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NY Post: Belichick denies Patriots offseason moves made to counter Jets

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NY Post: Belichick denies Patriots offseason moves made to counter Jets

Today we have linkage from the professional Jets version of PatsPropaganda, aka the NY Post. Now I’m going to hang on to this article until Jets week, it’s really the perfect fan bulletin board material.

It’s easy to say the Patriots have only gone 2-3 in the playoffs since the events of September 2007 and try to draw some ill-attempted correlation. Of course you’d have to leave off the fact that the Pats have won 3 of 4 division titles in those years, won 11 games with their back up quarterback in 2008 and have completely overturned their defense in that time.

The Jets beat the Patriots in one playoff game and suddenly they think the Pats are in panic mode? This is just another example in the vein of the “BB isn’t screwing around anymore”, “BB is all-in this year” lazy newspaper articles.

The defensive line and getting pressure on the quarterback were things that had to be addressed long before last January, so keeping flattering yourselves Jets, and remember losing two AFC Championships does not a dynasty make.

Herald/Guregian: Patriots defense in a rush to get to QB

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Herald/Guregian: Patriots defense in a rush to get to QB

Good stuff here from the Herald with a little overview of the defensive tweaks we’ve seen in the first two preseason games. Some great quotes from Willie McGinest too:

“What that 4-3 allows is for the linebackers to make more plays. They can run sideline to sideline. This is how Ray Lewis has made a living with those big aggressive D-linemen up front,” McGinest said, referring to the Ravens great. “If you have Vince (Wilfork) and Albert (Haynesworth) causing chaos up front, those linebackers are going to be running free. So watch out for Mayo. Watch out for (Gary) Guyton. Once those linemen make contact, (the linebackers) are gone. So they’re going to be making a lot of plays.”

“There’s a lot more (in his playbook),” McGinest said. “The thing with Belichick is he always has a lot of defenses. Maybe he’s showed a couple blitzes, but there’s 15 or 25 more blitzes that haven’t been shown, or variations of those blitzes. But these guys have to practice what they’re going to do. A lot of these guys are new to the team. They had no mini-camps. You can talk about it and do it in practice, but unless you do it when the lights are on, it doesn’t really matter.”

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Does anyone know if we’re seeing the throwbacks this year?

https://www.patspropaganda.com/does-anyone-know-if-were-seeing-the-throwbacks/