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Patriots 2012 Season in Review
Bill Belichick (205) moved into a tie with Marty Schottenheimer for sixth place all time in career wins. Belichick (18) needs one more postseason victory to tie Don Shula (19) for second place in postseason wins. Tom Landry (20) is in first place. Belichick has five conference titles and needs one more to match Don Shula, who led his teams to six Super Bowls.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9MnsE4B-vo
New England Patriots 2012-13 Highlights (by seasalllover)
https://www.patspropaganda.com/new-england-patriots-2012-13-highlights-by-2/
The Fellowship of the Miserable: How Boston Sportswriters Got So AwfulBoston Articles
Good read, wish there was some love for Boston sports blogs too!
Still, there are some local writers who understand that a fresh approach is what’s needed. Greg A. Bedard, the Globe football columnist, for example, spends hours every season studying film from Patriots games. The stories he writes after games don’t necessarily rely on getting lots of access to players in the locker room, but his analysis is more enlightening than yet another strikingly unrevealing quote from Tom Brady or Bill Belichick. By taking the time to break down the film, he’s able to give fans an inside look at why the game happened the way it did.
Brady wasn’t as efficient or prolific as he was in 2011, but you wouldn’t know it with his 4,827 passing yards and 38 total touchdowns to just eight turnovers. It was more impressive considering he really never had top tight ends Aaron Hernandez and Rob Gronkowski healthy at the same time.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/brady-wasnt-as-efficient-or-prolific-as-he-was-in/
Over the course of the 2012 regular season, the Patriots had two or more tight ends on the field for almost an even 50 percent of their snaps. That is lower than expected and ties directly to injuries sustained by Rob Gronkowski and Aaron Hernandez. If those two tight ends were healthy over the duration of the season, the percentage probably would be closer to 75 percent, if not higher. The trickle-down effect of that is that the Patriots ran an almost even 50 percent of their 2012 regular-season snaps with three or more receivers on the field.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/over-the-course-of-the-2012-regular-season-the/
