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Every Saturday we bring you the best of the past week’s Pats coverage in case there was something you missed.

Our Analysis

5 Keys for Patriots vs. Broncos

Patriots pass defense continues scary trend against the deep ball

Few more thoughts upon the Patriots-Bills re-watch

Notes on PFF’s Patriots grades: Week 4 Bills

Quick hit reaction to the Patriots 52-28 win over the Bills

Great Links

FOOTBALL OUTSIDERS: Word of Muth: Crashing the Nickel

Patriots Today- Belichick brings plays of the week

Patriots soaring, except for secondary – Patriots – Boston.com

How about a little faith in the Patriots? – Touching All the Bases – Boston.com

Video: Rex Ryan – Patriots fan?

Jeff Fisher quickly redefining St. Louis Rams; 10 quick thoughts – NFL.com

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Jeff Fisher quickly redefining St. Louis Rams; 10 quick thoughts – NFL.com

Dan Koppen will return to Foxborough this weekend as a member of the Denver Broncos. Koppen’s immense knowledge of the New England Patriots’ pass-protection system and calls at the line of scrimmage will force the Pats to make many changes to their audible system. New England must make sure communication is sound. As for Koppen, he has to prove he can still be an effective player; as much as he knows about the Pats, the Pats also know him well as a player. Expect a big defensive lineman to be over Koppen all game.

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That’s the issue you face against New England. Week 1, Tennessee played nickel on every snap, relatively. Last week, Buffalo played dime, relatively, on every snap. And they did that against the one-back, two-tight end sets, and most times when you line up like that, teams counter with their base defense. Against New England, because teams are more worried about the pass, they line up in nickel or dime. Buffalo is a dime sub-package team. And they got killed, because if you’re a 4-3 base defense and you line up in dime, your two outside linebackers are, in effect, defensive backs.

The Shutdown Corner Week 5 NFL Preview Podcast with Greg Cosell | Shutdown Corner – Yahoo! Sports

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Tavon’s time? Rookie could start – New England Patriots Blog – ESPN Boston

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Tavon’s time? Rookie could start – New England Patriots Blog – ESPN Boston

If Gregory can’t go Sunday it should be interesting to see how things trickle down in the secondary, especially in the dime. Nate Ebner and Ras-I Dowling could see some more snaps. Personally I’d prefer moving Moore back to safety, keep Wilson at Money, and stick Ras-I on the outside in the dime only. Nate Ebner on the back end against Peyton Manning is not what I want to see.

Through four games, Wilson has logged 38.8 percent of the defensive snaps. His primary role has been at the “money” position in the dime defense (6 defensive backs), which is a linebacker-type responsibility. He also has rotated into the mix in the base defense, and overall, he has shown a nose for the ball at times (2 interceptions, 2 fumble recoveries). The trickle-down effect of not having Gregory, whose smarts have been lauded by the coaching staff, would also likely impact the dime defense. If Wilson remains in the traditional safety role, rookie Nate Ebner could get bumped up the safety depth chart and play the “money” position. The Patriots have other options, as cornerback Sterling Moore has safety experience, and Ras-I Dowling has also played the “money” spot this year.

Bruschi’s Breakdown: New England Patriots must match wits with Peyton Manning – ESPN Boston

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Bruschi’s Breakdown: New England Patriots must match wits with Peyton Manning – ESPN Boston

You have to match wits with the mind that a quarterback like Manning has, to be able to take control at the line of scrimmage like he does. If you give him the answers to the equation pre-snap, and you just stand there, he will switch the play to the best possible play that has the highest possible percentage of being successful against that defense. For example, if you have only six men in the box – because Peyton has you spread out with those Colts-like formations – he’s going to run the ball. In this case, that means Willis McGahee is going to get the handoff. Once that gets established, you might see a defense bring a safety down to help that, as the Steelers did in the season opener with Troy Polamalu. When that happens, Manning switches to a pass play. With the passing game – one-deep, a two-shell look with two safeties high – there are certain answers to those types of defenses that Manning knows. With two-deep, try to attack the middle of the field in that Cover 2. In Cover 3, attack the outsides. It’s things like that, reading your leverage pre-snap. You can’t give Manning that because he’ll tell his receiver what to play. If it’s obvious man coverage, he’ll run that tear screen that Pierre Garcon ran, that Reggie Wayne ran, and now Demaryius Thomas is running. So you just can’t show him the same thing every time.