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Patriots History Tuesday: Tom Brady’s Biggest Comback

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I knew pretty early on during the offseason of 2009 that I would have to be in attendance for Tom Brady’s first game back. After all, I told him I’d wouldn’t forget him and I didn’t.

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It was pretty surprising when the Bills looked sharper than the Pats, and with the Patriots losing 24-13 with five minutes to go “fans” started exiting the stadium. I admit I might’ve yelled at a couple of people who must’ve thought they were going to beat the traffic… had they not watched a Patriots game in the last decade?

All it took was a bonehead play from Leodis McKelvin to open the door, and boom, Brady directed his biggest comeback in the game he came back.

Let’s appreciate that final drive and hope we don’t need one like this when Sunday rolls around.

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Patriots Snap Percentage Charts

These get a little harder to read as the season goes on but I do think there is insight to be taken from them. 

For example it’s pretty easy to spot when someone has a drop in playing time who starts getting more time as a result.

Some trends to point out:

Tully Banta-Cain and Jermaine Cunningham’s snaps falling, while Eric Moore’s rose this week.

Chung played more than Meriweather or Sanders. His value to the defense is obvious.

Jerod Mayo is a tackling machine, but Vince Wilfork is the MVP of the defense.

https://www.patspropaganda.com/patriots-snap-percentage-charts-these-get-a/

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Patriots Snap Percentage Charts

These get a little harder to read as the season goes on but I do think there is insight to be taken from them. 

For example it’s pretty easy to spot when someone has a drop in playing time who starts getting more time as a result.

Some trends to point out:

Tully Banta-Cain and Jermaine Cunningham’s snaps falling, while Eric Moore’s rose this week.

Chung played more than Meriweather or Sanders. His value to the defense is obvious.

Jerod Mayo is a tackling machine, but Vince Wilfork is the MVP of the defense.

https://www.patspropaganda.com/patriots-snap-percentage-charts-these-get-a-2/

Let’s talk about sacks. (Patriots Style)

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Before this season started I did this little sack analysis which came to the conclusion that the goal to hit for season sacks is 40. In the five best seasons of the 2000’s (‘01, ’03, ’04, ’06, ’07) the Pats broke that plateau every time, but lately they’ve been in the low 30s.

Now I know this doesn’t include numbers like QB hits and pressures, so take it for what it is worth. I also don’t necessarily believe that higher sack numbers mean a better defense.

For example the 2007 team had six more sacks than the 2003 team and I think we can all agree the 2003 team was probably the best defense of the decade.

Regardless the Patriots now stand at 28 sacks with two games to play, good for eighteenth in the NFL.  It’s likely they will surpass their totals from the past two seasons (31, 31), so at least early on it appears the pass rush did improve somewhat this year.

When you take into account they’ve been without their two best interior rushers for the hardest stretch it’s even a little more impressive.

But it remains clear this team still lacks a feared pass rusher. TBC and his big head don’t need to be game-planned around. 

Right now the Patriots are a team of specialization, but lack a three down linebacker other than Jerod Mayo. The current pass rush specialist is Eric Moore, after stints of seeing Jermaine Cunningham and Shawn Crable in that role, and he’s looked harder to block than either of his predecessors. Perhaps the Pats could be onto something with him like the Dolphins got with Cameron Wake.

If you’d like to see an in-depth analysis of the sacks from the Packers game check out this great article by Richard Hill. 

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I didn’t realize that Clay Matthews had copyrighted this flex celebration. Somebody should go back in time and tell David Givens.

https://www.patspropaganda.com/i-didnt-realize-that-clay-matthews-had/