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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WISERp4gck
1994 Miami vs New England (by appstar1983)
Because what else do you have to do for the next two hours on a Wednesday morning? It’s Dolphins week!
https://www.patspropaganda.com/1994-miami-vs-new-england-by-appstar1983/
FOOTBALL OUTSIDERS: 2013 TEAM EFFICIENCY RATINGS thru Week 7
Latest rankings are out and I feel like I don’t even know who these Patriots are anymore. A top-10 defense!? And bottom half offense!? What the hoodie?
Overall: 12th
Offense: 19th (21st pass, 13th rush)
Defense: 8th (5th pass, 21st rush)
Special Team: 1st (!!!!)
These rankings are pretty interesting to me. How are you top-10 covering everyone except #2 WRs who are torching you worse than anyone? I don’ think Dennard has been that bad, though I’m sure Arrington has factored into those ratings as well.
Also worth pointing out that while the Pats’ run defense has been okay without Wilfork and Kelly, when you look at these kinds of rankings they’re not doing so hot. While the Jets didn’t tear up the stat sheet with their yards-per-carry, they consistently won the down when they ran.
As for the special teams, bravo! Gostkowski is having a Pro Bowl year, and Ryan Allen is really starting to show why they kept him over Zoltan Mesko.
FOOTBALL OUTSIDERS: Cover-2: The No-Huddle Defense
Interesting stuff about why the “walk about” is always tough to dissect. Makes sense why we see a lot of quick snaps against the Ryan’s to offset the effectiveness of it.
I asked Greg why these line sets and specific pressure concepts can throw off any quarterback –- even one as alert and proven as Brady. “It’s really common sense, if you think about it,” Greg said. “Tom Brady sets the protection at the line of scrimmage, and here’s how you set the protections -– you have to choose the five players the offensive linemen are going to block. And then, when you get to six and seven rushers, backs and tight ends become responsible for them. When there’s no defensive linemen, and nobody with their hands on the ground –- they’re kind of milling around in undefined amorphous positions –- who do you designate as the five defensive players to be blocked by the five offensive linemen? "So now, Brady comes to the line, and he sees seven or eight people [at least] standing up. How does he set the protection? How does the offensive line know who to block?”
Grading the Patriots vs. Jets: Tom Brady’s struggles stand out | masslive.com
Just a little nudge for those getting too close to the edge on Brady… 😉
Brady showed poor mechanics on a number of his passes, which caused problems with his accuracy and velocity. The most problematic of the lot came on the second-quarter interception. Brady appeared to get no drive off his back leg and slowly progressed through his throwing motion, which ended with his upper body kind of falling over his front leg as he released the ball. As a result, the ball didn’t go where he wanted and it was easily intercepted. There was a somewhat uncomfortable situation to his left with Nate Solder blocking Quinton Coples, though it’s not clear how much that affected the play. … Brady never appeared comfortable during the second half and had trouble finding his marks despite being granted an average of 2.49 seconds to throw. On a fourth quarter pass that was thrown behind Kenbrell Thompkins, Brady was granted more than six seconds to get rid of the ball and was unable to find his mark. … Brady missed another pass on the fake double reverse the Patriots seem to run every week. The play rarely works and you have to wonder why it continues to be called.
I think overall we didn’t give up a lot of yardage in the passing game. Most of what we did give up was on third down so it’s kind of a double problem there but giving up the yardage on third down led to the conversions which then led to [52] runs. We just collectively, as a defense, if we could just improve our third-down play from what it was last week, that would have made things look a lot better in that game.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/i-think-overall-we-didnt-give-up-a-lot-of/
Chandler Jones #95 DE, 11 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 forced fumble.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/fourthandgoal13-chandler-jones-95-de-11/
PFF Team of Week 7 | ProFootballFocus.com
Edelman (punt returner), McCourty and Vellano all make the Team of the Week. Here’s Vellano’s blurb:
Defensive Interior – Nose: Joe Vellano, NE ( 4.0) After a slow start Vellano is really starting to find his feet in the NFL. He ended the day with six defensive stops against the run as he tries to minimize the impact of the team losing Vince Wilfork.