Nothing. Except that it says "Revis" across the back.There is no Rev said:
What's wrong with a Ty Law jersey?
Nothing. Except that it says "Revis" across the back.There is no Rev said:
What's wrong with a Ty Law jersey?
TheoShmeo said:Nothing. Except that it says "Revis" across the back.
TheoShmeo said:Nothing. Except that it says "Revis" across the back.
Ed Hillel said:
You're not actually playing the game, you know? It is not your job to go out and win these games. You're allowed to sit back and enjoy things once in a while, especially since we're all sitting here talking about a process that's 2 barely over a day in and the roster is certain to change.
You know what? I agree with this wholeheartedly.j44thor said:
You know what the best Superbowl is? The next one.
Thanks for the plug Rev, but I would say it started more with the Talib acquisition, and McCourty's corresponding move to safety. Since then, they've been primarily a single-high safety team, though it probably went to another level this year with Revis / Browner. If they can get another good man corner, I think they can continue to play a lot of Cover 1.There is no Rev said:What's wrong with a Ty Law jersey?
Oh, and the other problem with H78's position is that he's addressing man v. zone as though it's a binary issue. What Revis allowed the Patriots to do was play a lot of man-underneathe in Cover 1 and Cover 3 shells--revisit SuperNomario's piece on the strategy in the Super Bowl on how they used it to contain the Seahawks.
Know who else plays a lot of Cover 1 and Cover 3? The Seahawks. Why? Because they have Sherman at one CB and an awesome and fast safety in Thomas. The Patriots didn't play these shells as much until the got Revis.
One of the things that sets Belichick apart is that he doesn't just have "his" scheme. He reworks his schemes based on what he has, and retools his lineup based on what's available in the market. So if he chooses to go to different defensive coverages, it's for this reason, and that's a good thing--it's one of the team's strengths. Treating it like a bug and not a feature seems odd to me.
Isn't this the point, though? Where are they going to get a good man corner? They (like pretty much everyone) struggle when they don't have that guy, precisely because it allows the rest of the defense to do other things.Super Nomario said:If they can get another good man corner, I think they can continue to play a lot of Cover 1.
Mr Poon 14 said:Isn't this the point, though? Where are they going to get a good man corner? They (like pretty much everyone) struggle when they don't have that guy, precisely because it allows the rest of the defense to do other things.
Regardless of whether it was feasible to bring Revis back, I know I will miss watching defense the way they played it last year. Not to speak for anyone else, but that's disappointing, even if I understand and accept the reasons why.
Every time the opposing QB stood behind his line, with zero pressure, for 8-10 seconds without being able to find an open receiver it healed my soul from the seasons where I watched in horror while someone like Dan Orlovsky throw for 300+ yards and few touchdowns.
That would be great. Though, as I mentioned before, it doesn't seem they have the personnel for that, at least to this point. Getting pressure with their front 3 or 4 consistently has been a problem.MainerInExile said:
What if next year instead we see guys get sacked after two seconds and we hear "he had a guy wide open if only he had time." There is more than one way to skin a cat.
The same reasoning works for any estimates of winning the Super Bowl in a given year. Substitute Vegas odds out for whatever your favorite estimate is.Papelbon's Poutine said:For the eight millionth time on this board, Vegas odds mean shit. For multiple reasons.
tims4wins said:Question for those who know football better than I do: with Revis and Browner gone, and the Pats highly unlikely to be playing cover 1, does Chung become more of a liability against the pass? Should we expect to see a lot more of Duron Harmon in 2015?
Super Nomario said:On his Chalk Talk Podcast, Doug Farrar advanced the idea that Belichick might try to zig when others zag by going for zone and off-man corners while everyone else is trying to copy Seattle (and the Pats last year) and grab big press-man players. He specifically cited Wake Forest's Kevin Johnson (a dude I'm high on) as an ideal zone / off-man player. I know the "Z word" throws some folks here into a tizzy, but after watching tape of 20-something college players over the weekend, I can point out one advantage of zone: that's what the kids are playing in college these days. Seriously, it is not uncommon to see a cutup of a whole game and not see a guy press at all.
Quarterbacks too.( . ) ( . ) and (_!_) said:
Isn't the flip side of that argument that the WRs coming out of college also have more experience playing against the zone? Maybe it's still apples vs. oranges because the best college WRs are not playing against the best college off-man corners on a consistent basis, but I wonder how much of the experience built by the CBs playing zones in college is offset by the young WRs experience playing against those same zones.
I tend to think of beating zone as more on the QB and play design, though WR who can run option routes can defeat zones. There aren't a lot of college receivers who have a sophisticated understanding of how to do that stuff though (as Patriots fans well know). This is true even among the top ranks of WR, because teams are by-and-large selecting receivers they think can beat man coverage.( . ) ( . ) and (_!_) said:
Isn't the flip side of that argument that the WRs coming out of college also have more experience playing against the zone? Maybe it's still apples vs. oranges because the best college WRs are not playing against the best college off-man corners on a consistent basis, but I wonder how much of the experience built by the CBs playing zones in college is offset by the young WRs experience playing against those same zones.
"I think I'm better than I was before," Revis said Tuesday, the opening day of the Jets' voluntary veteran minicamp. "I think I'm way more smarter, and way more intelligent at the game."