Patriots Mock Draft: Fresh Predictions After the Super Bowl
It’s officially the offseason for everyone! Kicking things off with a rough mock draft to get a lay of the draft landscape.
Brady’s thoughts on 1st half of Super Bowl – New England Patriots Blog – ESPN Boston
Brady’s thoughts on 1st half of Super Bowl – New England Patriots Blog – ESPN Boston
Gray: Joe Flacco has been maligned. He’s taken an awful lot of criticism. He says he has a chip on his shoulder. He’s played out his contract. This is his final game with the Ravens under the current deal. He’s just hitting the cash register as Boomer Esiason said. Are you surprised that Flacco has come into the game with everything he has gone through and putting forth this type of performance?
Brady: “Well, he’s playing great and there’s no better time to play great than in the Super Bowl. He’s had a tremendous postseason and he’s really leading this team. He’s done that, really, since he’s come into the league. So it doesn’t surprise me at all what he’s been accomplishing this postseason. It’s really a great game to watch him play. He’s a super talented guy.”
From a Patriots perspective, one of the main things to take away from the Super Bowl is that they are now a prime candidate to be part of the NFL’s season-opening game for 2013.
New England Patriots Blog – ESPN Boston
I’d be all for this, why not start the season off with a bang?
https://www.patspropaganda.com/from-a-patriots-perspective-one-of-the-main/
Former Patriots defensive coordinator Dean Pees was burned when he sent pressure on a key play in Super Bowl XLII, as the Giants scored the game-winning touchdown on a Plaxico Burress catch against overmatched and outsized cornerback Ellis Hobbs. On the key fourth-down play in this game, Pees – now the Ravens’ defensive coordinator – sent pressure and it worked. Specific to Pees, the link between those two moments resonated here.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/former-patriots-defensive-coordinator-dean-pees/
Hey Wes, you gonna come back next season to New England?
https://www.patspropaganda.com/hey-wes-you-gonna-come-back-next-season-to-new/
How Ravens line coach Clarence Brooks beat the Patriots – Sports – The Boston Globe
How Ravens line coach Clarence Brooks beat the Patriots – Sports – The Boston Globe
Great Pats stuff littered throughout this one, definitely some interesting perspectives on their players from the Ravens side of things. Here’s just a taste…
“When you play them, you have to kind of pick your poison,” Brooks said. “You have to decide: Can we play against them in the run game the way we are? If we bring somebody in the box [to defend the run], they’ve got weapons down the field and they’re going to throw it.” Because of the Patriots’ quick tempo and varying personnel packages, Brooks indicated that the key to beating them is being able to play the pass with five defensive backs, and not having to commit more players to defending the run. The Ravens were able to play all but three plays out of their nickel package (five defensive backs). “They limit you in the way you can get in and out of your personnel packages,” said Brooks. “Once you put a package on the field, you have to be prepared to stay there and play it through. “They just give you a bunch of different problems that you have to kind of handle as you go on. You have to say, ‘OK, we’re going to put this package on the field and we’re going to do the best we can in the run game. Hopefully it will hold up and that will help us in the back end [against the pass].’