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Can you explain the advantages and disadvantages of running a 4-2-5 compared to a 3-3-5

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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

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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.

Undeserved hit on Pats’ injury reporting – New England Patriots Blog – ESPN Boston

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Undeserved hit on Pats’ injury reporting – New England Patriots Blog – ESPN Boston

Didn’t even think this stuff was worth blogging about earlier this week but when Perez Florio keeps beating the drum, someone has to be the voice of reason. Bravo to Reiss for that.

I think the context on both Talib and Spikes’ comments were stretched a bit and does it really matter if they’re not listing the exact body part? They’re usually vague about it anyway, i.e. “lower body injury”.

As Reiss points out, what matters most is how much of a chance is there that they play. Writers like Florio are just butthurt when they spend all week overanalyzing a specific injury only to find that’s not even the injury they have.

Anyway, moving on…