It will be interesting to see how Rex gameplans to stop Brady and crew. It will be difficult to hit Brady bc their propensity to run quick short passes. Belicheck will be ready to take advantage of our blitizing schemes by trying to get us to overcommit and Cindy is very good reading and reacting to the blitz. My opinion is that we will have to play them close to the line and not let their receivers off the LOS. I think we need to force Cindy to throw the long ball. Not only do I think her knee is tender, I think his shoulder is too from that gorgeous pummeling Albert put on him.
If im the Jets im bumping the receivers at the line and coming at Brady hard. Make him beat us a couple times before we decide to change things up.
moss will me almost invisible with revis on him. jenkins is going to dominate that offensive line.(if the bills can get that much pressure imagine what our boys can do), bart scott and david harris are going to get all kinds of pressure. we will shut down the run game. the only thing that worries me is wes welker on that slot. thats going to be VG coving him and you know thats just not going to work
I watched NE last night and I saw Tom Brady shake the cobwebs loose and return back to the Tom Brady of 2 years ago. This is going to be a very difficult game for us. Short passes and running game is how to beat a blitzing team and they run it to perfection. Being realistic we are going to have alot of trouble with this team. I hope Rex can come up with something.
I'm still flip flopping about whether Revis should play Moss or Welker. Last year Mangini had a hell of a game plan for those two. Revis was on welker 1-on-1 all day, while Ty Law was playing bump and run and Moss, and disrupting the timing, with safety help over the top on every play. it really limited the pats, and i would like to see something similar coverage wise. Because Welker just infuriates me, and I would prefer his ass be shut down, and make Moss put up 200 yards on us, to beat us. I would rather see that than Welker get 12 receptions for 97 yards and coverting 9 third downs.
I said it elsewhere: blitz early, blitz often. Do not give Brady any breathing room. Moss is a non-factor, thanks to Revis. That leaves Welker and their running game. This defense can hold down a rushing attack. So in the end, if they can find an answer for Welker, they can keep the Pats off the board.
We've been burned so many times by hopeful performances, then flops. I'll believe it when I see it as far as us beating the Patsies. Until then, I'll be hopeful but realistic. You can bet your ass we won't see the same Patriots that played last night.
Control the clock and keep the Pats offense off the field. That's how to do it. And the Pat's defense looks vulnerable right now.
Blitzing the QB isn't the only way to force the pass. You can also do it by completely shutting down the run, which I think we'll do. This is one game that's really going to hurt not to have Calvin Pace, because he's a decent coverage guy for the underneath and out routes to the TE's. If he was there to do that, Scott could go after Brady more, but unfortunatley I think we're going to play Scott in more coverage schemes and let Harris do the killing.
Kill Brady....kill Brady.... Moss should just not even show up!! I can't wait to hear the crowd too...will be a wild one!
simple, repeat what you did on the 13th. do that and we win. being at home will only make winning this sunday that much sweeter.
good question: when they spread the field I'd drop the ends into the flats and rush three right up the A gap. That will get you quick pressure, making Brady move and throw inaccurately (see first three quarters last night) and it will also get people in the passing lanes. I'd also disrupt timing with press coverage. But first and foremost, I'd hit Brady. Then, when I had the ball, I'd run it all day, control the clock.
I gotta' agree with what one of the above posters said. The best way to stop the Pats Offense is to keep them off the field. Control the clock, score consistantly, and when their Offense is on the field; play your hearts out.
Just blitzing the hell out of them will not work. The dline needs to generate a lot of the pressure by itself so that only a few guys will have to come on each blitz. If you send the house every play you will get burned eventually. Solid coverage and excellent pressure. Easier said than done.
