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Miami has sent at least five rushers on 40.9 percent of dropbacks, second highest in the league. It will be interesting to see if the Dolphins adjust their strategy, given Tom Brady’s success against extra pressure. Brady has thrown 14 touchdowns and no interceptions this season against added pressure, both numbers the best in the league.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/miami-has-sent-at-least-five-rushers-on-409/
Boston’s Most Cerebral Football Columnist | Boston Daily
Good read on Greg Bedard and all the hard work he does covering the Patriots.
Stumbled up this and had to share. Great memories of Bruschi!
Jan. 16, 2005
The Colts entered snowy Gillette Stadium with the fifth-highest scoring offense in NFL history but left with a familiar result: a humbling loss. Despite a new rules emphasis on illegal contact – largely the result of Indy’s complaints that its receivers were manhandled in last year’s AFC title game – this divisional playoff was dominated by the Patriots. In the second quarter, Bruschi ripped the ball away from running back Dominic Rhodes on a screen pass as the two tumbled to the ground, resulting in the first of his two fumble recoveries. His second one came when Rodney Harrison drilled wideout Reggie Wayne after a 12-yard reception. Bruschi pounced on the loose ball with 6:58 remaining and New England preserved a 20-3 win. “What rules do they want to change now?” Bruschi asked after the game. “I’m tired of hearing them complain. All I know is we took it away from them today.”
(Bruschi does not limit his heroics to the fourth quarter in games against Indy. Along with his second-quarter strip of Rhodes in this playoff game, Bruschi made a game-changing first-quarter play in Week One of the 2004 season. As the Colts marched for a certain score on their first drive of the game, Bruschi ripped a Manning pass out of the air at his own 1-yard line. New England would go on to win, 27-24.)
New England Patriots 2012 – up around the bend (by mpslacrosse8)
