ESPN: Next level stats on Patriots – Jets

Great stuff here. The interesting thing to note is that the Patriots are not a team that is blitz-happy. The numbers back that up. Clearly they prefer to play coverage and wait for the other team to mess up.

What this defensive philosophy is based upon is that it’s easier to execute defense than it is offense, which considering the offense has the ball seems like a pretty common sense assumption. This is the soul of “bend don’t break”.