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Originally Posted by ThaVirus
You think Belichick emphasized stopping the run and gave up nearly 300 yards on the ground to scrubs? Idk. I doubt it, though.
That was a weird game anyway. I wouldn’t take a ton from it. IIRC, the Titans didn’t have Henry, Brown or Jones.
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Yes, I think it’s obvious that the gameplan for the Titans is always to stop their running game so Tannehill can’t make a living off of PA.
The Patriots defense is a great passing defense and an average at best run defense. Bill can’t just snap his fingers and stop Taylor and that Colts OL.
Look at the Bucs, easily one of the best run defenses in the NFL the last 2 years, and they couldn’t stop Taylor. The only reason he didn’t completely go off in the game was that the Colts took too long to start running the ball.
This just isn’t a good matchup for the Pats at all. Even on the other side of the ball, the Colts have a very good run defense and a below average passing defense.