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Pats Propaganda Flashback: The Myth of Dominating After Thanksgiving
Thought this article was worth a flashback. Check out the Super Bowl champs records after Thanksgiving:
Holy Hoodie (literally)! They’re selling cut off sleeve BB hoodies at the Patriots Pro Shop now! Genius!
(via Official New England Patriots ProShop – Nike Property of Patriots Hood-Navy w/Cut Sleeves)
https://www.patspropaganda.com/holy-hoodie-literally-theyre-selling-cut-off/
I hope we don’t ever have to find out for sure, but I think Hightower could be a suitable fill-in for Spikes at middle linebacker if needed.
But what we’ve seen primarily out of him this year is at strongside linebacker and a bit of nickel linebacker. I don’t think we’ll really get a full sense of what he’s capable until next year with a season in the system under his belt. I know a lot of people wanted to see him as a hand-down pass rusher when Cunningham and Jones were out but we haven’t seen much of that.
I would love to see them continue to utilize his blitzing skills. He’s a strong player and can do multiple things. As he gets more and more experience he should continue to blossom, he’s just been a bit inconsistent this year, as should be expected.
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No question Gostkowski has missed some makeable field goals this year, most notably the one against the Cardinals that cost the Patriots the game.
Still he’s not that far off from where he’s been in the past, here’s his FG% for his career:
He’s already hit 13 field goals of 40+ yards which ties a career best from last season. So has he been a little off this year? Yup. Is it enough to really worry about headed into the post-season? Not yet.
The interesting thing is how much the Patriots needed Adam Vinatieri in the 2001 and 2003 Super Bowls runs, and the clutch kicks he had to make. Gostkowski has never had a kick the magnitude of those yet.
We’ll see what happens this year, but yeah, I might be a little more nervous than usual, especially given his clutch miss at home in September, not that that has any real impact.
Over the past four games, the Patriots have converted 61% of their third-down tries, while no other team has converted even 50% in that stretch. Included in that number is a 22-for-28 (79%) performance on third and five yards or fewer. For the season, New England has converted 68% on third down and five or fewer, which leads the league by a mile: 68% – Patriots 60% – Packers 58% – Broncos 58% – Cowboys 57% – Texans
https://www.patspropaganda.com/over-the-past-four-games-the-patriots-have/
Inside the matchup: Texans at Patriots – Extra Points – Boston.com
Insightful X and O preview from the always must-read Alen Dumonjic.
One of the biggest problems for the Patriots’ secondary this game could be Houston’s use of the tight ends in the play action passing game. Houston’s tight ends do a very good job of getting behind coverage and working the shallow crossing routes, and they come in different fashions. Usually the tight end will run his crossing route to the side where Schaub rolls out to, but what Houston’s been known to do is have the tight end run a shallow crossing route opposite of the quarterback rollout, thus creating a throw back across the field. This is effective because while the defense heads toward Schaub’s direction, the tight end goes the opposite way.