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Boston Globe/Gasper: Way they play is the thing

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Boston Globe/Gasper: Way they play is the thing

Not often Gasper makes the cut here on the blog but this is a worth article. Favorite part:

Asante Samuel warned teammates all week. In another football life, he was a New England Patriot. He tried to tell the Philadelphia Eagles what it would be like facing a Bill Belichick-coached team, the NFL version of a staring contest in which the Patriots’ gaze is unwavering.

Samuel conveyed the message that any mistake would be magnified, any weakness probed and exploited, any error potentially fatal in a football sense. He knew that Belichick’s Patriots, no matter how obscure some of the names on the backs of their jerseys, have one defining characteristic: they don’t beat themselves.

“I definitely told the team that,’’ said Samuel as he exited the Eagles locker room after the Patriots’ 38-20 victory over Philadelphia Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field. “I told them that was probably what Belichick was emphasizing – let us [Eagles] make all the mistakes and we’ll beat ourselves. That’s exactly what happened.’’

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This is a good way to start off Colts week. Manning vs. Brady has certainly been the marquee QB match-up of the last decade and it’s unfortunate to see what has happened to the Colts without their QB. Let’s remember 2008 when the Patriots should’ve taken the Manning and the Colts to overtime in their building with Matt Cassel at the helm. I still haven’t forgiven David Thomas for his penalty that pushed the Pats back out of field goal range.

Plenty of great Pats-Colts videos to come this week!

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

https://www.patspropaganda.com/this-is-a-good-way-to-start-off-colts-week/

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Tuesday, the dead day of the NFL week. Sadly there are only five regular season games left, so I’m starting to get a little depressed with the end in sight. Of course that means the playoffs are just around the corner which is really what Patriots fans have been waiting for since last year.

The first overall seed is still very much in the Pats’ grasp and would be preferable to help avoid facing the Ravens or Steelers in the divisional game since I’m guessing whichever one doesn’t win the AFCN gets the 5 seed. I think it goes without saying that Houston, Oakland, and Cincinnati are far more preferable for the Pats.

https://www.patspropaganda.com/tuesday-the-dead-day-of-the-nfl-week-sadly-there/

2011 Patriots blitzing less, getting more pressure than 2010

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Thanks to the stats kept over at Pro Football Focus I broke down the pressures and blitz percentages per offensive pass play. The results aren’t overwhelmingly alarming but there is a bit of evidence why the Patriots defense has been better this year than they were last year.

In 2010 the Patriots blitzed on 24% of the opponents drop backs, and got pressure on 29% of the total drop backs, (that includes when they only rushed four).

In 2011 the Patriots have blitzed slightly less (21% of the dropbacks) and have actually gotten more pressure (32%).

What does this mean? That the Patriots have been able to rely more consistently on a four man pass rush and the positive effects have trickled down through the defense, where improvements on third down and in the red zone have been more notable.

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collectedclutter:

“…that’s Julian Edelman he does it all, the most versatile player in the NFL, mega tackle, Julian” -Steve Mariucci

“it’s remarkable, it’s remarkable how everybody does everything on the Patriots”-Rich Eisen

<3 just some Patriots/Edelman love from my GameDay men

https://www.patspropaganda.com/collectedclutter-thats-julian-edelman-he/

Boston Globe/Bedard: Better than one could’ve dreamed

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Boston Globe/Bedard: Better than one could’ve dreamed

I really enjoy Bedard’s game wraps, I think he’s got a good sense of this Patriots team. This is an especially good read after he was one of the first to question if the ‘11 Patriots were talented enough to make a run at the Super Bowl. The Eagles certainly have the talent, but as Bedard points out:

The Eagles are the opposite of the Patriots. They are paper champions with seemingly limitless talent.

Yet they’re 4-7 and now playing out the string.

What was that about the talent on this Patriots defense?

Talent is nice, and you need it to win the ultimate title. But if you get the right guys, like the Patriots do, and then coach them up, the heart of a lion is going to devour a paper tiger.

There were some shaky moments on defense to start this season – to say the least. You’ve never seen a Belichick team make that many mental mistakes very early.

There were blown coverages all over the place because of poor communication. Basic techniques weren’t being executed. Missed tackles accounted for way too many hidden yards.

Some of it had to do with the lockout. Some of it had to do with less-than-stellar coaching from the assistants.

But in the past few weeks, the level of execution on the defense has come a long way.