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It’s a good day to Do Your Job! Pick up one of our red BB tees over in the right hand column.

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Hi Mike, what do you think of the Patriots linebacker’s ability to cover opposing teams’ running backs and tight ends? It seems like large majority of throws to those players are completed, and the only exception is when the RB/TE drops the ball.

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This is an interesting question, because if there’s one thing our All-SEC linebacking corps is a little deficient in it has to be coverage. Losing Dane Fletcher for the year certainly hurt in this area. Jerod Mayo runs well, but just doesn’t seem to that savvy in coverage. As we’ve discussed many times here, plays like the Cruz touchdown in the Super Bowl are a prime example of this.

Spikes’ shortcomings in the passing game are evident at times but I’m okay with that tradeoff, he makes enough of an impact in the run game that it offsets as far as I’m concerned. If he can just make a couple more plays like he did on the interception in the AFCCG he’ll be fine.

The jury is still out on Hightower but he was rotating in the nickel with Spikes so it’s possible he has some potential there. We’ll have to see how it plays out as he returns to full time.

It would be nice to have a specialist linebacker who can really run and cover. Gary Guyton was almost that guy, but now the closest thing we have is Tracy White. It could very well be an area they address next off-season depending on what their plans with Fletcher are.

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[F]or players in that locker room, what you’re doing is buying time. You’re buying more time to improve, especially when it comes to pass coverage. This team will continue to get better. The coaches are making changes, trying to find the answers, such as moving cornerback Devin McCourty to safety. But I think this would be the right way to look at it: While you have these problems, and you see coach Belichick doing everything he can to fix them, you still won a game, and you are still in first place in your division. That’s a sign of a good team, that when you have a glaring weakness – which is what we’ve seen in the secondary with giving up the deep ball – you’re still able to squeak out a win and make the play when you really need it.

Bruschi’s Breakdown – Expect New England Patriots to escape London with win – ESPN Boston

https://www.patspropaganda.com/patriots-blog-40/

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Wonder if they’ll let the militia come to England with the Pats. Don’t want to rub anybodies nose in anything. Would that be considered taunting?

https://www.patspropaganda.com/patriots-militia/

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I don’t know you guys, Brady’s new helmet is kinda starting to grow on me…

https://www.patspropaganda.com/i-dont-know-you-guys-bradys-new-helmet-is-kinda/