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Must See Patriots Website: PatsCap.com
If you’re a Patriots fan and you haven’t checked out Miguel’s PatsCap.com page I suggest you click your way over there. It’s pretty insane how he keeps track of it all. It’s a nice place to quickly find out how much guys are making and when their contracts expire.
It’s also pretty crazy to see the Patriots players ranked by salary. You start to understand why guys feel underpaid sometimes.
http://www.hulu.com/embed/ZzPmFM3-z9RvCpaG56zmTw
New England Patriots History Tuesday: Pats vs. Chargers 2006 AFCDG
I’ve posted this video before but since it was my number one all time fan experience and we’re playing the Chargers this Sunday I’m posting it again. I don’t think you can ever top a playoff upset of the number one ranked team on home turf. It was a classic Patriots game, they just hung in there and made the plays when they had to. Troy Brown’s strip was a game saver and has to be one of the great plays of his career.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/new-england-patriots-history-tuesday-pats-vs/
Must Listen Alert! Must Listen Alert!
Steve Sabol is one of my personal heroes. It was NFL Films that first made me fall in love with the game of football. Even though I was a hockey player there was nothing like watching a football game to me. Every clip NFL Films does gives such an epic sense to the game. Without NFL Films the NFL would be nowhere near where they are today. Here’s what Sabol had to say about the Patriots…
Seriously, this is demento Patriots world. 2010… where 2004 and 2009 collide.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/seriously-this-is-demento-patriots-world-2010/
A tactical change, which came after the Patriots were scorched on third-and-10, third-and-9 and third-and-11 situations early in the game, helped spark the turnaround.
On those third-and-long plays, the Patriots lined up in a 4-2-5 nickel defense, with four rushers, two linebackers and five defensive backs. Obviously unhappy with the results, they substituted a linebacker for a defensive lineman, making it a 3-3-5.
Having one fewer rusher often put the Patriots into more of a coverage mode and explained why rookie linebacker Dane Fletcher – an underdog free agent out of Montana State who wears Ted Johnson’s old No. 52 – started showing up on the field in more key situations.
The goal was to get more physical with Ravens pass-catchers at the line of scrimmage and take away quarterback Joe Flacco’s first read. When Flacco doesn’t see his first read open, Patriots defenders said, he has a tendency to look at the rush, so New England tried to disrupt the rhythm of Baltimore’s passing game that way.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/a-tactical-change-which-came-after-the-patriots/
For those who missed it here’s Brandon Meriweather’s hit on Todd Heap. Is that a tooth that flies out?
Look I’m not going to condone this hit. Meriweather will be lucky to escape with a fine…
BUT…
This hit, along with a few others yesterday, are all the buzz today. Meriweather wasn’t the only Patriot to blast a Raven receiver. There was also Patchung! blasting Derrick Mason to hold the Ravens to a Field Goal.
So it’s a safe bet that a lot of NFL receivers are very aware this morning that the Patriots have some physical defensive backs. You can’t underestimate the effect that can have for a defense.
You don’t want to be known as cheap shot artists or head hunters, but you do want to be known as a physical defense that can intimidate opposing receivers.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/for-those-who-missed-it-heres-brandon/