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Sketching out the New England Patriots Ideal Depth Chart in the Secondary | Bleacher Report
Nice breakdown from Frenz. As we said yesterday this should be an interesting area to watch over the next two games. They need to get settled in the secondary.
Patchung really needs to punch a Bill in the face this weekend.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/patchung-really-needs-to-punch-a-bill-in-the-face/
New England Patriots @ Dallas Cowboys. Final Drive.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/yosoyfiestaa-new-england-patriots-dallas/
Is Tom Brady the NFL’s midseason MVP? – WEEI | Kirk Minihane
Brady is the most consistent great quarterback in history – he’s never had a bad year. Joe Montana had a lousy 1986 (threw more INTs than TDs), Peyton Manning was terrible in 2003 (23 picks for a 6-10 Colts team coming off 13-3 and 10-6 seasons), you can find a season like that for any other guy you’d consider if you are putting together an all-time top 10 list. But not Brady. He’s always been over 60 percent passing, he’s always had a solid TD over INT edge, he’s never finished outside the top 10 in passer rating and his teams have had a winning record every year he’s been a starter. If you had to pick the worst season of Brady’s career it would probably be 2002, and all he did that year was the lead the NFL in touchdown passes.
Shuffling secondary: Patriots seek continuity along back end
Good stuff here from Chris Price breaking down the Patriots secondary. Perhaps the biggest question from a personnel standpoint is how the secondary will look this weekend prior to adding Aqib Talib to the mix next week.
It looks like Arrington, Chung and Gregory could all be back on the field, and with Marquice Cole and Alfonzo Dennard having looked solid in replacement it’s hard to say who will go where. Add in Devin McCourty’s solid job at safety and it brings up even more questions.
The non-surprise version would be: Chung and Gregory at safety, Arrington and McCourty at corner, with Dennard taking over the outside and Arrington moving to star in the nickel.
But the bold version that we would advocate would be Dennard over Arrington in the base, while keeping Arrington solely as star.
Once Talib enters the mix you have even more options. Defending the middle of the field has been a problem, so let go with a dime look of:
Talib-Chung-Arrington-Dennard
McCourty-Gregory
Chung’s presence as the dimeback in the slot might be a prime place for him. Or perhaps Tavon Wilson would be a better fit.
No matter what the Pats will have options. It will be fascinating to see what BB thinks is the best fit.
