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If not, who? I'm sick to the point of throwing up my kidneys of Gronkowski always having his way with our team. It has to stop. How do you take Gronk out of the game?

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When he is in the slot, I'd like to see bradham over him with safety help over the top. If he is lined up wide, Gilmore. Our best bet from keeping him out of the game is by getting to Brady quick from the side not attended by gronk. This will force Brady to look away from him

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i think Bradham can cover him. Bradham is super athletic and has long arms. Lawson too. I think we should have Bradham on him at the line and then safety help over top. all of NE's pass plays are 3 step quick throws. the corners need to jam the receivers at the line and not let them release. there's nothing more frustrating to me than seeing a CB 10 yards off a receiver and then the receiver just gets the ball on a quick 8 yard hitter. easy yards and we can't let them do that against us

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He's always going to have some success. Can't shut him down completely. Have to double him, but in creative ways. Some defenses will do things like match him up man to man with a linebacker, but then the linebacker peels off at 5-10 yards and goes into a zone. Then a safety, who played zone off the snap, comes up to fill in the man coverage. That can create a risky window during the trade off, but it can also bait throws that look open, but have a robber coming in to pick or break up the pass.

 

What worked once will generally not work all game though, so there have to be multiple plans of attack and adjustments in the bag ready to be pulled out on the fly. I'm hoping to see those type of adjustments this year and see that Rex is the guy who can do those things, take away other team's strength's to make them have to adjust, etc.

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