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The Bill Belichick trademark 3-4 base defense always had three big guys up front – the two 5-technique defensive ends flanking the burly nose tackle. Think Ty Warren and Richard Seymour as bookends, with Vince Wilfork at the nose. But this is a new-look defense, with just two big bodies in the middle and then two hybrid defensive end/outside linebacker types on each side. Put three big linebackers behind them – one of whom was a first-round pick (Dont’a Hightower) – and you have the makings of a new-look, more flexible front-seven. So far, so good with this significant change.

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I always quote the great Michigan coach, Fielding H. Yost, who said ‘enjoy your struggle.’ It’s a necessary process. You need to go through it, and maybe it’s too cliché to say, but to bleed together, to get the camaraderie going. [Training camp] is something you need to go through to build trust that the guy next to you is going to get his block …

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It says here that these scraps do not necessarily represent a deeper problem within the team – at the same time, the feistiness is worth noting for several reasons, not the least of which is that the Patriots have rarely had training camp fights since Belichick took over in 2000. But a combination of factors have led to an increased level of agitation over the last three weeks: Frustration: For all the talk we’ve heard about New England’s world-class offense, the defense has pretty much run the show over the first three weeks. As anyone who has been at camp can tell you, there’s a healthy amount of trash talking that goes on between the offense and defense during the 11-on-11 drills at a training camp practice. And the defense loves getting better of a unit that is full of high profile individuals, and isn’t shy about letting the offense know when they’ve one-upped them. A little talking, there’s no problem. You get beaten a handful of times – accompanied by more jawing – then, the frustration levels are going to increase.

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