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Alfonzo Dennard carted off from Patriots OTA

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Never good when the cart comes out, hopefully there’s enough time for him to get healthy before training camp, but Ras-I continues to impress, so he better hurry.

The Best of PatsPropaganda This Week

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Another week of OTAs are in the books, with some more interesting nuggets starting to come in based on various observations. 

Most interesting to me has been the slow-going at wide receiver where Michael Jenkins is starting with Danny Amendola, as expected.  It’s no surprise to see veterans getting the first looks at this point in the offseason.  That includes Steve Gregory, Kyle Arrington and Adrian Wilson on defense.

Of course the best news is that we can officially now say that “training camp starts next month”!

Here’s the best of the week:

Why Pats fans shouldn’t worry about Gronk

First week of OTAs report.

Belichick & top coaches of all-time – New England Patriots Blog – ESPN Boston

Spikes training at Bommarito Performance and looking good.

Mayo on Spikes’ absence & more – New England Patriots Blog – ESPN Boston

Drew Rosenhaus downplays significance of Rob Gronkowski’s ‘lingering’ back injury – Extra Points – Boston.com

More Patriots OTA observations from afar or players not wearing jersey numbers

Patriots change it up on defense.

Friday Pats Q & A with a Q for U!

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Friday Pats Q & A with a Q for U!

The floor is open for our weekly Q and A, but for those of you without a Q, I’ve got one for you, especially the brave opposing fans who frequent this site.

It’s week one (or two), and the Patriots offense consists of Danny Amendola and Aaron Dobson at wide receiver, Jake Ballard and Aaron Hernandez at tight end, and Stevan Ridley in the backfield.

The last couple of years the conventional wisdom to beat the Pats was play press man, not worry about the deep part of the field, primarily out of nickel package (at least in the Bills’ case). 

Now there’s no Gronk, no Welker, no Lloyd, and Dobson/Amendola have some speed and size elements the offense hasn’t had, granted both are unproven in the system, as is Ballard.

The question is what’s your defensive game plan? Who do you try to take away? Do you play nickel and worry about the pass, or do you stick to base to make sure Ridley is contained? Who are you least concerned about? Do you respect the speed/explosiveness of Amendola/Dobson in the deep part of the field?

Just a fun little exercise, most interesting answers get posted. This is what opposing defensive coordinators are thinking about right now as well, so I’m curious what our esteemed fanalysts think.