Guest Guest Posted September 10, 2004 Posted September 10, 2004 The Pats defense is a bend but not break defense that tightens up inside the red zone as it looks to cause turnovers and keep the opposition to FG's instead of TD's. Last night was a PERFECT example of how the Pats defense works. It gave up a ton of yardage between the 20's yet it caused critical turnovers at key times which stopped scoring drives. This is exactly how the Pats defense is designed to operate and function. it's why yardage stats in the NFL is the worst indicator of how well or bad a team is. The Pats gave up 24 points to an absolutely loaded Colts team last night and won the game by 3. Against most other offenses, the Pats defense keeps the score down into the teens. Most days and nights, the Pats offense is good enough to put up 20 points. Thus they win, and usually only by a few points. That's the way the Pats team is designed. It's been happening like this for several years now and will continue to be like this for as long as Belichick operates the team. They won't generally blow anyone out and they will rarely dominate. They will just win football games in every way possible.
pkwwjd Posted September 10, 2004 Posted September 10, 2004 The deep throw should have been knocked down by Nick Harper. Indy's DBs were a step or more away from almost every throw last night.
soljc Posted September 10, 2004 Posted September 10, 2004 The Pats looked good last night and anyone who says otherwise is being naive. The Pats are clearly the team to beat in the AFC East and the AFC.
GG Posted September 10, 2004 Posted September 10, 2004 Que?Somebody catch me up? This sounds interesting....... 25500[/snapback] After Bills cut Ted, he wasn't having as much luck in the open market, and came back to OBD for a meeting with Greggo. Stories came out that it degenerated into a shouting match and Greggo threw Ted out of his office. Even if the rumors aren't true, it writes a nice prologue to GW's career as a head coach.
pkwwjd Posted September 10, 2004 Posted September 10, 2004 The Pats defense is a bend but not break defense that tightens up inside the red zone as it looks to cause turnovers and keep the opposition to FG's instead of TD's. Last night was a PERFECT example of how the Pats defense works. It gave up a ton of yardage between the 20's yet it caused critical turnovers at key times which stopped scoring drives. This is exactly how the Pats defense is designed to operate and function. it's why yardage stats in the NFL is the worst indicator of how well or bad a team is. The Pats gave up 24 points to an absolutely loaded Colts team last night and won the game by 3. Against most other offenses, the Pats defense keeps the score down into the teens. Most days and nights, the Pats offense is good enough to put up 20 points. Thus they win, and usually only by a few points. That's the way the Pats team is designed. It's been happening like this for several years now and will continue to be like this for as long as Belichick operates the team. They won't generally blow anyone out and they will rarely dominate. They will just win football games in every way possible. 25533[/snapback] It seems that it isn't that different from the Walt Corry days in early 90s in Buffalo. Frustrating to see teams march up and down the field, but still make the plays when they needed to happen.
Simon Posted September 10, 2004 Author Posted September 10, 2004 Stories came out that it degenerated into a shouting match and Greggo threw Ted out of his office. For some reason I'm having a difficult time envisioning anybody this side of Magnus Ver Magnusson throwing TED out of an office. But where there's smoke there's fire and considering some of Williams' personell decisions, I wouldn't be surprised if it happened. Thanx
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