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Mike Dussault

ProFootballFocus.com: Patriots movers and shakers from 2010

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Here are some interesting numbers from ProFootballFocus.com for the Pats:

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (14-3)

Moving On Up: ILB Jerod Mayo (-2.2 to +8.1)

Mayo improved his game in year three, looking like a better player than in his rookie year and his injury-affected 2009. We’d still like him to make more plays to go along with his tackle numbers, but you get the feeling Mayo’s presence allows others around him to have a bigger impact.

Had a Bad Year: S Brandon Meriweather (+6.7 to -10.0)

You know a guy is a bad Pro Bowl selection when even the home fans don’t support the choice. Meriweather just didn’t have a very good year, which is a surprise considering his success prior to this. Even cutting back on some of the missed tackles (from 11 to six) didn’t help his grade, and he finished the lowest rated player on the Patriots defense. A classic case in the Pro Bowl process where team success + big name = trip to Hawaii.

Give This Guy More Snaps: ILB Brandon Spikes (+18.6 in 364 snaps)

A real fun player to watch, Spikes is that kind of two-down linebacker that times the snap well and really knows how to shoot gaps and disrupt plays. For a time during the middle stretch of the season he was the most noticeable thing about the Patriots D, and did his bit to prove there’s more to playing linebacker than just racking up tackles.

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Light is the Pats’ NFLPA rep. The 33-year-old wants to return to New England, and beat writer Ian Rapoport suggests a three-year compromise in the $5 million-a-year range. According to Pro Football Focus, Light was the fifth best run-blocking tackle in the NFL last season, but 55th in pass blocking.

Rotoworld on Matt Light via Rapsheet

https://www.patspropaganda.com/light-is-the-pats-nflpa-rep-the-33-year-old/

Potential Patriots: Ryan Kerrigan

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For the second year in the row everyone is wondering if the Patriots will alter their philosophy of only taking three down players in the first round to take a pass rushing DE/OLB conversion project.

Last year Jerry Hughes was that guy I was kinda hoping they pick. Which in hindsight was obviously the wrongest choice they could’ve made.

This year the sexy pass rushing pick has got to be Ryan Kerrigan. 

The only knock on him is that he might be more suited to play in a 4-3 defense where he’s not asked to play in space or cover tight ends.

So schematically he might not be a perfect fit for the Pats, especially early in the draft as it would probably take him longer to develop into a run defender than it did for Jermaine Cunningham.

But right off the bat he’s bringing a non-stop motor, excellent leadership and attitude. He looks like he has the size and speed to get to the quarterback, a need the Pats desperately have.

So if he’s there at 17, do they take him? Watch the video below and I guarantee your answer is yes!

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We’re less than 11 weeks away from the NFL draft and Cameron Jordan is my current “boo” of draft picks for the Patriots. My attachment to him is slowly growing, but I’m trying to keep it under control since there’s just as good of a chance he’ll end up on a team I hate as there is he ends up on the Pats.

Unfortunately it also seems like he’s in the top 10 of a lot of recent mock drafts and I expect that to continue after the combine. So he’s probably not going to be there at 17, but let’s imagine what a player like Jordan could theoretically do for the Patriots.

  • help solidify the run defense with a Ty Warren-esque presence.
  • shift inside on pass downs and generate that pressure up the middle that was missing in 2010 when Wright and Pryor were hurt.
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

https://www.patspropaganda.com/were-less-than-11-weeks-away-from-the-nfl-draft/

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New England, in particular, looks set up to really reload this offseason, coming off a 14-2 regular season. Patriots owner Robert Kraft pointed out last week that half of the team’s snaps in 2010 were played by first- and second-year players, a remarkable number for a team that had the league’s best record, and the roster only figures to get infused with more youth. The Patriots have three of the first 33 picks in April’s draft, and five selections among the top 75. This is a team with needs, to be sure. The Patriots need to regain some toughness in the trenches, and could use a premier edge rusher and maybe a bellcow back. But if they can draft like they did last year, when they really bounced back off some lackluster drafts from 2006-08, the team could be set up for a pretty good run going forward.

Albert Breer

https://www.patspropaganda.com/new-england-in-particular-looks-set-up-to-really/

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Matt Patricia was shifted to coaching the safeties in 2011 which is an interesting move in that…

  • BB didn’t name a Defensive Coordinator for 2011
  • Patricia should have less bodies to coach, and will have experience coaching two of the three levels of the Patriots defense. He looks primed to be a defensive coordinator at some point.
  • Patricia should continue to be the one who calls the defense and with less players to worry about he might be more involved with big picture defense stuff.
  • Pepper Johnson remains as the defensive line coach and you have to wonder if he really does project as a defensive coordinator. It certainly seems like Patricia is being groomed. 

https://www.patspropaganda.com/matt-patricia-was-shifted-to-coaching-the-safeties/