“…I think the mental mistakes are things that you always get frustrated with because those are really things that are totally in your control. The physical mistakes are football. Yeah, you don’t want them to happen, but they’re going to happen. You’re not going to make every jump shot, you know? It’s just the way it is. You’ve got to be in the right spot, you’ve got to be doing the right thing, you’ve got to be doing it with the right amount of effort. You’ve got to be playing smart, you’ve got to be playing disciplined, and then try to limit your physical mistakes. That’s really what it comes down to. It’s no use just screaming at someone and saying, ‘Well, you have to, you know…’ They know, we know what we have to do. It’s just, we have to do a better job of it.”
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Picked-up pieces after first-half review – New England Patriots Blog – ESPN Boston
Picked-up pieces after first-half review – New England Patriots Blog – ESPN Boston
The Patriots’ secondary has tackled well through the first two weeks of the season. It’s been strong fundamental work, with cornerback Kyle Arrington’s open-field tackle for no gain on receiver Stephen Hill on third-and-1 the play that sparked that thought. That’s the type of play that Patriots strength coaches might look to as an example of their program providing solid results. In the matchup of Arrington (5-10, 190) vs. Hill (6-4, 215), the strength and technique of Arrington was the victor. Later, on a play that could fall into a similar category, safety Steve Gregory (5-11, 200) had a decisive takedown on tight end Kellen Winslow (6-4, 240).
Why do u think that the patriots more then anybody get better as the season progresses, obliviously most teams get better as the season progress but the patriots seem to really do it
It’s an interesting question and one I’m not sure I can answer to the level I’d like to be able to. Here’s what we know, Belichick always seems to really keep thing simple schematically early on, at least on defense. As the season progresses we see more and more wrinkles, different personnel groupings, more exotic blitzes, etc.
My educated guess relates to BB being, in essence, a coach who believes in execution over scheming to produce results. It’s about sound defense, with everyone on the same page, and each “doing their job” and focusing on winning their matchups.
So it’s about simplicity but also with disguise. You hear a lot about how the Pats’ defense is a full of adjustments for every shift and motion the offense does. That was a weakness Mangini tried to expose when he was coaching, specifically with the Browns. When the Pats defense was young and inexperienced in 2009/2010, it was easy to throw a bunch of shifts and them, then expose their mis-adjustments.
So this is why I put a lot of stock into having continuity on defense. There is so much communication that goes on for them, the more experience they have doing that, the better and quicker they can be, and you’ll notice now that everyone quickly adjusts when Mayo calls out checks.
The Patriots have allowed three offensive touchdowns through the first eight quarters of play, and an average of 15.5 points per game. With the understanding that they’ve already played their second game of the season while just about everyone else is waiting to complete Week 2, their average points per game allowed is seventh in the NFL. (By way of comparison, New England yielded an average of 20.7 points per game last year, tied for ninth in the league.
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