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But even as those changes were made, new, evolutionary wrinkles were included on multiple levels. To that point, even after they pushed the pedal to the floor at the start of the 2011 season, they were still able to make tweaks – even though they relied on an up-tempo approach much of the year, 2012 marked was the first year since 2004 they achieved real offensive balance, thanks to the work of running backs like Woodhead, Stevan Ridley, Brandon Bolden and Shane Vereen. Ridley was seventh in the league with 1,263 rushing yards, and the Patriots ran the ball 523 times in 2012 – the highest number of carries for a New England team since the 2004 team ran the ball 524 times over the course of the regular season.

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Who says the Patriots need to start two wideouts or use two wideouts on the majority of their offensive snaps? If anyone’s willing to be proactive and shift the style of their offense in midstream, it’s New England. And after their success running the ball with Stevan Ridley last year, it’s possible that the Patriots could move to an offense that uses two running backs and two tight ends as its base set, with Amendola as the only “wideout,” but with Rob Gronkowski and Aaron Hernandez serving as wideout-like weapons downfield. They’re also very deep at tight end, with the likes of Jake Ballard, Daniel Fells, and Michael Hoomanawanui all possible contributors if they make the roster. As always with the Patriots and their offensive wrinkles, stay tuned.

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The Patriots parted ways with Welker because they feel a slightly new direction for the offense is needed to win another Super Bowl. It’s definitely a road with more risk. The easiest thing in the world would have been to bring the ever-reliable Welker back and continue with the same offense, only with a better, younger and more explosive replacement for Brandon Lloyd as the boundary receiver. But sometimes you have to risk something to gain something. I think that’s what the Patriots believe. I don’t know this, but it’s been there on film all season. It was only reinforced with the loss to the Ravens in the AFC Championship. And I’m on board with it. Have been for a while.

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One of the areas where the Patriots improved dramatically was in third-down conversions, a very important category. Not only did they go from fifth in the league at 45.9 percent to first at 48.7 percent, they were better across the board relative to the rest of the league in every category: third-and-1 (12th to first), third-and-10-plus (18th to first), third-and-short (fifth to third), third-and-medium (seventh to first), and third-and-long (15th to fifth).

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Over the course of the 2012 regular season, the Patriots had two or more tight ends on the field for almost an even 50 percent of their snaps. That is lower than expected and ties directly to injuries sustained by Rob Gronkowski and Aaron Hernandez. If those two tight ends were healthy over the duration of the season, the percentage probably would be closer to 75 percent, if not higher. The trickle-down effect of that is that the Patriots ran an almost even 50 percent of their 2012 regular-season snaps with three or more receivers on the field.

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