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Football by Football: Patriots Point of VIew – Nowhere to Run
Great tactical read from Matt Chatham as always. Should be a great one today and a welcome reprieve from the stomach bug I’ve been battling since Wednesday (yay not eating on Thanksgiving weekend!)…
The secondary has been the strength of the team, and it’s had to be. Even when opponents are making an effort to try to run, if the Patriots stop their initial surge like they did against the Colts and Broncos, that’s when things often start playing right into their hands. If you’re an offense with a DNA that wants to spread things out and throw the football, that’s going up against the strength of the Patriots. So if you can run it, that’s the ideal place to start and the Jets were the exception in that they ran at the Patriots over four quarters.
The Dolphins did it in Week 1, but that was a totally different team and I think Bill Belichick was still in the experimental phase. So I’d say, from a big-picture standpoint, that as long as they’re able to stop the run early and discourage the opponent in that area, it’s going to be a good day for the Patriots. They’re chameleon-like on defense, with the ability to morph into anything — they have a lot of athletes and can go athletic and quick, but they’re also very tough.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/the-secondary-has-been-the-strength-of-the-team/
Packers respect, praise Belichick’s ‘disciplined’ Patriots
Great stuff in here that you don’t often get much of, a full perspective on the Pats from a team about to play them. Not flashy, just disciplined and focused on beating you. Love it.
New England Patriots QB Tom Brady enjoying some turkey.
Top Photo (2012): Joe Camporeale/USA TODAY Sports
Bottom Photo (2010): Carolos Osorio/AP both photos via www.nfl.com
https://www.patspropaganda.com/the-football-chick-new-england-patriots-qb-tom/
I don’t really buy into the peaking too soon thing as far as the Patriots go. Maybe for a team that hasn’t played at a high level before, they might get a little full of themselves and believe their hype a little too much.
The Patriots are in this position pretty much every year, and all I hear coming out of the locker room is how they have to be better and that even performances like we’ve seen in recent weeks won’t be good enough.
