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PatsPropaganda Flashback: Let’s talk about sacks… Patriots style follow-up edition

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PatsPropaganda Flashback: Let’s talk about sacks… Patriots style follow-up edition

Here’s the link to our article from last off-season talking sacks. Totals are below. Worth noting never before have the Pats had two 10+ sack guys in the BB era. So will the storyline be more about coverage this off-season than pass rush?

  • 2001 – 41 (Super Bowl Champs) Hamilton – 7
  • 2002 – 34 (missed playoffs due to tie breaker) Seymour/McGinest – 5.5
  • 2003 – 41 (Super Bowl Champs) Vrabel – 9.5
  • 2004 – 45 (Super Bowl Champs) McGinest – 9.5
  • 2005 – 33 (Lost AFCDG) Colvin – 7.5
  • 2006 – 44 (Lost AFCCG) Warren – 7.5
  • 2007 – 47 (Lost Super Bowl) Vrabel – 12.5
  • 2008 – 31 (Missed playoffs due to tie breaker) Seymour – 8
  • 2009 – 31 (Lost AFCWCG) Banta-Cain – 10
  • 2010 – 36 (Lost AFCDG) Wright 5.5
  • 2011 – 40 (TBD) Carter/Anderson – 10

It Is What It Is » Pressure Points: Which New England defenders did the best job of getting after the quarterback this season?

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It Is What It Is » Pressure Points: Which New England defenders did the best job of getting after the quarterback this season?

We’ve written in the past that the measuring point of a decent season of sackage is 40 and for the first time since 2007 the Pats hit the mark this year.

According to official NFL gamebooks, opposing quarterbacks had 620 dropbacks against the Patriots this season, and were hit by New England defenders a total of 88 times, to go along with 40 sacks (14th in the league) for 274 yards.

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Reiss also said the fact the Patriots didn’t beat a team this season with a better-than-.500 record doesn’t anything in the grand scheme of things.

“When that started to come out at the end of the regular season I’m thinking to myself, have we forgotten any context of what it means to play in the NFL?” Reiss said. “So the fact that they didn’t beat a team that finished the season with a better than .500 record is now significant? So you’re trying to tell me, that game when they go play the New York Jets, and most people are picking the Jets and some predicting it’s the end of the Patriots dynasty.

Now that game doesn’t mean anything because they finished 8-8? That’s ridiculous. “The NFL is all about when you play a team as much as who you play. So now you tell me in the playoffs that doesn’t matter? Sometimes I think we have too much time on our hands to dissect and analyze. It’s paralysis by analysis on a statistic like that.

“They won some games in some tough spots this year. The Denver Broncos had won six straight games when the Patriots were going into Denver, a place they’ve had trouble winning over the course of franchise history. And now you’re telling me that game doesn’t mean anything because the [Broncos] didn’t finish above .500? I find that stuff ridiculous.”

Reading into McCourty move to safety – New England Patriots Blog – ESPN Boston

https://www.patspropaganda.com/reiss-also-said-the-fact-the-patriots-didnt-beat/

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lolpats:

DOWN BY 21?  NO PROBLEM.  (sweet uzer submishun by @fitzygfy)

https://www.patspropaganda.com/down-by-21-no-problem/

» Now We’re Screwed: Shaughnessy Says the Patriots Have No Chance Barstool Sports: Boston

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» Now We’re Screwed: Shaughnessy Says the Patriots Have No Chance Barstool Sports: Boston

Back to back linkage for Jerry, had to post this response to yesterday’s Shaugnessy article that I linked to…

Sure, Shank could look at the NFL in 2012 and see what it’s become. That it’s a throwing league first, last and everything in between.  That 3 different guys had over 5,000 yards.  Ten had 4,000, including a rookie who had no offseason training.  That Aaron Rodgers had an ungodly 122.5 Passer Rating. Or that the defenses that were 1-2-3 in Most Passing Yards allowed went 15-1, 13-3 and 13-3 on the season, respectively. And most of all that NFL passing yards are the most inflated stat in all of sports right now.  But that would require growth and learning. It would mean understanding how the game has evolved.  And it’s easier to just say “You gotta be able to run the ball” and  “Defense wins championships” like you did back when you were doing features on John Riggins and Refrigerator Perry back in the day.