My guess is that for Sunday, we may see Gronk major more in low crossing routes, curls, outs, and isolated situations outside the numbers where boundary throws are less likely to draw contact from an unseen charging safety.
Great X-and-O read from Matt Chatham!
Best of the Week in PatsPropaganda
Just one more day until the Patriots kickoff the 2014 season! Hard to believe that we’re about to put another offseason behind us. In retrospect, I think the Pats addressed a lot of their weaknesses this offseason in ways they didn’t in years past. Is there depth ideal in some spots? Nope, but that’s the case with almost every NFL team. Still, I’ll put their front line against anyone. How this year plays out will depend on injuries and luck, both of which are unpredictable. But you know they’ll go after it with everything they’ve got.
Here’s the best of the week:
PatsPropaganda: Week 1 Gameplan
Erik Frenz/Bleacher Report: 10 Predictions for the Patriots season
Jeff Howe/Boston Herald: Persistent Bill Belichick grows into Champion
PatsPropaganda: 10 Patriots Who Will Breakout in 2014
Deadspin: Why Your Team Sucks: New England Patriots
Erik Frenz/Boston.com: What makes the Patriots offense so difficult for Wide Receivers?
I also announced a partnership with NRG this season which will mean lots of giveaways here on the site! Yay!
Throwback – Tom Brady @ Michigan
https://www.patspropaganda.com/vanillacts-throwback-tom-brady-michigan/
We’re playing Green Bay on a Sunday night, and we were in no-huddle, and we’re going fast, and I called a bad play – I called a run play into a blitz,” O’Brien said. “And in that moment, [Brady] changed the play, he changed the protection, he moved two receivers, he made the correct ‘Mike’ call for the protection, he signaled the receiver out to the left with what route to run, and he threw a touchdown pass to that guy. So he did about six things with about 10 seconds on the play clock to create a touchdown.
The Next Great Quarterback | NFL.com
Really good read with some good stuff from Bill O’Brien.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/were-playing-green-bay-on-a-sunday-night-and-we/
Do you think this years offense with be a mix of the last couple of seasons, in ’11 they used two tightends, ’12 they used more one tightend sets due to injuries with gronk and hernandez, then last year they did more wide receiver sets. I feel like they will do all of these plus the new wrinkle of vereen/white out of backfield. What do you think they will do on offense this year?
I think that the offense is as much as a product of what they have and what they think they do well as it is the overall philosophy.
LaFell, Wright and White are the new pieces and I think each will have their own impact. LaFell is a big receiver who is somewhat Dobson insurance, but also provides another big body outside. He could be valuable in the red zone.
The Pats never had a chance to replace Hernandez last year and that’s just what role Wright will play in the offense. How quickly will he pick the offense up? He seems like a perfect fit and has everything the Pats want for that position, but developing trust with Tom Brady isn’t always that easy. Still, I think Wright has the goods.
The Vereen/White backfield is interesting and yet another way to stress the defense.
Will the Pats’ offense ever settle into a primary set of five weapons this season? I don’t know the answer at this point, but if everyone stays healthy I think there’s going to be more variety than we’ve ever seen from them.
It will just depend on the matchups and who gets hot because there is some redundancy as well between Edelman/Amendola, LaFell/Dobson, Vereen/White.
Nink + Chandler = Joy for #Patriots fans, Pain for opposing QBs
https://www.patspropaganda.com/lolpats-nink-chandler-joy-for-patriots/