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Mike Dussault

Football Outsiders: What Happened on Brady’s Last Three Pass Attempts?

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It was troubling to see that the Patriots offense went cold in the clutch again versus the Colts. All they needed was one more drive to ice the game, something they were able to do against the Vikings, but this time they failed on two possessions, only gaining one first down. This of course put the game in the hands of the defense.

Here’s what Football Outsiders saw when they broke down Brady’s final three pass attempts during those failed drives…

Brady had exactly three incompletions on his first 24 attempts before finishing his game out with four consecutive incompletions, including a would-be interception that Tyjuan Hagler was nice enough to show to the turf. Aaron Schatz and Bill Simmons wondered about what happened to Brady on those final attempts during the former’s appearance on the B.S. Report, so I decided to take a look at the final three.

On the first play, the Colts lined up with linebackers in both A-gaps, leaving six guys in the box against an empty backfield for the Patriots. The Colts lined up with man coverage across the field and no safeties deep. The blitzers came, which forced Logan Mankins to take one of the blitzing linebackers and Matt Light to grab the right defensive tackle. That left Dwight Freeney with a free rush at Brady, which forced an early throw to Brady’s hot read, Wes Welker, who hadn’t turned around yet.

Two plays later, Brady lined up with one linebacker in the A-gap and Danny Woodhead in the backfield. The Colts brought five and Brady wasn’t significantly pressured; he got off a clean throw, but it was thrown slightly behind Deion Branch, which allowed Cornelius Brown to knock the ball away. Branch suggested that there was pass interference committed on the play, but there was no such call.

Brady’s final throw came with 2:38 left; on third-and-7, the Colts lined up with three down linemen and two linebackers in a “mug” look, while the Patriots went with a Trips Bunch left alignment that had Wes Welker, Julian Edelman, and Aaron Hernandez in a group and Woodhead in the backfield. The Colts only brought four and Brady had a perfect pocket; he just missed his window to Welker. The throw itself seemed like something was off; even if Hagler hadn’t been there, it would have been well behind both Welker and the defender that was trailing him.

A new Patriots pump up song? Not quite.

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Thanks to George Brew of the What’s Brewin podcast for passing this along. I think. There are some things you can’t unsee or unhear after you’ve seen or heard them and this video is one you might not be able to get out of your head.

Let’s just ignore how grammatically incorrect “The Patriots and We” is and focus on how horrible the song is. Have you been looking for an awkward Mike Lynch high five? This video has you covered at the 2:30 mark. No wonder the Pats lost the Super Bowl to the Bears and now we know who’s the blame. The producers of this horrid video.

I actually remember owning a VHS that was a tribute to the ‘86 Pats season (post Super Bowl loss) set to That’s What Friends Are For. It was similarly cheesy and horrid. Who comes up with this crap?

Mike the Singing Plummer, your “The Pats Are Coming” is still safe as the anthem of Patriots nation.

I’ll leave the full review to Napoleon…

A Closer Look at Kyle Arrington the Pass Rusher

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In the video below you’ll see Kyle Arrington (#27) putting his hand down and rushing Peyton Manning from the defensive end position. It’s pretty rare to see a cornerback, much less a cornerback on the small side, engaging with linemen in the trenches.

In this play Arrington begins to lineup as if he is going to be covering the slot receiver, but given that he had blitzed on previous plays, Manning points him out as a rusher. Once called out Arrington concedes his intentions and puts his hand down to help him get a quicker burst. 

In the previous pass rushes he made he tried to beat the tackle wide, dipping his shoulder and trying to get underneath the block, but this time he fakes outside and cuts inside. The combination of this good move and Tully Banta-Cain’s impressive Freney-esque spin move on the other side forced Manning out of the pocket and to make a poor throw on the move.

This was one of the few third downs that the Pats were able to get off the field. This was an interesting wrinkle that Bill Belichick threw at Peyton Manning this time around, and this is one crucial play where it helped the Patriots get off the field.

Lions Fan Lays Down the Gauntlet on the Patriots

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If you’re a Patriots fan who is still basking in the afterglow of beating the Colts I present the video below from the “Lions to the Super Bowl” vlog. In this terrifying display of a gross over-confidence, our gap-toothed host predicts this game will top Pearl Harbor as THE new day of infamy. Seriously.

I really suggest you watch all four minutes, but if you can only handle a glimpse shoot over to the 2:40 mark where he tries to come up with a really good zinger on the fly. It involves a three-legged turkey. Yeah I’ve watched it a few times and I still don’t get it. But seriously, it’s comedy gold.

The growl at the end is also especially intimidating.

The biggest problem I have with what our Lions fan friend (who is broadcasting from a secure undisclosed location for reasons unknown) says is that he raises more questions than answers.

The Lions are going to punish former Michigan quarterback Tom Brady because Michigan has “taken a turn for the worse”?  So they’ve turned on the Wolverines for two seasons of no bowl games but this guy still loves the Lions enough after decades of ineptitude to be making vidcasts?

Or how about this gem: “We’re gonna manhandle ya like a TSA agent.” So you’re going to gently pat Brady’s balls while searching for contraband? Kinky.

You have to take your hat off to our host, he certainly is confident and for no reason at all. The Lions are not the laughing stock they once were but this guys confidence is almost at Rex Ryan level.

But hey, just a little something to get you to turn your attention to the next battle, which is less than 66 hours away.