Film Breakdown: Tebow’s Tendencies – Pats Pulpit/Rich Hill

Good stuff from Rich here. Should be sub-headed “Why Biting on Play Action Can Bite You in the Ass”.

The Patriots will have their hands full trying to limit the Broncos and their big plays as they’ve been at the bottom of the league in big plays of 20 yards allowed. In fact, the Patriots have allowed 89 plays of 20 yards this season, which is the most in (at least) the past 15 seasons. That averages out to 5.56 of those big plays every game- although only 5 touchdowns have come from those large plays. 5 plays of 20 yards was all Tebow needed to upend the Steelers; the Patriots had better take him seriously.