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Originally Posted by GBBob
huh
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It's a big holiday that takes place on Thursday.
Ideally, if you had to travel from the North to play the Saints in the dome on a night game, I think you'd probably want to do it on a week where it's easier to focus.
Welker was thrown at 12 times in that Saints game and had just 32 yards. Instead of trying to cover him one-on-one in open space with a linebacker - the saints doubled him with a linebacker and saftey - and doubled Moss! They only rushed 3 defenders .. took away the two big guys - and made Brady have to beat them with the #3 reciever - who is a special teams player.
That was the first time anyone had ever tried that. Only rush 3 guys against Brady and double the two big guys .... but in the rest of these defeats Welker (and Edellman the one game Welker was hurt) had been having picnics against laughable coverage .. but when Moss had basically ran himself out of the game and was tired in the 4th quarter .. They'd double Welker and NE's passing game tanks late.
Look at the Colts game .. everyone remembers the 4th and 2 play .. but it should have never happened. Brady tried to force a ball into Welker on 3rd and 2 on one of the rare times he's ever doubled - and the colts defender dropped an easy INT.
They need to run the ball - keep opposing defenses atleast somewhat honest - and keep Moss from running himself out of games in the 4th quarter. The success of the whole offense revolves around Moss getting big mismatches for Welker and making some big catches himself. They went 11-5 with Matt Cassell last year...and had an explosive offense.
They didn't ask Cassell to pass almost every single down like this new Offensive coordinator is asking Brady.