Mike Dussault

Boston Globe/Bedard: Patriots-Lions Breakdown

August 29, 2011 by Mike Dussault

Boston Globe/Bedard: Patriots-Lions Breakdown

I really enjoy Greg Bedard’s breakdowns of the games, he always finds some interesting nuggets. Here he timed how long the respective QBs had before pressure got to them. Some telling stuff throughout the article, but here’s one interesting nugget…

Why did the Patriots’ defense have zero pressure against Stafford and the other quarterbacks? For one, they didn’t bring much pressure. The Patriots blitzed the Buccaneers on 48.6 percent of dropbacks. Against the Lions, the Patriots blitzed 27.5 percent of time total (11 times on 40 dropbacks). Against Stafford, the percentage was even less (18.8 percent, 3 of 16).

Latest 53-man Patriots Roster (updated 8/29 4pm EST)

August 29, 2011 by Mike Dussault

With the release of James Sanders, Matt Katula and Jonathan Wilhite we’ve updated our projected 53 man roster. We still reserve spots for a safety and a long snapper to be acquired, but the Wilhite cut opens up a spot for Gerard Warren. It’s that defensive lineman/linebacker crew that’s going to be tough to cut from.

QB (3) Tom Brady, Brian Hoyer, Ryan Mallett

RB (4) BenJarvus Green-Ellis, Danny Woodhead, Stevan Ridley, Shane Vereen

WR (6) Wes Welker, Deion Branch, Chad Ochocinco, Julian Edelman, Taylor Price, Matthew Slater

TE (2) Rob Gronkowski, Aaron Hernandez : Can they get Smith and Yeatman to the practice squad to give them some flexibility?

C (2) Dan Koppen, Ryan Wendell

G (3) Logan Mankins, Dan Connolly, Rich Ohrnberger

T (4) Matt Light, Sebastian Vollmer, Nate Solder, Steve Maneri

DE (6) Mike Wright, Mark Anderson, Shaun Ellis, Andre Carter, Gerard Warren, Eric Moore: really happy to keep Gerard Warren in this projection, though I think he could make it over Mark Anderson.

DT (4) Vince Wilfork, Albert Haynesworth, Kyle Love, Myron Pryor

LB (7) Jerod Mayo, Brandon Spikes, Gary Guyton, Jermaine Cunningham, Rob Ninkovich, Dane Fletcher, Tracy White

CB (5) Devin McCourty, Leigh Bodden, Kyle Arrington, Darius Butler, Ras-I Dowling

FS (2) Brandon Meriweather, Sergio Brown

SS (2) Patrick Chung, Safety To Be Acquired Via Trade

ST (3) Stephen Gostkowski, Zoltan Mesko, Long Snapper to be Acquired

PUP(4) Kevin Faulk, Marcus Cannon, Ron Brace, Brandon Deaderick

Total Players: 53
From PatsPicker: http://www.stubstub.co/picker