How Will Patriots’ Free-Agency Strategy Affect Their Approach in the Draft?
Friday B/R column is up, check it!
Cornerback Brandon Browner was the only player in the league with nine or more passes defended while playing in 500 or fewer snaps.
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Michael Hoomanawanui & Johnny Hekker Fly With US Navy Blue Angels
New England Patriots tight end, Michael Hoomanawanui, and St. Louis Rams punter, Johnny Hekker, have found an exciting way to spend their off season.
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Can you explain the advantages and disadvantages of running a 4-2-5 compared to a 3-3-5
It’s subtle differences where you’re obviously swapping a defensive linemen for a linebacker. So you’re going to be a little more athletic against the pass, but a little lighter against the run in the 3-3-5.
There are also concerns along the edges with the 3-3-5 since you only have three down lineman and it puts more contain responsibility on your linebackers.
No matter what they’re running or who is in what spots it’s really just a question of how they feel they best matchup. How much protection against the run do they want? How many linebackers/athletes do they want in the flat for short passes?
Same thing for three safety looks or even something like the 1-5-6 dime we saw a few years ago.
What are the opponent’s strengths and how do we best matchup to take those away and force them to beat us with their weaknesses. That’s the gist of it.
When it comes to offensive play calling which do you think has a bigger effect: rhythm or timing
I think rhythm is the overall most important thing. Once you can establish that, the offense can really get rolling. It all feeds into each other really, and once things get going it all snowballs.
Once you can establish rhythm then it comes down to timing of the plays, especially ones that you’re trying to set up for later in the game. I am not sure how aware people are of how tediously planned some plays are, going back to earlier weeks. There can be an arc of an entire season on certain plays.
One week you’re running a certain run out of a certain look and you know the opponent has seen it and will prepare for it. That’s when you work in your play action out of the same look the following week. That’s just a simple explanation.
But really it’s all about rhythm. We’ve seen the Pats run the same play over and over, even out of the same formation, when it’s working. When they find a weakness or vulnerability the pound it.
The Pats also run the same plays a lot, they just vary the formation to disguise it.
However we’ve seen plenty of times that they try to quick snap to catch the defense off guard or with too many men on the field and it gets snuffed out for no gain or even a loss. Sometimes I think they get a little bit carried away with that stuff.
I have read a lit of things about the patriots offensive system and I am still confused on how they name their pass plays, do they call the formation and then do they call two word for the concepts that they want to run, could you explain
Probably best to let someone far smarter than I explain it to you. Just read this by Chris Brown of Grantland and SmartFootball.com (which is a great site if you want more X and O stuff).
Time for the AFC East to Run Over Patriots?
Time for the AFC East to Run Over Patriots?
New post is up over at Sportsblog, just wondering if it’s time for the AFC East to take to the ground vs. the Pats. It’s still early in the offseason and there are plenty of moves yet to come, but right now, given the value and who’s available on the running back market, it could make sense.