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Lombardi: A New Course For Brady

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Lombardi: A New Course For Brady

The more I think about it the more impressive the Pats winning the AFC East was last season. Brady was rusty, Moss was hurt, and they lost arguably their four biggest leaders on defense in the offseason (50,37, 54, 93), including Bruschi and Seymour just prior to the opening game.

I’ve heard Coach Belichick talk about how he admires what the 49ers did with two different quarterbacks in the 80s/90s and I think that enjoys the similar challenge of building a new defense from scratch. Last year there were a lot of growing pains, which has to be expected when you lose the key leaders of your defense. How many NFL defenses could replace 7 starters on defense and still win their division?

From the article above it’s clear that Brady recognizes the challenge ahead of them. I fully expect the offense to be better this year, even before Welker returns. With the free agent and rookie additions on the defensive side of the ball I expect continued growth, new leaders coming into their own, and the foundation to solidify.

Let’s not forget that while this young defense was scorched by the Saints, they held Peyton Manning in check for much of the game before folding like a lawn chair. The potential and talent is there, it will just take a little experience to return this defense to the “elite” conversation.

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“[Our] philosophy on first and second down is to stop the run and play good zone pass defense. We will occasionally play man-to-man and blitz in this situation. On third down, we will primarily play man-to-man and mix-in some zone and blitzes. We will rush four or more players versus the pass about ninety-percent of the time.

“In all situations, we will defend the inside or middle of the field first – defend inside to outside. Against the run, we will not allow the ball to be run inside. We want to force the ball outside. Against the pass, we will not allow the ball to be thrown deep down the middle or inside. We want to force the ball to be thrown short and/or outside.

“… Finally, our job is to take the ball away from the opponents’ offense and score or set up good field position for our offense. We must knock the ball loose, force mistakes, and cause turnovers. Turnovers and making big plays win games. We will be alert and aggressive and take advantage of every opportunity to come up with the ball … . The trademark of our defense will be effort, toughness, and no mental mistakes regarding score or situation in any game.”

Nick Saban’s Coaching Philosophy (learned under BB)

https://www.patspropaganda.com/our-philosophy-on-first-and-second-down-is-to/

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We’ve been blogging about the Patriots since December 2007, but it was a site that we neither owned nor had any creative control over. Special thanks to Diet Sarah (aka my lil’ sis) for getting me started with this new place where I can vent on all things Pats.

Over my years of blogging I’ve come up with the following manifesto as to what you can expect to see here.

  1. It’s not really my style to get all hyper critical of the Patriots organization. I firmly believe this is as good as Patriots fan can expect to have it, and I enjoy sitting back and enjoying the ride. I trust in BB and make an effort to understand his decisions rather than assume I know more about football than he does, or that I care more about winning that he does. I am an unapologetic homer. Sports are one area in life where I believe it is okay to not question authority.
  2. I enjoy X and Os more than most. Alot of my blogs will be of that nature, especially analyzing the Patriots defensive schemes and how specific players are used.
  3. There will always be a special spot here for Patriots-related comedy. So get ready for videos, pictures and other fun from a Patriots perspective.
  4. Don’t plan on getting daily links here. If you’re really a Patriots fan you know where to go. I’ll only post links that I think I really interesting and deserve further discussion. Expect most of these to be from Mike Reiss.
  5. This blog, and it’s owners, are not fans of Matthew Slater. Sorry dude. Stop running head on into tacklers and firing up the other team and maybe we’ll change our mind. But probably not.

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