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During the browns and redskins I noticed that the Jim haslett brought a lot of pressure against Johnny manziel who obliviously is a mobile quarterback and it made me think about how belichick will more times than not sacrifice the pass rush to keep the quarterback in the pocket, what’s your take on keeping mobile quarterbacks in the pocket: more pressure or less

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Well you always want more pressure, it’s just a question of how aggressive you want to be and how many guys you’re willing to send. I think BB’s philosophy is generally conservative on defense and against mobile quarterbacks he’s fine only sending four guys and ensuring their main priority is to not lose contain. Ideally the pass rusher who gets blocked 1-on-1 has to win and get some disruption without letting the QB sneak out of the pocket.

I think BB’s methods of defense often boil down to saying an opposing quarterback can’t play sixty minutes of error-free football consistently throwing against seven-plus guys in coverage. Will they make some throws and put together some scoring drives? Sure, but the Pats try to keep everything underneath, be solid with their tackling and just wait to pounce on a bad throw.

For as bad as the Patriots defense has been over the last four seasons (better at some times, worse at others) it usually just boils down to turnovers for them. Even when they give up a ton of yards, it would be the turnovers that made the biggest impact and usually gave the Pats a win.

But you look at every playoff loss since 2010 and they’ve gotten a grand total of zero turnovers.

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Josh Kline has been an absolute force in these drills. He’s beat up on everyone, even notching a win over big Vince Wilfork at one point. Bill Belichick and Nick Caserio have been effusive in their praise of Kline this offseason, but those sentiments combined with his performance in these drills still haven’t been enough to earn him many opportunities to run with the first-team offense.

What Happened in 1-on-1 Pass-Rush Drills Throughout Patriots Training Camp – Extra Points – Boston.com

Fun read from Frenz.

https://www.patspropaganda.com/patriots-blog-5/

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Rookie defensive lineman Dominique Easley’s short-area quickness and explosion showed up in one-on-one and 2-on-2 pass-rush drills. He really turned it on, appearing to catch center Ryan Wendell off guard on his first rep. Easley lined up shaded over Wendell’s left shoulder, crossed his face, and surged to the orange cone that would have been the quarterback. It all happened in a flash. The 6-foot-2, 290-pound Easley then teamed with Marcus Forston in 2-on-2 drills and penetrated off the outside shoulder of veteran Dan Connolly with some success. Finally, Easley finished with a flourish, with a dynamic spin move to shake free.

Observations from Patriots camp: Day 22 – New England Patriots Blog – ESPN Boston

Those of you who have followed this blog long-term know just how hot and bothered this gets me. I have never been so excited about a defensive draft pick in the last decade of Pats drafts, to the point where I’m contemplating adding some Easley swag to my collection.

https://www.patspropaganda.com/rookie-defensive-lineman-dominique-easleys/

You mentioned in your depth cart predictions that josh kline will start at right guard, what makes you think that, haven’t really anything about him compared to devey

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It’s more of a *somewhat* educated guess at this point. I think Kline just seems like the most-likely starter if Wendell were to get cut and Connolly takes the starting center spot.

As for Devey, I think last game they just wanted to get a true sense of what he’s capable of… how many positions can he really back-up and if he had to go in as a guard, could he hold up.

He’s 6’7”and really more suited to being a tackle, similar to Marcus Cannon, but how else can you find out just how good a player is at a different position if you only ever see him there in practice. Hence, they threw him into the fire in week two and tried him all over the line.

This week I think we’ll see a starting line with Kline at right guard unless Wendell’s in there and Connolly slides back to where he spent the last two years.

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[T]he Patriots welcomed first-round pick Dominique Easley to 11-on-11 work in full pads for the first time all summer. It appeared that Easley was working with a reasonable facsimile of the second-team defense. He looked very good — quick, without any issues when it came to bursting and changing direction. On his first rush, he flew past center Ryan Wendell, and beat guard Dan Connolly on his second rush. He also flashed an impressive spin move on the following play. An interesting debut for the youngster, who might be on track to get some live snaps this week against the Panthers.

It Is What It Is » Monday practice notes: Rob Gronkowski, Dominique Easley jump into contact work

https://www.patspropaganda.com/the-patriots-welcomed-first-round-pick-dominique/

Tweets of Note from the Final Patriots Training Camp Practice

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Had to share these two tweets because both are very positive and just what the team needs.

Obviously for anyone who’s been around since the spring, you know that tweet falls right into my sweet spot.

Good news on all the injury returns. Some of these guys are still limited but if they can at least get some snaps in the final preseason game it will be a big positive.