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[H78]

I know this is so homerish of me to say, but if Brady stays healthy, Hightower and Jones make moderate contributions their first year, and McCourty gets back to his old self...with the schedule being what it is...a lot of people are going to pick this team to go 16-0 again.

NO ONE can cover a healthy core of Welker, Lloyd, Gaffney, Gronk and Hernandez with Tom fucking Brady throwing to them. This is going to be an absolute circus if they all stay on the field.

[dbn]

News of the Gaffney signing probably belongs in the "Defense In 2012: Only Place To Go Is Up" thread; BB is improving his pass defense by signing every WR in the NFL.

[jsinger121]

With Gaffney signed the Pats have released Tiquan Underwood per old friend Rapsheet. Jabar gets his number 10 back with Tiquan gone.

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With Gaffney signed the Pats have released Tiquan Underwood per old friend Rapsheet. Jabar gets his number 10 back with Tiquan gone.

There must have been easier ways to get Tiquan to give up #10!

[Smiling Joe Hesketh]

Poor Kid 'n' Play. First he gets cut 24 hours before the SB, now this.

[simplyeric]

News of the Gaffney signing probably belongs in the "Defense In 2012: Only Place To Go Is Up" thread; BB is improving his pass defense by signing every WR in the NFL.

+1
your friends close, and your enemies closer....

[MentalDisabldLst]

We all know what happened last time the Pats loaded up on receiving talent in an offseason.

Same as last season?

If this means the end of Ochocinco, then I'm all for it.

I assume the poster meant the 2007 team which broke many offensive records.

I think Ragnarok meant that 2007 team too, except that, as axx points out, what "happened" to the 2007 team was to lose to the NY Giants in the final minute of the Super Bowl. Same as last season.

[j44thor]

NO ONE can cover a healthy core of Welker, Lloyd, Gaffney, Gronk and Hernandez with Tom fucking Brady throwing to them. This is going to be an absolute circus if they all stay on the field.

I wonder if Bill will try to be the first coach in history to go an entire game without handing off. 1/2 kidding but would anyone put it past Bill? If you can average 8-9YPA and only 4YPC why would you run? Perhaps Bill plans on treating the running game like savy MLB managers treat the bunt thus creating a paradigm shift in the NFL.

[williams_482]

I wonder if Bill will try to be the first coach in history to go an entire game without handing off. 1/2 kidding but would anyone put it past Bill? If you can average 8-9YPA and only 4YPC why would you run? Perhaps Bill plans on treating the running game like savy MLB managers treat the bunt thus creating a paradigm shift in the NFL.

If the other team knows that a pass is coming, they will usually stop it, and if they have no Idea that a run is coming, they will struggle with it. Passing most of the time is wise, as you mention (although ~6.5-7 YPA is more realistic), but all the time simply would not work.

[kenneycb]

Not to mention clock management. I guess you could throw some WR screens or some other high percentage play but that's not guaranteed to be a completion.

[simplyeric]

If the other team knows that a pass is coming, they will usually stop it, and if they have no Idea that a run is coming, they will struggle with it. Passing most of the time is wise, as you mention (although ~6.5-7 YPA is more realistic), but all the time simply would not work.

It wouldn't achieve the "zero hand off" game, but sometime in the 4th quarter would be like Papi bunting down the left field line for a single (and I bet the handoff recipient could be fast enough to stretch it into a double).