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Jamie Collins, Dont’a Hightower Solid Vs. Pass In Patriots’ Week 1 Loss | New England Patriots | NESN.com

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Jamie Collins, Dont’a Hightower Solid Vs. Pass In Patriots’ Week 1 Loss | New England Patriots | NESN.com

Some interesting nuggets throughout this one, including Dont’a Hightower shedding a Charles Clay block by throwing him five yards downfield.

Maybe it’s generalizing a little too much too early, but it seems the Patriots defense has fully shifted to one that is focused on stopping the pass instead of the run.

Every personnel shift, from moving Mayo back inside, to putting Chandler Jones more inside, to Hightower playing in over Ninkovich, to Jamie Collins playing strongside inside linebacker seem aimed at pass defense.

3 GIFs That Defined Patriots’ Loss to Dolphins

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On Tuesdays this season I’ll feature a few GIFs that sum up how the game went. Whether they’re big plays or forgettable ones, I’ll try to capture the spirit of the thing.

This first one comes in the third quarter with the Pats holding a lead. Hoomanwanui whiffs as Cameron Wake explodes off the edge, Ridley can’t get over the pick him up and the late rusher makes sure Brady has nowhere to go. For all the criticism and focus on the interior of the line, they weren’t very good on the edges either.

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On this next one the Pats are already in a hole on second down. 2nd-and-20 is never an easy down and distance but Devey and Solder are beaten cleanly right away and Brady doesn’t even know what happened.

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Finally, one play to sum up the defense’s struggles is this one. Wilfork and Siliga have him the backfield and a stop here would’ve given Brady the chance for a game-winning touchdown drive, but they can’t stop him and the game was effectively sealed.

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As much as I would’ve loved to include Brady’s TD pass to Gronk or the long pass to Edelman those were just quick glimpses of what this team is capable of. I’m sure there will be plenty more of those this season and I hope to be GIFfing all of them.

Stats

Sub: 42 of 74 (41 in nickel, 1 in dime) 
Base: 31 of 74 
Heavy: 1 of 74 

3 WR/1 TE/1 RB – 49 of 86 
2 WR/2 TE/1 RB – 14 of 86 
2 WR/1 TE/1 FB/1 RB – 13 of 86 
3 WR/2 RB – 6 of 86 
3 WR/1 FB/1 RB – 3 of 86 
1 WR/2 TE/1 FB/1 RB – 1 of 86 

Box Score

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[W]e had more fundamental and technique breakdowns than we did just bad – an assortment of mental errors. That was true defensively as well. I don’t think it was a game where there was a lot of missed assignments. It was more, I would say, a lack of execution of good fundamentals.

Bill Belichick Transcript 9/8: ‘We have to get back to work’

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