Sami84
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ike bynes and tj fort before we signed em? don't write certain players off
at least they have a track record
what does bennett jackson have? has he ever even played a snap in the NFL season? isn't he 28?
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ike bynes and tj fort before we signed em? don't write certain players off
at least they have a track record
what does bennett jackson have? has he ever even played a snap in the NFL season? isn't he 28?
he's only played 4 games since the 2016 season
not sure he'll play again given how long he's been out - maybe he's waiting for a team to pick him up for a playoff run or something but the cowboys and browns were interested in the offseason but didnt add him to their 90 man rosters which suggests something might still be not fully healed
they have a track record of being consistently average at best as strong safety types who are overwhelmed in coverage (like worse tony jefferson's)
chuck clark is our strong safety and worst case we've got anthony levine who can fill that box safety type role as the dime but we dont have a 2nd deep safety now that deshon elliott is gone
jackson also knows the defensive scheme already having been in it for 2 years
and while he's never done it in the regular season properly - at the beginning of his career he was someone who looked like they were primed to become a superstar type player on the back end when he was with the giants
there's no benefit to adding bucannon or swearinger - they add nothing to the defence and they dont play special teams - jackson likely plays special teams and adds depth as a deep safety
3 patriots and 3 ravens in the top 10 in completion percentage allowed
also ahkello witherspoon who was probably my biggest ever draft crush
3 patriots and 3 ravens in the top 10 in completion percentage allowed
also ahkello witherspoon who was probably my biggest ever draft crush
Crazy, McCourty has been targeted 12 times and has allowed just as many completions as he has interceptions. That's insane.
as a whole new england's defence has a ratio currently of 1 td conceded to 18 ints on the year - that hasnt happened in a 7 game stretch since the 49ers in 1989/1990
allblackraven
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Be interesting to see who the Niners' opponents were and how they compare to garbage NE played so far this season.
allblackraven
Hall of Famer
Yeah but did any of them suck as much as Jets/Dolphins/Steelers/Skins/Giants... this year?
I don't think it compares at all. Jets twice, btw
oh i dont disagree with that sentiment and that sort of run wont continue but the rate at which new england is making bad qbs and teams look historically bad is pretty impressive
just the incredible dominant consistency against these bad offences is pretty cool no matter the competition - its not dissimilar to rejecting out of hand lamar's qb performance against the dolphins because it was the dolphins - and yet it clearly did mean a whole lot of something
i think the new england defence will not uphold those numbers and those crazy stats but they're still a pretty great team-defence
that being said they're not a defence filled with spectacular players - they create schematic pressure and capitalise on poor mistakes - and outside of maybe 2 games this year - lamar's not really made many mistakes
its going to be a real game of chess next sunday
allblackraven
Hall of Famer
Every time I watch them, I feel like opposing coaches go through game vs NE completely frozen. Teams play scared, never adjust anything on either side of the ball and are completely unprepared.
Bills gave them run for the money, I can't wait for that game to start.
teams either get to stuck in their own head and change their whole schemes and gameplans just because its the patriots and they dont want BB to outsmart them based on the film thats already out there - or they stick to their guns stubbornly to a fault without adjusting
BB and co just do the simple things like adjusting in-game and game-planning really well and not expecting players to do more than they can do - the ability to be chameleon's is their greatest strength but it means they've often got players and units that have either clear weaknesses or are fairly unspectacular
important to note with regards to our matchup with them - their offence is seriously undercooked right now - so dink-and-dunk with very little big play threat - the 2 best units in the game are our offence and their defence and we'll see but their offence might be the weakest unit on both teams
SepticeyePoe
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I think we can take them
I'd be prepared for both Sanu and Edelman to throw a pass against us.
haha - they'll do a double pass - 2 backwards passes and then sanu throws a bomb deep to brady who's somehow got 5 steps on a db for a 60 yd td (im not even sure brady can run 60 yds)
no, Brady will drop it into Peters hands who will return it 80 yards for a game sealing TD and when we get the ball back to run the clock out we will falls start multiple times in a row
allblackraven
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I accept, if both passes are to br*dy, covered by Earl.
or Brady gets injured on the play and the Pats go onto win the SB, proving that any QB could win in that system