.\u00a0 His Pro Football Focus (PFF) rating was 47th<\/sup>.\u00a0 Left Tackle is manned by Charles Cross a 2022 1st<\/sup> round pick (#9) out of Mississippi State.\u00a0 He started all 17 games as a rookie but missed 3 games last year.\u00a0 Cross was the #1 rated OT last week by PFF. \u00a0Left Guard is veteran Laken Tomlison, who is entering his 10th<\/sup> year in the league.\u00a0 The 2015 1st<\/sup> Round pick (#28) out of Duke, stands 6\u20193\u201d 323 pounds.\u00a0 He was a Pro Bowl selection in 2021.\u00a0 \u00a0PFF had him rated 23rd<\/sup>.\u00a0 The Right Guard is Anthony Bradford.\u00a0 The LSU product enters his second season in the league and was a 2023 4th<\/sup> Round selection (#108).\u00a0 Last season he started 10 of the 14 games he appeared in.\u00a0 Last week PFF gave him a ranking of 57. He is the weakest link in an otherwise stellar offensive line unit.\u00a0 At Center Connor Williams holds it all together.\u00a0 The 2018 2nd<\/sup> round pick (#50) by Dallas enters his 7th<\/sup> season in the league.\u00a0 His PFF ranking was #11.<\/p>\n

The Tight End position features Noah Fant who was a 1st<\/sup> round pick (#20) by Denver in the 2019 draft.\u00a0 Fant has never lived up to his high billing as a 1st<\/sup> Round pick.\u00a0 Last season he only had 19 catches for 261 yards but had a 13.7 YPC.\u00a0 Seattle acquired Fant as part of the haul they got for Russell Wilson.\u00a0 Former Patriot Pharoh Brown is the backup, but he has been hurt since mid-training camp.\u00a0 I don’t expect him to make the trip to Foxboro.\u00a0 I was surprised that Brown wasn\u2019t retained by the Patriots.\u00a0 Rookie AJ Barner out of Michigan shows promise as a blocker.\u00a0 The 4th<\/sup> round selection (#120) was a player that I thought might have interested the Patriots.\u00a0 However, he was taken in the 4th<\/sup> round, much higher than any projection I saw on him.<\/p>\n

Seattle ran no huddle a few times against Denver while playing at home.\u00a0 Can they do this with a hostile crowd in New England?\u00a0 The idea is to prevent the Patriots from making defensive substitutions based upon down and distance.\u00a0 They want to take advantage of favorable matchups like having Keon White at DT rather than the Edge.\u00a0 When White was double-teamed on run plays, he was easily moved off the spot and Cincy ran right over him for big gains.<\/p>\n

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Defense<\/strong><\/p>\n

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<\/td>\nStarter<\/td>\n2nd<\/td>\n3rd<\/td>\n4th<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LDE<\/td>\nJarran\u00a0Reed<\/td>\nByron\u00a0Murphy<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NT<\/td>\nJohnathan Hankins<\/td>\nCameron\u00a0Young O<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RDE<\/td>\nLeonard\u00a0Williams<\/td>\nMike\u00a0Morris<\/td>\nMyles\u00a0Adams<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WLB<\/td>\nUchenna Nwosu\u00a0Q<\/td>\nDerick\u00a0Hall<\/td>\n<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LILB<\/td>\nTyrel Dodson<\/td>\n<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RILB<\/td>\nJerome\u00a0Baker<\/td>\nTyrice\u00a0Knight<\/td>\nDrake Thomas<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SLB<\/td>\nBoye Mafe<\/td>\nDre’Mont\u00a0Jones<\/td>\nTrevis\u00a0Gipson<\/td>\nJoshua Onujiogu\u00a0IR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LCB<\/td>\nTariq Woolen<\/td>\nDee Williams<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SS<\/td>\nRayshawn\u00a0Jenkins<\/td>\nK’Von\u00a0Wallace<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FS<\/td>\nJulian\u00a0Love<\/td>\nCoby\u00a0Bryant<\/td>\nJerrick\u00a0Reed O<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RCB<\/td>\nTre\u00a0Brown<\/td>\nNehemiah Pritchett<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NB<\/td>\nDevon Witherspoon<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

This Defense could be very good under Defensive minded Head Coach Mike McDonald. \u00a0\u00a0At Baltimore he had the #1 Defense in the league and there are some very good players to work with in Seattle.<\/p>\n

It starts up front and the Patriots won\u2019t face the pushovers they played against in Cincinnati.\u00a0 Leonard Williams, who is familiar to Patriots fans since his days with the Jets has always caused havoc with New England.\u00a0 Entering his 10th<\/sup> season, he was a 1st<\/sup> Round pick (#6) in 2015 by the Jets.\u00a0 The USC product was a Pro Bowl selection in 2016.\u00a0 Williams was traded mid-season last year by the Jets and Williams actually played in 18 games last season because he never had a bye week.\u00a0 Jonathan Hankins is a space eater and lets others make the tackle.\u00a0 He clogs the middle and is stout at the point of attack.\u00a0 Hankins was a 2013 draft selection by New York Giants in the 2nd<\/sup> round (#49).\u00a0 The Ohio State product is now 32 but still gets the job done.\u00a0 Hankins comes in as a Free Agent from Dallas Cowboys.\u00a0 He started all 14 games he played in last season.\u00a0 Jarran Reed is a 2016 2nd<\/sup> Round draft pick (#49) by Seattle.\u00a0 After leaving in Free Agency, he returned to Seattle last year.\u00a0 Byron Murphy was the team’s 1st<\/sup> round pick this year (#16) out of Texas.\u00a0 He is a bit undersized at 6\u2019 297 pounds. \u00a0He ran an incredible 4.87 40-yard dash.\u00a0 His senior year at Texas he had 40 QB pressures.\u00a0 Uchenna Nwosu is the starter on the opposite side, but he will be out this Sunday.\u00a0 He is listed as questionable but realistically he will be out with a knee injury.\u00a0 Derrick Hall will replace him.\u00a0\u00a0 Hall replaced Nwonsu last season when he was hurt.\u00a0 In the 2023 draft Seattle chose Hall in the second round (#37).\u00a0 The 6\u20193\u201d 245-pound backer ran a 4.55 40-yard dash.<\/p>\n

The linebacker corps is completely revamped.\u00a0 Boye Mafe had 9 QB pressure last week good for #3 in the league.\u00a0 The 2022 2nd<\/sup> round (#40) draft pick by Seattle played collegiately at Minnesota.\u00a0 \u00a0Speed is his game at 6\u2019 4\u201d 261 pounds he ran a 4.53 40-yard dash.\u00a0 That\u2019s running back speed.\u00a0 Tyrel Dodson came over as a Free Agent from Buffalo.\u00a0 He started 10 of the 14 games he played in last season.\u00a0 He filled in when Tremaine Edmunds went down and came through with 74 tackles.\u00a0 The 2019 UDFA was developed by Buffalo.\u00a0 He was suspended 6 games for the 2019 season over a Domestic Violence incident in Arizona.\u00a0 Buffalo thought enough of him they kept him on their Practice Squad for the year.\u00a0 Jerome Baker the other inside Linebacker came in from Miami.\u00a0 The 2018 3rd<\/sup> round pick (#73) by the Dolphins, played at Ohio State.\u00a0 Patriots’ fans may remember Baker’s 1st<\/sup> game in 2020 against the Patriots.\u00a0 He finished with 16 tackles (12 solo).<\/p>\n

The Secondary has two exciting young players in CB\u2019s Tariq Woolen and Devin Witherspoon.\u00a0 Woolen is player I liked coming out in the 2022 Draft. \u00a0The University of Texas San Antonio product stands 6\u20194\u201d 210 pounds and ran a 4.26 40 at the combine. \u00a0Witherspoon is a 2023 1st<\/sup> Round (#5) selection of Illinois.\u00a0 He is listed as their Nickel Back.\u00a0 At 6\u2019 185 pounds he ran a 4.45 40 at the combine.\u00a0 He was selected as a Pro Bowl Corner last year.\u00a0 Tre Brown is the starter at Right Cornerback.\u00a0 Seattle is very good at drafting and developing their own players.\u00a0 Brown was a 2021 4th<\/sup> Round (#137) selection out of Oklahoma.\u00a0 He started 7 of 15 games he was active for and amassed 34 tackles.\u00a0 He has a history of injury problems missing good chunks of his first two seasons.\u00a0 The Safeties are Rayshawn Jenkins and Julian Love.\u00a0 Jenkins is entering his 8th<\/sup> season in the NFL and was a 2017 4th<\/sup> round (#113) pick by the then San Diego Chargers.\u00a0 Last season in Jacksonville, Jenkins the Strong Safety started all 17 games and had 101 tackles.\u00a0 \u00a0Love was a 2019 4th<\/sup> Round selection (#108) of the New York Giants. \u00a0He came to Seattle last season and amassed 123 tackles on his way to a Pro Bowl selection.\u00a0 This is a very good group as evident by their PFF Rankings last week.\u00a0 Julian Love was #1 Safety, Devon Witherspoon the #3 Cornerback followed by his teammate Tariq Woolen at #4, Tre Brown was #46 and Strong Safety Rashwan Jenkins was the #11 Safety.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Special Teams<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nStarter<\/td>\n2nd<\/td>\n3rd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PK<\/td>\nJason Myers<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
P<\/td>\nMichael Dickson<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
H<\/td>\nMichael Dickson<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PR<\/td>\nDee Williams<\/td>\nJaxon Smith-Njigba<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
KR<\/td>\nLaviska Shenault<\/td>\nDee Williams<\/td>\nKenny McIntosh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LS<\/td>\nChris\u00a0Stoll<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

Jason Myers was 2 for 2 on Field Goals and 2 for 2 on Extra Points.\u00a0 Michael Dickson had a 48.2 average per punt with a net of only 38.8.\u00a0 He had no punts downed inside the 20. Dee Williams is the Punt Returner, and he returned 1 of 4 Punt Returns for zero yards and 3 Fair Catches.\u00a0 Laviska Shenault had 3 Kickoff Returns for 74 yards and a 24.67 Yards Per Return.<\/p>\n

The Oddsmakers made Seattle 3.5-point favorite and the Over \/ Under of 38.5 points. \u00a0\u00a0I can see why the Seahawks are favored. They have a very stout Defense led by a Defensive minded 1st<\/sup> year coach.\u00a0 The Patriots Offense played well against a very bad Bengals defense.\u00a0 Their Offensive line wasn\u2019t great as Rhamondre Stevenson was getting hit in the backfield and it was because of Stevenson, not the O-line they were able to succeed.\u00a0 Stevenson had 118 yards after 1st<\/sup> contact.\u00a0 That is not sustainable in the NFL.\u00a0 Jacoby Brissett needs to pass on 1st<\/sup> down as well as Play Action.\u00a0 They need to stay out of 3rd<\/sup> and long and eliminate the stupid penalties.\u00a0 The Patriots Defense needs to stand tall in order for the Pats to be in the game in the 4th<\/sup> quarter.\u00a0 Look for a low scoring affair between these two teams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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