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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdaTiKuxi3M

Per reader @Advil’s request, we’re going with a very Gronk and Hernando Friday. Obviously Gronk has been on a epic tear this off-season, quickly reaching legendary status, and it looks like Hernando is fully recovered from hip surgery. These two guys will make this offense go for a long time, so let’s enjoy a look back at their phenomenal rookie seasons.

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https://www.patspropaganda.com/per-reader-advils-request-were-going-with-a/

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M8ISx4HZUc

No podcast today, but we’re back next week. Very excited to welcome Jerry Thornton of WEEI and Barstool Sports. It will be a BB lovefest to the death.

Instead of listening to me and Frenz yak for 30mins here’s an epic 17 minute collection of Aaron Hernandez highlights. I’ll fill the other 13 minutes elsewhere…

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https://www.patspropaganda.com/no-podcast-today-but-were-back-next-week-very/

CSNNE/Curran: Breaking down Patriots with NFL Films’ Greg Cosell

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Great stuff here and here from Tom E. Curran over the past couple days and it looks like there will be even more coming. Here are some of Cosell’s most interesting Patriots observations:

On Brandon Tate

GC: Very often, the way players are used tells you how a coaching staff feels about them. The way the Patriots use Brandon Tate tells that they don’t think much of him at this point. He runs about three routes and the only time the ball comes to him is when a play is specifically called for him. In terms of physical ability, he’s very good. If you look at the skill set of a wideout, he has it. He’s big, he runs well, he’s got good lateral quickness. But in taking the spot of Randy Moss, he was stepping in for someone who was as good a vertical receiver as we’ve ever seen. Tate has vertical skills but not Randy Moss vertical skills and that’s why coverage was different for Tate after Moss left. I also think Tate’s hands can be erratic That can’t happen with the few plays they run for him. They just don’t feel he was ready last year. And he’s the kind of guy getting killed by the work stoppage. He really needed this offseason.

Two things to add here… Randy Moss was really only running one route at the end of his Patriots tenure, and Tate should clearly benefit from having a year in the system. Still Cosell is right, the lockout is killing guys like him and Taylor Price.

GC: “Reading the defense before the snap is critical for all quarterbacks. Tom Brady, (Peyton) Manning, (Drew) Brees and (Aaron) Rodgers are the best in football at deciphering the personnel packages and the favorable matchups that are there to take advantage of. The magic with Brady happens before the ball is snapped. With all the Patriots’ personnel packages and multi-dimensional tight ends, it makes it difficult for a defense. It makes them declare their personnel and their coverages and when they declare, that’s when quarterbacks like Brady have the advantage." 

On Presnap Reads of Tom Brady

GC: "Reading the defense before the snap is critical for all quarterbacks. Tom Brady, (Peyton) Manning, (Drew) Brees and (Aaron) Rodgers are the best in football at deciphering the personnel packages and the favorable matchups that are there to take advantage of. The magic with Brady happens before the ball is snapped. With all the Patriots’ personnel packages and multi-dimensional tight ends, it makes it difficult for a defense. It makes them declare their personnel and their coverages and when they declare, that’s when quarterbacks like Brady have the advantage." 

Football Times: Three Tight Ends the next revolution in football?

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Football Times: Three Tight Ends the next revolution in football?

Well this sure is an interesting article, especially when you look at the tight ends the Patriots will have on their roster this year. As always, BB ahead of the curve…

Football evolution is such that tight ends are becoming more prominent. The last great offensive system craze was the “west coast offense”. It was countered by teams running versions of the “cover two”. The answer to the cover two isn’t so much a scheme, but a position. Tight ends are designed to operate in the seam, which is the weak area of the cover two systems.

Most tight ends either block well or catch well, but all have to do both to some extent. Can’t block?  You’d better be a darn good catcher or you can’t be a receiver. Can’t catch? You’d better be a darn good blocker or you won’t get on a team as an offensive lineman. The few tight ends who do both exceedingly well are a danger to any team. Few things scare a defensive coach more than having to guess if the tight end is blocking or going out for a pass. It can’t be schemed for, because you can only guess. The guessing becomes a nightmare when two or three solid tight ends are on a team.

Mark my words: the tight end is the wave of the future in the NFL. It started a couple of years ago, and is gaining in momentum.

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According to a medical source, the hip surgery undergone by Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez this offseason was similar to the operation that Bruins goalie Tim Thomas had last summer.

Thomas’ recuperation period was expected to be three to four months, and the veteran goalie not only was ready when training camp opened but he’s been better than ever this season.

If Hernandez has a similar recuperation period, he would be ready when the Pats report for camp in July … if the NFL’s labor dispute is settled by then.

Tom E. Curran on Hernando

https://www.patspropaganda.com/according-to-a-medical-source-the-hip-surgery/