Patriots next week

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by SentToStud

Miami skunked NE at home last year.

These two teams have seemed to go in different directions since then. What happened to Miami's defense? Is the secondary really that bad?

[SentToStud]

Defense stinks. Secondary is awful, no pass rush and Jason Taylor looks 50 years old out there.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Moss can have 0 catches and still be the most dominant player on the field if he attracts all the attention he's been getting in the last two games.

The more they double him and constantly role coverages his way the better off all the other players at the skill positions will be.

Has anyone seen how deep the safeties have been playing? I know NE has lost their starter and 2nd string RB, but I'm not so sure I couldn't be effective running in that offense.

With Moss and Brady healthy, the only way that offense can be stopped is if a defensive line (without the aid of blitzing linebackers) totally dominates NE's offensive line. The way the NE O-line has played, good luck with that.

This team will probably break the record for all-time points scored in a season. That record is held by the '98 Vikings, who went 15-1 in Randy Moss's rookie year, when he had 17 TD's while offically starting just 11 games...that before teams figured out all the clever schemes to stop him.

[skippy3481]

I disagree, the way to stop this offense is with a solid secondary. If you can play up on every reciever but randy(It's possible) and then either drop in a lb underneath or a safety over the top, your going to create easy blitz situations. The pressure will not allow the recievers to get into double moves or field stretching patterns. If you just sit back and play any type of zone or cover two... brady is going to pick you apart. It's just like peyton manning, you don't just rush four and hope someone gets lucky and gets to him. You have to take calculated risks and try to force him into something stupid. They both are simply too smart and too accurate to play any type of zone defense.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

You can't constantly blitz an offense that has Moss and Stallworth playing reciever - a good offensive line - and Brady at QB....that's suicide.

[JJP]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

You can't constantly blitz an offense that has Moss and Stallworth playing reciever - a good offensive line - and Brady at QB....that's suicide.

Don't forget Welker. What did he have vs Dallas? 11 catches?

[deltagulf]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

These two teams have seemed to go in different directions since then. What happened to Miami's defense? Is the secondary really that bad?

not only bad but the defense on a hold is old.