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Screens are tough to run successfully against the Patriots because their defensive front is so instinctive and tough to fool, but cowards don't win football games!
They're worth the gamble vs Cover 1 since the ball carrier has a wall of blockers and a single pair of eyes on him
They're worth the gamble vs Cover 1 since the ball carrier has a wall of blockers and a single pair of eyes on him
Switching over to more personnel/scheme stuff.
Mismatches are scarce and rarely all that comfortable against NE, but good receiving TEs are virtually uncoverable bc of their size, speed, and catch radius.
Ertz and Dawson Knox each had stand-out performances vs NE's defense
Mismatches are scarce and rarely all that comfortable against NE, but good receiving TEs are virtually uncoverable bc of their size, speed, and catch radius.
Ertz and Dawson Knox each had stand-out performances vs NE's defense
NE does a good job hiding LBs in coverage, rarely having them cover on passing downs (besides peels) and mostly using them as middle hole patrollers
However, teams like HOU and BAL had success finding/creating these mismatches and exploiting NE's backers with RBs and TEs
However, teams like HOU and BAL had success finding/creating these mismatches and exploiting NE's backers with RBs and TEs
Sometimes opposing players just make plays. As the saying goes, the other guys get paid too.
But to spar with NE's stingy secondary, receivers must:
•Win off the line
•Use hands effectively vs contact
•Crips, well-paced routes
•Win at the top
•Attack the ball
•Finish
But to spar with NE's stingy secondary, receivers must:
•Win off the line
•Use hands effectively vs contact
•Crips, well-paced routes
•Win at the top
•Attack the ball
•Finish
Nothing makes a good defense look bad quite like a QB who can make magic happen with their legs.
You wouldn't exactly construct a game plan around your QB scrambling for his life, but when it works out it's a beautiful thing
You wouldn't exactly construct a game plan around your QB scrambling for his life, but when it works out it's a beautiful thing
