Snaps: 8 is enough for Talib – New England Patriots Blog – ESPN Boston
Snaps: 8 is enough for Talib – New England Patriots Blog – ESPN Boston
Rookie lineman Justin Francis played a season-high 47 snaps as he’s really coming on. He drew a holding penalty in run support, but also looked to be the 11th player who didn’t come on to the field on the one play the Patriots had just 10 on the field. … On the interior of the defensive line, Brandon Deaderick is making his mark in recent weeks. He’s played 141 snaps over the last three games. In the first 12 games of the season, he played 197. His rise has trimmed back Kyle Love’s playing time.
Against the Jaguars, the Patriots allowed three sacks, seven hurries, and nine hits. Entering the game, the Jaguars had averaged 1.1, 6.1, and 3.2 in those categories, according to ProFootballFocus.com.
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Picked-up pieces after first-half review – New England Patriots Blog – ESPN Boston
Picked-up pieces after first-half review – New England Patriots Blog – ESPN Boston
The Patriots appeared to play a decent amount of man coverage with various forms of safety help over the top. Man coverage sometimes means a defense is daring an opposing quarterback to beat it by making throws into tight windows, which Jaguars quarterback Chad Henne did. Of note, Jacksonville worked the middle of the field with horizontal crossing patterns, which work well against man coverage to create natural picks and confusion in the secondary. On one such crossing route, Cecil Shorts III took in a pass for a first down, and linebacker Dont’a Hightower appeared to pull up before the play was over. That was an odd lapse in effort. One more component to man coverage defense: It often allows an offense to single up on its blocking schemes, which is exactly what happened on a couple of chunk runs. The Jaguars were able to put a hat-on-a-hat and create space for Montell Owens. Overall, the drive was about Jacksonville executing in a deliberate manner – there wasn’t a big play, coverage bust, or costly penalty. It was just good offensive football, which has been a rarity for the Jaguars this season, and not very good defense from the Patriots.
The return of Rob Gronkowski is going to help the offense a lot. The 49ers and the Jaguars both used double teams against Welker and Hernandez to throw Brady off. Teams can’t do that when Gronkowski is on the field. They have to pick their poison if Hernandez and Welker are healthy. Until that time, Brady and Brandon Lloyd need to get on the same page. On the interception on the throw to Lloyd, Brady didn’t make a great pass, but Lloyd failed to get his body between the ball and the defender.
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With AFC play wrapped up in Week 16, we know exactly what’s at stake for the Patriots entering the final game of the regular season. And, almost unbelievably, the Patriots could wind up with any of the top four seeds.
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