Frenz: An Overview of Specialization in the Patriots 3-4 Defense

Frenz and I have discussed specialization in the Patriots defense ad nauseaum on our podcast, but he really does a great job here of breaking it down into it’s simplest terms.

Ultimately you can live with a specialized defense if the players are talented enough to play run and pass. As was often the case early in the 2010 season teams had success running on the Patriots sub-defenses. Preventing that is just a matter of winning the battles in the trenches.

We saw the Jets try to do it a couple times in the playoff game and the Pats were able to stop them, especially in a couple key situations.