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One of the best parts of winning the Super Bowl is getting an entire episode of America’s Game dedicated to your team. Along with Three Games to Glory, it is the best way to relive the special season.
Each year they interview a few different players and coaches from the team to give their perspective on how it all went down. Who would you guys like to hear comment from this year’s championship Patriots team? Vote for 3 below.
Who Should Be Interviewed for America’s Game: 2014 Patriots?
The problem with over-paying for someone to get a sack was very evident this last season as the Patriots and Broncos battled in November. Denver has two exceptional pass rushers in DeMarcus Ware and Von Miller, both of whom account for a total of about $17 million towards the Broncos cap. The Patriots are blocking both of these top rushers with Nate Solder and Sebastian Vollmer, both accounting for less the $7 million dollars combined in cap space. They aren’t the “top” blocking players at their positions necessarily, but they are very good players. When the Patriots also chose to play nearly the entire game in quick-passing mode where Tom Brady has the ball in his hand for typically less than three seconds, the expenditure for those top pass rushers is almost entirely negated.
In this instance, “good” coupled with a simple scheme tweak is better than “great.” As far as it relates to winning, football allows you negate the benefit of another teams concentrated expenditure. The Broncos could have gotten the exact same benefit in that particular game from pass rushers who cost half as much money, and who would allow the team to be improved in other areas where they were more vulnerable. In this instance,the “great” players were a disutility.
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I love this question so much, I had to put some serious thought into it. As much as I hate to take the obvious choices Belichick and Brady have to be at the top of the list and if not them, Wilfork is the third person, because they’re the ones who have been in the thick of it since the last SB win.
I mean, of course you want to hear Belichick and Brady do something they almost never do, take a retrospective on a season, and hopefully, nearly a decade of disappointment where they got so close so many times.
Edelman would be a good choice, because he’s been here a while and came from a 7th-round drafted quarterback to the most clutch offensive weapon Brady had in the playoffs. He was a huge part of this Super Bowl win.
Lastly, I wouldn’t mind a perspective from Revis/Browner/LaFell. Free agent guys who were just here for this year so we could hear an outside perspective on this Patriots team. What it was like to come to the team and what makes the Patriots difference.
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Thanks to Steve, Murph and Russ for having me on to talk about everyone’s favorite team. Well, our favorite team.
Very curious to see how Garoppolo develops this year and how he does in the summer. It’s also interesting to see some glimpses of guys like James White and Tim Wright in these clips (and even Dobson too), guys who could be playing for a bigger role this year.
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As I size up the offseason, I think Wright is one of the most interesting players to see develop. I went back and took a look at Garoppolo’s preseason snaps recently and Wright was all over the place in the last game against the Giants.
Not only was he thrown into the fire with the Patriots, this was only his second season as a tight end after playing wide receiver in college. So there are a couple learning curves there.
But I think we all saw the potential last year, especially in the red zone.
For me it boils down somewhat to Wright vs. Amendola this summer (assuming Amendola is back as the 3rd WR), and that will largely dictate the direction of the offense. There should still be a spot for both, but will they lean more on the 12 personnel or 11?
In a perfect world, I think they might prefer to be more of an 12 team. We saw in 2011 and 2012 what that kind of offense is capable of, with Wright filling the Aaron Hernandez role.
I’m excited to see Wright this summer, maybe moreso than anyone else on the roster, except Easley.
As for Hooman, he’s one of the most upgradeable players on the roster, and many have him getting cut anyways.
The inbox had a couple Arrington questions this morning, so he continues to be one of the more divisive players on the roster. Of course the thing that is fresh on everyone’s mind is him getting burned and pulled in the Super Bowl, but I still think he’s an important part of the defense.
Look, he was tasked with covering a receiver who is seven inches taller than him. Granted you might hope his experience would help him out against a rookie like Chris Matthews, but still, that’s a tall task.
But against traditional slot receivers, I’m not sure how many slot corners there are out there who are better. Just take a look at how he’s played Wes Welker the last two years for an easy example.
He also brings special teams value (underrated by fans but not the Patriots) and is extremely tough. He tackles well and throws his body around with reckless abandon. I like those elements of his game and his experience in the system cannot be underrated.
That being said, his salary is currently the 11th highest on the team for 2015 and that does seem a bit high, though we have to remember he is a starter since the Pats were had 5+ DBs on over 70% of the snaps last year.
Next year it’s a little more palatable to cut him vs. this year ($3.25 million in dead money vs. $1.6 million), but injuries on defense, especially in the secondary are often prevalent, so there’s still good reason to keep him around.
My big question focuses on Malcolm Butler. Can he compete for that starting slot spot? I’m still not sure if he fits better inside or outside, though I lean he’s an outside guy. If that’s the case, Arrington is really the only guy other than Logan Ryan who can play the slot, and as much as people hate on Arrington, they hate on Ryan even more.
So is there a chance they dump him? Possibly, but I think there are more reasons to keep him. It’s easy to pick on cornerbacks, especially when offenses are avoiding Revis and Browner, but I continue to think Arrington is a necessary piece of the puzzle.
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