The last few games of the regular season, the Pats had trouble stopping the run. Once Spikes and safety Patrick Chung returned to the lineup, the holes got plugged.
During the postseason, Spikes (27) and Mayo (32) led the team in tackles. Spikes had 11 in the Super Bowl loss to the Giants.
“He has big-play capability. He’s a physical player. He’s strong. He’s around the ball a lot,” McGinest said. “If he can just pick up and understand everything, which would allow him to play faster and not think, sometimes I see him thinking a lot out there, or trying to figure it out. If he could just react and play fast, he’s going to be good.”
Spikes, of course, wears No. 55, the same number three-time Super Bowl winner McGinest wore during his dozen seasons with the Patriots. All kidding aside, McGinest said we should know the true direction of Spikes in the coming year.
“He should be full steam ahead coming into next year. That will tell it all. This next season,” McGinest said. “He should make a lot of big plays for them. He should be one of the leaders as far as making plays on that defense along with Mayo.”
Best Patriots Photo of the year? Definitely one of my favorites…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piogH-ycl_U
Vince Wilfork Highlights @ The U (by Bball05k)
Such a perfect off-season video…
(Source: http://www.youtube.com/)
https://www.patspropaganda.com/vince-wilfork-highlights-the-u-by-bball05k/
Regarding the game Light played: Tom Brady went back to pass 43 times. Light gave up two pressures (actually, one hit on Brady and one pressure) and zero sacks. Thirty-four times, the man across from him was either Osi Umenyiora or Jason Pierre-Paul. And he never gave up a sack. That was a great game Light played.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohZ4W05xcLQ
Tom Brady 2011 Season – All 39 TD’s (by vcmoss81)
(Source: http://www.youtube.com/)
One good thing about the end of the 2011 season, no more of these stupid winter hats that make everyone look like they’re 12 years old.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/one-good-thing-about-the-end-of-the-2011-season/
ProFootballWeekly.com – Patriots could make run at Texans’ Williams
ProFootballWeekly.com – Patriots could make run at Texans’ Williams
Now Mario Williams is a signing I could get behind… Pass rusher!!!!!
Bill Belichick is nothing if not opportunistic, and he knows that having one of the finest defensive talents potentially come free like this is a once-a-decade kind of thing he can’t afford to pass up. All the signs are there: The Patriots are in great shape, in terms of salary cap, and they have a defense that made strides down the stretch (16.3 points per game allowed in the postseason) but needs a jolt of talent up front.