Tom Brady as Underdog Gives Old-School Feel to New-School Peyton Manning Rivalry | Bleacher Report
Good stuff from Frenz.
Do you think dobson has a chance to play this weekend? I think Brady will want to take a shot off play action with the running game and now chris harris jr being injured.
I sure hope so. There’s a laundry list of reasons they need him, aside from the fact that this is the second-biggest possible game an NFL team can play in. Thompkins’ unknown injury status, the lack of any other X-receiver currently healthy, and the Broncos’ pass defense all have me praying Dobson can gut it out.
Just not a good sign that he reinjured the foot though. Someone tweeted to me today that WEEI said he could’ve played vs. Indy if not for the weather. I don’t totally buy that because he missed practice all week and that included at least one inside the dome.
They really need him and this would be the perfect chance to step up like the defensive rookies did last weekend. If we don’t see Dobson it will be a anticlimactic end to a rookie season that looked like it would be promising just before the bye week vs. the Steelers, but was barely seen again.
Yes, it’s a very Jamie Collins Monday here on the blog…
https://www.patspropaganda.com/yes-its-a-very-jamie-collins-monday-here-on-the/
Blount’s latest transformation has been from special teamer and change-of-pace back to game breaker: He followed up his 189-yard, two-touchdown performance in Week 17 with a 166-yard, four-touchdown day against the Colts on Saturday. Blount is a perfect symbol not only of the Patriots’ approach — a sterling example of the kind of afterthought Bill Belichick acquired on the cheap that nevertheless suddenly plays a prime role in playoff crunch time — but of New England’s willingness to evolve. Previously built around the Randy Moss/Wes Welker spread-to-pass attack of the late 2000s and later the multiple–tight end offense of Rob Gronkowski and Aaron Hernandez, this is now a physical, power running team that mixes in play-action.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/blounts-latest-transformation-has-been-from/
Tale of the Tape From NFL Divisional Playoffs | Bleacher Report
Tale of the Tape From NFL Divisional Playoffs | Bleacher Report
The Patriots produce an inside running lane for Blount here because of their ability to turn out Mathis and wash the second level linebackers past the hole. That gives Blount an opportunity to make one cut and get vertically up the field. Because this run breaks, LaRon Landry has to make an open-field tackle. However, look at the angle that the Colts safety takes to the ball-carrier. Instead of playing with some depth on his entry versus the run and creating a downhill angle, Landry gets caught too close to the line of scrimmage. That forces him to take a flat angle to the ball.
Since 2001, the Patriots are 81-0 at home when leading by at least eight points at any time in the game.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/since-2001-the-patriots-are-81-0-at-home-when/
It’s a tribute to Belichick, and to his offensive coordinator, Josh McDaniels (and to Brady, quite frankly, because he won’t squawk about turning and handing it off 46 times), that the offensive transition hasn’t grounded the team. When Belichick looks back on his career, whatever happens Sunday in Denver, he’ll know that this season defined what he was as a coach. He did what the skill level of his 53 players called for him to do. He forced no square pegs into round holes. It’s the definition of what a good coach is.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/its-a-tribute-to-belichick-and-to-his-offensive/