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Ravens 3-4 Defense Coaching Slide Show

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Ravens 3-4 Defense Coaching Slide Show

Really interesting stuff here in the format of a slideshow that comes to us via current Jets DC Mike Pettine back when he was with the Ravens. While the Patriots and Ravens defensive systems are different there’s still plenty of interesting info to take from this. Highly recommended reading, and if you pay attention you’ll learn a lot about how NFL defenses work.

You might notice some defensive formations that the Pats saw a lot of out of the Jets last year. Especially the blitzes coming out of the Cover 0 looks.

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Bill Belichick considers his playbook a sacred text, and he doesn’t tolerate students who don’t share his devotion. So late on most Wednesdays, after the Pats have installed the bulk of their latest game plan, Belichick will mutter warnings like “You guys better get back in those playbooks, because I promise I’m gonna have some f-ing questions for you tomorrow morning.”

At the next day’s breakfast, Belichick will quiz his team about coverages, blocking assignments, blitz packages—even the opposing coach’s tendencies. “And if he calls on you and you’re wrong, there’s just silence,” says tight end Ben Watson, who drives to the team complex steering with his knees so he can squeeze in a few extra minutes of study. “It’s like school all over again.”

Belichick’s playbook is just like the man: precise, relentless, obsessive. It is color-coded-red for defense, blue for offense, black for coaches—and each player is given a bag to carry it in, along with a pencil, a blue pen and a yellow highlighter. Immediately after the team returns to the locker room following a game, the Pats collect the books from everyone, then lock them up, shred them or, knowing Belichick, incinerate them and blast the ashes into space.

https://www.patspropaganda.com/bill-belichick-considers-his-playbook-a-sacred/

Sporting News: Patriots 5th most needy defensive line

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Sporting News: Patriots 5th most needy defensive line

Sporting News has the Pats as the 5th most needy defensive line, but they should be all set for this season. I don’t really understand that logic, but I understand what they’re getting at. There’s still a question mark at RDE, and right now it looks like it will be Marcus Stroud vs. Brandon Deaderick barring any other free agent acquisitions.

5. Patriots. Just looking at the near future, they will be fine with Vince Wilfork and Ty Warren for ‘11, so now they need to protect against their age and injuries by making their 3-4 rotation deeper.

As always it just comes down to injuries. If the Pats stay healthy they should be just fine. Look at who they lost last year… Ty Warren, Mike Wright, Myron Pryor… basically three of their top four most experienced and best defensive lineman. How many teams could lose that kind of quality and still win 14 games? I’d say no one other than the Pats.

Football Outsiders: NFL Draft Poll Results

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Football Outsiders: NFL Draft Poll Results

Here’s the results for the Football Outsiders 2011 Draft poll and it’s littered with Patriots stuff. There’s even a full question dedicated to the Pats:

New England’s trades for more 2012 picks: Good move?

54.5% No, they needed pass rushers and they’re running out of time in Tom Brady’s prime.

43.7% Yes, the picks they added have more value than the ones they gave away.

1.8% No, there won’t be a draft in 2012 so they gave away picks for nothing.

As always the Pats are all over the map with what people think of their draft. I attribute this to people not understanding what the Pats did on draft weekend, but it’s tempered with an underlying “they must know what they’re doing because they haven’t stopped winning no matter what any of have thought of their drafts”, so the result? New England is once again on both the best and worst lists.

The truth? There will be hits and misses with this draft class as there always are, but there will be another bunch of picks next year to cover the mistakes that were made.