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It’s all about precision route-running,“ he said. "Getting yourself in the right position to get the ball. If you run a route a yard too deep or a yard too short, the ball might be off a little bit, and it’s all about precision. That’s why we practice every day and meet for so long and watch all the film. That’s what it’s all about.”
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ICYMI – Does the Patriots’ run defense really matter?
Yesterday’s B/R column in case you missed it. Long article short, run defense doesn’t really matter as long as your offense and pass defense are solid. Those are the teams that win Super Bowls.
Part of it has to do with the weather early in the season and I’m sure that factored into managing Ridley a bit, he seemed to wear down a bit at the end of last season. But there’s no question they had to find out what they had with their passing game early in the season, so we saw a lot of different options. Now they’re settling in with what they like best – Dobson at the X, a rotation of Edelman and Amendola at the Z, and Gronk in the middle.
It will be interesting to see if there are any adjustments to that coming out of the bye week. Perhaps Amendola starts to get more time than Edelman.
Ultimately, I think the Pats drew up each game plan mainly being what they thought they needed to do to win.
No better way to go into the Pats-less weekend!
Fitzy Checks His Answering Machine (by Fitzy01821)
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I’m as surprised as anyone. I thought a year removed from an ACL injury he’d have a great season. He could be fighting an injury of some kind as well. Remember he played a chunk of 2011 on a torn ACL.
He’ll have his work cut out for him this week. It’s the perfect chance to turn his season around.
If it’s not our year there should be nothing to worry about, right? I haven’t given up hope just yet on this season. When you look at the AFC it’s still not a stretch to see the Pats as the last team standing.
Beating the top NFC team might be another matter in the Super Bowl, but in one game anything can happen. The next two games will tell us a lot about the 2013 Pats.
They will fight down to the end, it’s just a question if the injuries catch up to them in key spots. So far they’ve overcome.
Going into last night’s game I didn’t really care much about style points, and there were certainly none to give out, at least on the defensive side of the ball. Given the events of the past week – two divisional games in five days, losing defensive and offensive leaders for the season, and missing two […]