If you haven’t read Pat Kirwan’s Take Your Eye Off The Ball, I highly suggest you take one of those holiday gift cards you got and buy it. You’ll never watch a football game the same way.
As always, great stuff from Kirwan.
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If you haven’t read Pat Kirwan’s Take Your Eye Off The Ball, I highly suggest you take one of those holiday gift cards you got and buy it. You’ll never watch a football game the same way.
As always, great stuff from Kirwan.
This rap has slowly grown on me. And now I can’t get it out of my head. Proceed with caution.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/this-rap-has-slowly-grown-on-me-and-now-i-cant-2/
When the Jets have the ball against the Patriots on Sunday just about everyone out there who follows football at all thinks they’ll return to the ground and pound. It seems like the players know it, the coaches know it, and even the mediots and bloggers like me know it.
In the last match up, the Jets came out in a no huddle, spread look with three wide receivers and Ladainian Tomlinson in the backfield, leading everyone watching the game to wonder what happened to the Jets bread and butter?
To make it even more questionable we had heard that Rex Ryan had consulted with his brother Rob as to how Cleveland handled the Pats D. The Browns got their running game with Peyton Hillis started early and never looked back.
So why did the Jets put the game in the hands of Mark Sanchez, who clearly doesn’t have the ability to take apart a defense with aerial precision? The game got away from the Jets early, and once the Patriots got the lead they were forced even more out of their comfort zone.
So this time around everyone and their mother expect the Jets to go back to what they do best. Run the ball with Tomlinson and Greene, and hope that Mark Sanchez only has to complete passes on third and short.
Of course, the fact that we’re all expecting this could very well lead to the Jets doing something different, but I doubt that. In the playoffs it’s about doing what you do best and forcing the other team to stop it. Not doing what you don’t do so well just because you think it will attack another teams perceived weakness.
So this brings me to the Patriots. They know it’s coming. A physical battle in the trenches. And I’m sure they’ve been preparing for it all week. Gerard Warren, Vince Wilfork and Kyle Love will be the absolute keys to this game.
If New England can shut down the Jets running attack, and put the game into Mark Sanchez’s hands, it could well be a repeat of what happened last time. Assuming Sanchez doesn’t suddenly play the game of his career.
Jets D must get in Bradys face all day. Pressure is key. Stopping it is tough but containing it is key. Jamming the WRs and TEs at the line is a must. Backers must hit the crossers and get them of the off course. One on one match ups don’t work against Pats, all 11 guys must be on same page. Also the best defense is an efficient offense. Ball control and move the chains with long possessions and 3rd down conversions. Lastly Jets must win the special teams battle. Make Pats go 80-85 yds every drive. That gameplan is easier said then done, but it can happen.
Anthony Becht who kindly answered us today with regard to how to slow down the Pats high scoring offense. Follow the former Jets TE on twitter@anthony_becht
(via thejetreport)
https://www.patspropaganda.com/jets-d-must-get-in-bradys-face-all-day-pressure/
”Yeah, I think he’s going to unleash hell on them,” Dilfer responded. ”I do. Early in the week, I felt like the Jets had a chance in this game. I looked for every reason why this thing could be an epic battle. That the Jets could redeem themselves from the 45-3. Then I started to look at more film, and realized the Patriots are just smarter than everyone else.
”And then I look at how they’re handling (the trash talk), and yeah, I do think it festers in a good way,” he went on. ”They have the ability to use all this stuff, and hold it inside, and use it to their advantage come game time. I don’t see how this strategy works against the Patriots that the Jets are using. I can see it working against somebody else. I just can’t see it working against the Patriots. I think Tom already with a razor sharp focus, finds even another level to his focus and his preparation. I can just see him playing one of those flawless football games.”
https://www.patspropaganda.com/yeah-i-think-hes-going-to-unleash-hell-on-2/
”Yeah, I think he’s going to unleash hell on them,” Dilfer responded. ”I do. Early in the week, I felt like the Jets had a chance in this game. I looked for every reason why this thing could be an epic battle. That the Jets could redeem themselves from the 45-3. Then I started to look at more film, and realized the Patriots are just smarter than everyone else.
”And then I look at how they’re handling (the trash talk), and yeah, I do think it festers in a good way,” he went on. ”They have the ability to use all this stuff, and hold it inside, and use it to their advantage come game time. I don’t see how this strategy works against the Patriots that the Jets are using. I can see it working against somebody else. I just can’t see it working against the Patriots. I think Tom already with a razor sharp focus, finds even another level to his focus and his preparation. I can just see him playing one of those flawless football games.”
https://www.patspropaganda.com/yeah-i-think-hes-going-to-unleash-hell-on/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1QN1yR8qoo NFL Draft Minute Todd McShay breaks down Dont’a Hightower’s gap discipline [Apr.9] (by OlympicGames100) (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)