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Old 09-11-2019, 07:09 AM   #360
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I have a concern.

Offensively we're just ahead of the game. We are setting the trends and teams are trying to catch us. Andy is the top of the game and it's a horserace to see who's in second.

BB is his defensive doppleganger. He's the defensive equivalent of Andy and he sets trends out there that nobody else can seem to duplicate (just as Andy does on O).

So when the Patriots do a thing that seems 180 degrees different than what we're doing on defense, that's worrisome. And right now the Patriots are largely eschewing the idea that pass-rush is king in the modern NFL and nobody can cover long enough to matter anyway with these rules. They're spending money on DBs and making their coverage work. That Steelers game wasn't a display of a fire-breathing pass-rush scaring off Big Ben - it was a secondary just blanketing guys.

Is he right? Should we have been building our defense around our defensive backfield rather than plowing all these assets into the DL? Should we have have stayed put at 1, taken Ya-Sin, even peddled Jones for another CB and just hurled assets at the secondary while trying to scheme pressure?

My gut says no. My gut says we got it right. But my gut's resume is a shitload less impressive than Bill Belichick's brain.

My concern don't mean shit, in the end. This team is unquestionably pot-committed to a plan built predominantly around it's DL and either it works or we lose. But you have to get a little skittish when you see probably the best defensive mind in history doing the opposite of what you're doing.
Very interesting take, but looking at what the Pats are doing compared to us can be misleading when taken out of context.

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So when the Patriots do a thing that seems 180 degrees different than what we're doing on defense, that's worrisome.
We are basically rebuilding the defense from scratch which the Pats ain't doing. Its a completely different scenario. The Pats run defense has already proven to be reliable, our was not.

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And right now the Patriots are largely eschewing the idea that pass-rush is king in the modern NFL and nobody can cover long enough to matter anyway with these rules. They're spending money on DBs and making their coverage work.
They can invest on DB's because they don't need improve on the rest of the defense, again different scenario than the chiefs.
The Pats pass rush never was particularly aggressive, even against us last year. It was basically aimed at keeping Mahomes in the pocket, while putting pressure up the middle, more than sending the outside guys straight for his head.
Too early to say after one game but I see some similarities in this regard with our d-line.

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That Steelers game wasn't a display of a fire-breathing pass-rush scaring off Big Ben - it was a secondary just blanketing guys.
Blanketing Big Ben is not the same as blanketing Mahomes and Andy. This may work with some teams, could be total disaster with others.
If you think about it, this is basically what they did to us on the AFCCG, but it worked only to some extent.
Mahomes will always find a way to deliver when given enough time. I am pretty sure we will have more of a hard time against teams with dominant pass rushers than top ranked secondaries.

All that being said it is obvious we need to improve our secondary, but Rome was not built in one day, and I am confident we are on the right track to build a top ranked defense in one year or two.
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