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Idle thoughts waiting for the Patriots schedule release

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The NFL will release the 2013 schedule tonight at 8pm EST. The Patriots are scheduled to play:

Home: Buffalo, Miami, N.Y. Jets, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, New Orleans, Tampa Bay, Denver.

Away: Buffalo, Miami, N.Y. Jets, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Atlanta, Carolina, Houston

Some really great matchups, including the top four AFC seeds from last year’s playoffs. There’s a great range of challenges, especially having to play four playoff teams on the road. It’s definitely not a cream puff year, and the Pats should be well-tested almost every week (sorry Bills and Jets).

The two games I’m most interested in are obviously Denver and Baltimore. Both of those games should get a primetime slot. 

In the division, Miami has made the most moves this offseason and appear to be this year’s edition of the team that will take the Pats down. If I’m the Dolphins I want to see the Pats in New England early. That’s the game the AFC East teams just haven’t been able to win, and the Dolphins should be hoping for an early shot there before the Pats offense is healthy and the new wide receivers have started to click. 

We’ll have a full analysis, ranking the best games up on Bleacher Report tomorrow morning. It will be a long wait till 8pm…

Mike Loyko’s 2013 Draft Guide Available | NEPatriotsDraft.com – 2013 NFL Draft

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Mike Loyko’s 2013 Draft Guide Available | NEPatriotsDraft.com – 2013 NFL Draft

Gotta throw a plug to Mike Loyko for his new draft guide, which from the previews look amazing. Clearly he put a ton of work into it, and there’s no other Pats draft analyst I find myself agreeing with more. 

If you’ve got $20 help support his hard work. Send payment to mashpee54@yahoo.com and you’ll get a nice PDF.

Patriots and AFC East 2013 NFL mock draft roundup – Going Deep – Boston.com

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Patriots and AFC East 2013 NFL mock draft roundup – Going Deep – Boston.com

Good solid work from Frenz rounding up a bunch of AFC East mocks. The Pats selections:

Good cross section that represents the various points of view from Patriots fans from around the internet. Even if the players aren’t right I’d say this is likely the only three positions they could take in the first, though everyone can probably agree that a trade down makes sense this year. Even more so because of the talent at all three positions.

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Mock Drafting: Picking for the 2012 schemes or 2013 potential evolutions?

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I am really agonizing over this final mock draft, as you can probably tell from my double posts today sharing my thoughts on putting it together. 

Ultimately here’s what it comes down to: Do I pick the guys for how the 2012 Patriots ran things? Or do I pick the guys for how I think the 2013 Patriots should evolve?

The easiest example of this is on the defensive line where I’ve written ad nauseum about the need for pass rush in the base defense. While I have stats to back that argument up, it’s impossible to know if they want to stick with the “double-nose” base.

If they want to stick with that there are plenty of options like Jesse Willams or Johnathan Hankins at the top of the draft. But if I stay true to how I think they should evolve I would take someone like Sylvester Wiliams or Kawann Short.

Same thing goes for receivers. Ideally a tall outside threat seems like the missing piece, so someone like Justin Hunter would make sense. But maybe the Pats like their offense built around possession receivers just fine, so that would put those 6’0" or under into play as well.

Wish there were some perfect guys who are a combination of both but I don’t see anyone clear cut. 

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You talk to any defensive coordinator in the league, and one of the first things they proclaim is how much more they can do schematically if they have even one corner that can play man-to-man with no help from either an underneath linebacker or an over the top safety. That player, the man-to-man corner, may be the most vital piece of the defensive puzzle. He shapes the defense tactically, allowing for maximum flexibility with both the pressure schemes and the coverage concepts, especially in those critical third down situations.

Shutdown Corner | Sports Blog – Yahoo! Sports

Hope Talib can be this guy for a full season this fall…

https://www.patspropaganda.com/you-talk-to-any-defensive-coordinator-in-the/

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