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Mike Mayock

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With youth comes growing pains,” Mayock said when asked to dissect the New England offense and how it operated against the Bills. “That’s just the way of the world in anything. I think what they are betting on is that over time, these guys are younger, quicker, faster, and will develop into better playmakers down the road. You might lose a little bit early — and by the way, I thought there were several disconnects between Brady and his young receivers in the game [Sunday]. And I think that’s something you’re going to have to live with for a little time.

Mayock dropping truth and echoing my rant on the podcast this morning.

It Is What It Is » Mike Mayock on Patriots offense: ‘With youth comes growing pains’

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NFLN Playbook Review: Patriots vs. Jets

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I can’t really recommend this video enough, it’s NFLN’s breakdown of the Pats – Jets and it gives so much insight into what the Jets do on defense and what the Patriots did to counter it, while at the same time showing why Randy Moss wasn’t the right fit offensively for this method of attack.

I’m of the firm belief that many football fans, and even some of the media members who cover football, think they’re watching checkers when there’s really a chess match going on. If you think you’re one of them go buy Pat Kirwan’s Take Your Eye Off The Ball, it’s a great place to start. 

In this video clip we get a full on X and O’s session with guru Mike Mayock. I could listen to Mayock break down film all day, but the big points of what he shows are the minute details that go into an offensive attack.

The Jets have excellent cornerbacks and love to play man coverage with them. The idea is to confuse the quarterback with which blitzers may or may not be coming, then take away the short routes with tight coverage.

So in the video you see what BB and BO’B did to counter that. Quick passes that took into account Jet players who would be dropping into short zones to take the quick passes away. Only these quick passes went where the Jets weren’t covering.

There’s a lot of picking going on by the Patriots receivers, a skill that Deion Branch and Wes Welker are masters of, not only because they’re good blockers but also really quick in and out of their cuts.

When Welker and Branch weren’t open, there were mismatches galore with Gronk, Hernando, and Woody. The result was the beatdown we all witnessed.

When you see what the Patriots did it becomes really clear how you have to creatively beat the Jets blitzing man defense. It was executed to perfection on Monday night.

Randy Moss isn’t a good fit for this style of game… short routes with catch and run, or having to set a block for another receiver. His game was getting deep, but that takes time to develop and defenses like the Jets don’t give quarterbacks much time.

That’s why you might remember Brady lobbing up passes to Moss in week two. If Moss could get a step on the corner, and the protection picked up all the rushers the result would be a long touchdown. But those instances were rare, and ultimately the Pats were not going to clobber the Jets like they did on Monday night still trying to run a vertical spread offense. 

With most defenses trying to copy the Jets style to beat the Pats (basically the same style that the Giants used in Super Bowl 42) the evolution to this new horizontal attacking offense keeps the Pats one step ahead yet again.

PatsPropaganda.com’s Must Watch/Listen/Read List

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I know I post a lot of stuff saying Must Read! Must Read! Well here’s the definitive list of what you, a true Patriots fan, needs to watch/listen/read so that you can educate yourself about the team and sport, without all the crazy mediots telling you why the Patriots are stupid.

1. NFL Playbook – they do four shows a week. Tuesday and Wednesday are the review shows where they look back at the games from the past weekend. Then Thursday and Friday we get the AFC and NFC shows which preview the coming weekend’s games. Watch this show and you’ll gain a far better understanding of the sport of football. Mike Mayock is one of my personal heroes.

2. Patriots All Access – there’s really no excuse not to watch this, you can watch it online if you’re not in the Boston area. Nowhere else will you get better…well… access inside the Patriots organization. From player profiles, to video from the sidelines and in the locker room, to the Bill Belichick Breakdowns where he shows film stuff… it’s can’t miss TV for Patriots fans.

3. Mike Reiss/Tedy Bruschi Podcast – This is a new addition this season but you get Reiss, the best beat reporter in the NFL, and Brufasa (yes that’s Tedy’s twitter real twitter account, you’d know that if you listened to this podcast) giving an inside look at the Patriots. 

4. PatsPropaganda.com – okay I put this here as a joke, kinda.

5. WEEI Bill Belichick Interview – these are usually posted on Monday afternoon and nowhere else will you find a more close-to-candid Bill Belichick. You get really great insight, and Ordway et al usually avoid stupid questions they know won’t be answered. And by usually I mean, at least once per episode they still ask something they already know the answer to, or at least how it will be answered, but you get the point. 

Honorable Mention:

WEEI Coffee With the Quarterback – would be higher if I didn’t hate Dennis & Callahan.

ESPN’s NFL Matchup – I might watch this if I hadn’t sworn off ESPN.

Inside the NFL – more highlights, less talking guys.

Vince Wilfork Patriots Friday WEEI Interview – this would be number 6 in the must listen list, but I had to cut it at 5 because top 6 lists are stupid.