When the Giants beat the Patriots in Super Bowl XLII, not a single New England receiver caught a pass more than 20 yards downfield. The thought was that if New York could take away Brady’s intermediate options, the pass rush would get to him before Randy Moss came open deep. The plan worked. Moss caught only five passes for 62 yards, and Brady was sacked five times. Against Baltimore, no Patriot other than Welker caught a pass for more than 20 yards, but it had nothing to do with a pass rush. With Moss, it was a matter of figuring out ways to take him away. With these Patriots, there’s no one to take away. Even with a healthy Rob Gronkowski, New England has a glaring need for someone, anyone, to stretch the field, and that’s where the Welker situation becomes interesting.
Can Ras-I Dowling Make the Third-Year Leap for the New England Patriots? | Bleacher Report
Can Ras-I Dowling Make the Third-Year Leap for the New England Patriots? | Bleacher Report
I will not allow myself to get excited about Ras-I this year… I will not allow myself to get excited about Ras-I this year… I will not allow myself to get excited about Ras-I this year… I will not allow myself to get excited about Ras-I this year…
Still don’t think this makes the Pats tag Talib. They need a BUNCH of corners and spending $10 million on just one doesn’t make sense. Bummer for Dennard, maybe the judge is a big Pats/Huskers fan and will go easy on him?
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Five things to know about how the Patriots approach the combine – WEEI | Christopher Price
Five things to know about how the Patriots approach the combine – WEEI | Christopher Price
Good stuff from Chris Price…
Like every other team in the league, the Patriots look closely at a prospects physical skill set, but when it comes to wide receivers and defensive backs, they pay particular attention to quickness, agility and footwork. That’s why the 3-cone drill can be a good indicator of whether or not a potential prospect is on New England’s radar screen: lots of the relatively under-the-radar receivers (for purposes of this story, let’s call them non first-rounders) the Patriots have gone after in recent years have all excelled in the agility drills. Edelman had a 6.62 second time in the 3-cone drill as a collegian. Deion Branch was 6.71 (at the 2002 combine), Chad Jackson (at the 2006 combine) was 6.74 and Wes Welker was 7.06. (For some perspective, those performances would put them in the Top 10 at the combine most years.) That also translates to the defensive side of the football, as Devin McCourty’s 6.7 in the 3-cone drill at the 2010 combine put him second among all corners.
If the Patriots’ plan, though, is to replace the focal point of their offense with a pieced-together alternative, whatever resources that would have been allocated to Welker would best be put toward a player on the outside who gives a new dimension to their offense.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPDsOhUJlXQ
Got four and a half hours to kill watching the Pats get killed?
Super Bowl XX Bears vs. Patriots (Full Game) (by Ray Finkle)
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