I wish more Patriots players would start using this helmet. Bad assery…
https://www.patspropaganda.com/i-wish-more-patriots-players-would-start-using/
Remember when the New York Jets beat the New England Patriots to advance to the AFC Championship Game? Remember LaDainian Tomlinson crying and the Jets celebrating like they’d just won the Lombardi Trophy?
That’s how the Heat looked after finishing Boston. They turned the Boston series into a personal NBA Finals. They spent too much emotional capital on getting past a broken team. You can go to that emotional well only so many times.
Jason Whitlock (kinda stealing my tweet thunder from last night)
https://www.patspropaganda.com/remember-when-the-new-york-jets-beat-the-new/
New England Patriots Final Football Outsiders DVOA Chart 2010
Taking a look back today at how the Pats performed according to the Football Outsiders DVOA statistic this past season we can say a few things about how the team progressed over the course of the season.
The team that wins the Super Bowl is rarely the team that’s best during the regular season. It’s the team that battles through adversity and plays their best football in January and February.
If the goal is to peak at the end of the season then the Pats looked primed to do just that as the playoffs started. Their defense began a steady rate of improvement after the Thanksgiving game in Detroit. And while the offense had tapered off from their insane rate after the Browns loss, it continued to fire on all cylinders.
Pretty much how you draw it up. Dominate after Thanksgiving, and improve each week. Too bad the Jets came in and played flawlessly.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/new-england-patriots-final-football-outsiders-dvoa/
Realized I hadn’t posted a pic of Malcolm Williams yet! Well here he is. Not a fan of the helmet/facemask look but that will change in the NFL. Certainly has some patchung! to him…
https://www.patspropaganda.com/realized-i-hadnt-posted-a-pic-of-malcolm-williams/
MeatlockerSports.com: James Sanders the prototypical Patriot
MeatlockerSports.com: James Sanders the prototypical Patriot
Some interesting stuff in this article from James Sanders who we don’t often hear much from. Which pretty much confirms he’s the prototypical Patriot. It will be a big year for Sanders, as both he and Brandon Meriweather enter the last years of their contracts.
“Personally for me, I just want to improve my game each year. I know a lot of guys say it, but I just want to learn to become the best player that I can possibly be. I feel like I haven’t reached my full potential. I feel like I’m still learning more and more after each season. I just want to continue to grow in all facets of my game, run defense, pass defense, special teams… everything. I want to continue to strive to be a better player every year and I feel up to this point that I’ve been improving each year and I just aim to continue to do so. As a team, obviously the goal is to win a super bowl. I’ve come close a couple of times, but I haven’t had the opportunity to hold that trophy and get that championship ring and that’s something I still strive to earn.”
Sanders’ interception against the Colts to seal the win has to be a major career highlight for him.
“I’m dealing with the best offensive line and best quarterback in the NFL, so the holes are going to be there. I think we’re going to have an awesome backfield,” he said. “I bring a downhill running style. I’m no blazer at all. I’m the back that can go in there for four or five yards a carry. I know my role.
"What you are going to get with me is a dedicated player, an unselfish player and a player who’s willing to do whatever it takes to win. That’s my attitude. I think my production is best between the tackles. Now I have to see how Coach [Bill] Belichick wants to use me.”
Stevan Ridley
https://www.patspropaganda.com/im-dealing-with-the-best-offensive-line-and-best/
Football Outsiders: Biggest Patriots post-draft hole
Here’s what the Football Outsiders guys had to say about the Pats post-draft.:
Biggest Post-Draft Hole: Defensive End, Outside Linebacker
No team in recent memory has done as good a job of perpetuating their talent-purchasing power as New England, who ensured they would be major players in the 2012 Draft by acquiring extra first- and second-round selections. But when the Patriots opted to use their first-round pick to protect Tom Brady – never a bad idea, mind you – they passed up an opportunity to add a sorely needed playmaker to the front seven.
Colorado offensive tackle Nate Solder supplies insurance against losing Matt Light in free agency and should provide a bookend for Sebastian Vollmer, but the Patriots took Solder with Cal defensive end Cameron Jordan still on the board. Jordan’s scouting report reads like a young Richard Seymour, and he stood out as the only five-technique prospect who doubled as a legitimate pass-rushing threat in the draft.
Bill Belichick also showed scant interest in the 3-4 outside linebacker group, preferring to use his second- and third-round picks to shore up the secondary and add depth at running back. There are some pass-rushing free agents out there, including Jason Babin and Mathias Kiwanuka, and it is certainly possible that New England will make a push for a big-dollar veteran edge rusher.
