TroutDog Posted December 26, 2020 Posted December 26, 2020 On 12/23/2020 at 6:11 PM, Dont Stop Billeiving said: Damien Harris (80 yards and 5.0 YPC) isn't particularly fast or athletic, but is a tough runner with good balance and almost never goes down on first contact Harris is an excellent rookie RB. Scary to write anything negative about him from my perspective (disclaimer: I’m a Bama fan and watched his entire career). With that being said, the Bills should be able to dictate the flow of this game. They’re such a superior team, from coaching to players, that if McD stokes the fire properly, this should be another blow out. Fantastic write up as per usual! 1 1
Rocky Landing Posted December 26, 2020 Posted December 26, 2020 It's often been said that what Belichick* does is to take away whatever their opponent does best, and then adjust their scheme to exploit their opponent's weaknesses. Game planning for the Pats* meant knowing thyself first. How they played was a reflection of how you played, and that made them very hard to predict. Coaches couldn't just watch what the Pats* did the previous week, and plan accordingly. They had to be more introspective. In week two, we beat them doing what we don't do well-- running the football. The Pats* attacked us exploiting what we weren't doing well-- stopping the run. In the end, the Pats* couldn't pull it off in what looked like one of our least impressive wins of the season (IMO). But, this week is different. The Patriot* way was always predicated on being able to do numerous things well. Now, there just aren't that many things they can do. They will try to run on us, including Cam Newton, and hope that we still have trouble stopping the run. We won't. If they pass on us, we'll take them apart. Cam Newton passing to N'Keal "Straight Line" Harry, just isn't that threatening. They'll try to limit Diggs, and take away Beasley's crossing routes. They won't be able to. They just don't have the personnel to defend the entire field, and wherever they can't defend, we will exploit. Could it be that for the first time in the Belichick* era, the Pats* will be, more or less, predictable? 1
Recommended Posts