Extra Lineman
by Richard Hill on Nov 9, 2009 10:06 PM EST
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PrintI noticed this past week that Mark Levoir checked in numerous times on passing plays at TE, but really just to add a body on the line and provide extra blocking from the pass rush. There was noticeably less pressure on Brady this game and I hope we use this more frequently down the road against good pressure teams (Steelers, etc). Yes, it takes away an extra play maker down field, but it also prevents a defensive play maker from making noise in the backfield. I trust Brady and our receivers to make plays and I think the added protection is worth it.
What do you think?
Should the Pats try and use this package more often?
Will it be used against the Colts?
Did it really utilize all the players on the field to their maximum potential?
I think that when Matt Light gets back, Vollmer will step into that extra blocker role and Brady won't be touched for most of the rest of the season.
Vollmer, Light, Mankins, Koppen, Neal, Kazcur,
Moss, Welker, Aiken/Edelman
Brady
Maroney(1st down, running)/Watson(2nd down, blocking or receiving)/Faulk(3rd down, receiving and even running) depending on the play.
I think that offensive set is extremely dangerous and allows Brady to handle the ball with the most time, allowing our receivers to make as much space as possible down field.
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For all intents and purposes
having the extra genuine O-linesman doesn’t change the base Josh McDaniels-influenced offence. McDaniels primarily used his TEs as blockers, and if it’s a blocking assignment, presumably the extra tackle is even more adept than Watson or Baker at doing it.
What the TE may do is force the defence to treat him like an extra receiver when he lines up – ignore Watson completely at your own expense, of course. But on the flipside, if you line up a T at TE the defence may treat him only as a blocker and not put a coverage assignment on him – anyone want to see Vollmer catch a TD from what looked like a blocking set? He has 50 foot arms.
Token southern hemisphere guy - 14,688km from Foxboro. That's 9128 miles, for you heathens.
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by SlotMachinePlayer on Nov 9, 2009 11:43 PM EST up reply actions
6'8 + freakishly long arms
He could outjump Randy… without jumping.
Token southern hemisphere guy - 14,688km from Foxboro. That's 9128 miles, for you heathens.
by Comedic.Sans on Nov 10, 2009 12:13 AM EST up reply actions
At the game...
…I was kind of hoping for a Vrabel-esque touchdown.
by Richard Hill on Nov 10, 2009 12:45 AM EST up reply actions
Didn't he play a bit of TE in college, too?
It’d be hard to lose all the skill-set in a year or two. Hoodie will have something cooked up, especially with Vrabel elsewhere.
Token southern hemisphere guy - 14,688km from Foxboro. That's 9128 miles, for you heathens.
by Comedic.Sans on Nov 10, 2009 12:52 AM EST up reply actions
Ya never know...
Wilfork was playing DE Sunday, a position he hadn’t played since high school.
Keep the faith!
They ought to use Wilfork and Brace as DE's
and find someone bigger for a Nose Tackle.
Jabba the Hutt would really clog up the line.
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by SlotMachinePlayer on Nov 10, 2009 8:23 AM EST up reply actions
And nobody would want to touch him. Yuck.
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by SlotMachinePlayer on Nov 10, 2009 10:51 AM EST up reply actions
Why would you want Jabba the Hutt?
He’s already too busy coaching the Jets.
by Richard Hill on Nov 10, 2009 11:38 AM EST up reply actions
Zing! Nice hit.
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by SlotMachinePlayer on Nov 10, 2009 12:49 PM EST up reply actions
And...
You’d never, ever have enough soap to wash out your eyes if and when he busted out a sack dance.
“HOO HOO HOO HOO, HAA HAA HAA HAA.”
Token southern hemisphere guy - 14,688km from Foxboro. That's 9128 miles, for you heathens.
by Comedic.Sans on Nov 10, 2009 4:09 PM EST up reply actions
That'd be a whole lot of shaking going on.
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by SlotMachinePlayer on Nov 10, 2009 4:36 PM EST up reply actions
That's why the picked up Junior Seau...
he’s spent so many years in Cali that he’s able to teach the younger players about earthquakes.
Token southern hemisphere guy - 14,688km from Foxboro. That's 9128 miles, for you heathens.
by Comedic.Sans on Nov 10, 2009 5:03 PM EST up reply actions
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