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Originally Posted by tyreekthefreak
At the risk of more verbal abuse I have to say that Thuney is "attacking" closer to the LOS like they used to do in Patriots Brady days. Those Patriot teams didn't form the U around Brady.....they kept their man as far away from the backfield as they could. I think that is why he attacks early.
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Not super easy to find old clips of the Patriots pass blocking, but this was the first one i could come up with looking for Nate Solder highlights (more of a lowlight, really).
Both of the OTs are taking 'conventional' sets there.
This one's a little more mixed:
Looks like some reps have the conventional approach, others more aggressive. I'd say more 'conventional' than not, but definitely a few where the LT isn't getting back as much as he's trying to come forward or at least hold his ground. And we do that at times as well, but primarily w/ RPOs (and I don't think the Pats were using the RPO game back then).
I really think it's as simple as a G doesn't get back and he's spent his entire career playing G. If it had something to do with Patriot pass rush sets, we'd have coached that way out of him by now. I mean he's played 66 games for KC now vs. 80 for NE.
Anything 'ingrained' from a half decade ago would've been largely re-written by this stage of his career.