Bledsoe and Brady
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I think that the Patriots are preserving Wright for the playoff. Not a question of health, but to hide the schemes. He played a lot of snap only against Detroits. Thoughts?
I think some of this “Belichick playing it close to the vest” stuff is a little overrated. I don’t think he’s holding back or really hiding much outside of maybe some gimmick plays, and even then, by this point, I think that tank is just about emptied out.
The easy explanation is that they wanted to use their power run game more than their spread passing game. We saw plenty of Wright against Detroit, the best run defense in the league. So I think his usage is more confined to the pass-heavy game plans.
That said, there are likely to be plenty of of pass-heavy games in the playoffs so I think we will see more of him then. And actually it will probably start this weekend against the Jets.
FOOTBALL OUTSIDERS: Week 15 DVOA Ratings
FOOTBALL OUTSIDERS: Week 15 DVOA Ratings
Pats hit #1 in weighted DVOA, but due to their 2-2 start they’re still behind the Broncos overall.
The other rankings:
Offense: 4th (4th pass, 18th rush)
Defense: 9th (11th pass, 18th rush)
Special Teams: 5th
Tight ends remain their biggest weakness in the passing game, they’re 29th overall against them in DVOA.
As the pats go down the stretch who do you look forward seeing in terms of scheme/personnel changes. I’d love to see Brady exploit the long ball more with tyms. They are so close. Just not enough reps of tyms out there for a solid connection. Add in Tim wright and Jonas gray,would love to see them more involved.
I think we pretty much know what the Pats have now and what they’re capable of – which is a lot. Offensively I don’t think we’re going to see Tyms’ role expanded much beyond what it is now – a guy that they’ll try to take a shot to once per game.
Let’s face it, the deep ball is not one of the strengths of this offense but that really doesn’t matter much. LaFell can challenge the perimeter in a way that they haven’t been able to in the past. And with Gronk healthy and stretching the seam, they can challenge just about every area of a defense. But it’s not a law that a team must hit a 60-yard bomb every game to be good.
Defensively, we got a taste of how things will look in the playoffs last weekend with Chandler back. They have a number of guys who can rush or drop and the secondary is capable of locking any one down.
The concerns I have for this team, and neither are major, are the short-yardage situations on both sides of the ball. They’ll have to prove they can get/stop the “gotta have it” yards in January.
Can’t remember the last time I saw a Patriots team play complementary football the way this team is on all THREE phases
It’s so true. As I’ve touched on a bit before, the 2009-2013 Patriots were all good teams, but flawed. Usually the flaw was their defense needed turnovers to seal a win. As we’ve seen in recent weeks, this defense can still win games even when they’re not getting turnovers. They can dictate now. Whereas before games had to unfold very specifically for the Patriots to win. They were still a very disciplined, well-coached team in those years, and their offense and special teams have always been better than most, but those defenses were really not that talented. The fact that they came so close in 2011 is even more impressive now.
