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For sure. CJ will help with the clock control plan but he's not busting a 60yrd screen pass to the house or breaking that big run up the middle that sparks a momentum shift.
No. But my personal odds are 50/50. Not so much due to Suh but more because of the hands off Brady officiating.
Yeah, but they're together. Big difference accounting for both at snap, Anarchy. Though they have top-tier interior O-lineman. But that's where the game will be won, IMHO.
True, hard to count on. But A99's point about the NE interior line is a good one. 3 of the most underrated players in the game.
Rex Ryan ran a 3-8 and won against the Pats.
It's sad that the coaches in the NFL are so bad that they can't figure this out. You do that and jam the receivers at the line, you should beat them. Never let Edelman just run free routes like KC did on 3rd and 8 or like PITT always does against NE. It's funny, watching the game against KC, that's what Belicheck was doing to them.
NE has played plenty of teams with more than one pass rusher including KC and LAC. They have not allowed a sack in the post season. PFF had Mason as the #1 guard this season with Thuney as the #8 guard and Andrews as the #7 center. PFF rates Mason as the #1 guard and Thuney as the #2 guard in the post season with Andrews as the #1 center in the playoffs.
Yep. PFF graded them out well. That's what my brother, who knows football better than I, was worried about.
The difference is NE can run the football now. If the Rams put in a bunch of defensive backs, NE will put in their power lineup with 2 TE and a FB and average 5 yards a carry bowl;ing people over.
Yeah, I'm just spitballing. NE can totally run the football now.
This year in particular, NE has been winning by outscheming people and having Brady change the play at the LOS based on the defensive personnel on the field and what coverage they are showing. I don't know how many teams were more talented and more athletic than the Pats were this year, but I would say there were a bunch of them
Can't argue with any of that honestly. Still feel it's going to be a very close game with a who has the ball last type feel.
Over the years, only 4 times did both Championship Games end up as one score games. Interestingly enough, 3 of those 4 Super Bowls ended up as one score games as well (2001 NE, 2010 GB, 2011 NYG).
Interesting. Thanks for the perspective.
Suh needs to set a nasty tone early and often. Bite, stomp, kick make Brady cry some blues.
I think they get it, they just haven’t found a way to consistently do it. Eagles are never afraid to blitz their #### off which is why they had success against them.
I don't think Gurley has to have a big game but do agree he needs to be effective early to help Goff.
Some of them still don't get it. PITT is one of them. They lose them year after year by playing a zone D. San Diego just showed how to lose to them that way. KC followed it up letting Edelman run free repeatedly on 3rd & 8. Edelman should never get a free release off the line. Patterson is garbage. No team should ever fear that bum. Odds of him catching a deep pass are slim and none. Pats know that. That's why they hand it to him or toss him a screen pass. Hogan is just a guy. Dorsett is nothing. So they have nothing that should strike fear in a D. It's, simple. Cover the RB, jam Edelman, Talib on Gronk. Blitz away and Brady will fold. If you don't pressure him, you may as well just go home.
No you’re right. I laugh at Pittsburgh every time they play them for that reason. It’s like they live in a vacuum and everyone else’s sees it but them. Always a good time with my father in law being a Steelers fan and simply shaking his head and screaming the entire game.
