Kyle Arrington, who was released in the offseason and signed with the Ravens.
We can agree to disagree on the adjective. Not a big deal either way. The thing that surprised me then and still does was how candid he was about Arrington given how he normally conducts himself. Said differently, I'm guessing that Bill's comments there struck many Pats fans as rather atypical.
Do we know that there are no other HCs who are capable of this level of preparation and forethought? Are there any other teams with videos like DYJ1 and 2? For example, would the Seahawks have done a video like this after SB48?
Got into #2 after this post, but it closed half way in with my PC detecting malware. I will tune in Wednesday for the remainder.
We don't exactly know. But my take is that the Patriots staff is uniquely talented and the results are what they are.
BB said he did it in part because he planned to go for 2 in non standard situations, such as if the Pats scored first. Boston area commentators, including this board, would have lost its mind if he had gone for two in those spots and it had failed.
I uploaded it to my backup Google Drive in 720p:
This is great attention to detail, but I'm about 99% certain there was a link to an article posted here somewhere in the lead up to the Super Bowl that pointed that out...
Yeah, I was surprised by this. It seems like the Patriots have a lot of their staff wear many hats. Chad O'Shea preparing the red zone report was another example. I don't know how unusual that is - or isn't.
Ref: Kansas City Chefs, Green Bay Packers, Indianapolis Colts, and Atlanta Falcons.
The journey is the reward, for Bill and everyone he's indoctrinated. Behind so many of their statements is the same sentiment. e.g. Brady's favorite title ("the next one"), no days off, etc. May we all find something to do with our days that we love that much.
My brother calls him "Rango".
A few other programs to look for:
My distillation of DYJ2 comes from the remarks before the opening sequence, at 1'25": "really? your team is on the wrong side of a 28-3 blowout in the Super Bowl, and you felt like you had control of the game?" That exposition is really what the video sets out to explore.
Yeah, if you compare it to the discussion of Kansas City in DYJ 1, it is pretty striking. The halftime score there was only 17-0, but Belichick essentially admits it was a lost cause to the point where he regarded getting lightly outscored in the second half to be a victory.
I don't know about the others, but Chuck Pagano is clearly playing tiddlywinks. And unfortunately for long-suffering Colts fans in Indianapolis the tiddlywinks pot is loaded with the Irsay special distilled oxycontin laced tequila.
True enough. But it's very difficult to turn these things around, to quit tripping over yourself when you cannot get out of your own way.
Yeah. Closer than the score said, Id agree with. Different from a game like the '14 loss to KC because they felt they had ways to attack Atlanta on both sides of the ball, sure. But in control of the game down 28-3 or outplaying Atlanta at that point? No, that didnt happen.
Despite the score Atlanta's offense couldn't manage to stay on the field. That was the key to the comeback, the New England offense just kept moving while their defense prevented sustained drives.
Some of the "preventing sustained drives" involved the Falcons scoring touchdowns so quickly that their defense didn't get much of a break. Atlanta only had four first-half drives and scored touchdowns on two of them, both in five plays or fewer and both taking less than two minutes of game time. They also lost out on a drive entirely because of the pick-six. At halftime Atlanta had 21 points on only 19 plays. It was a weird game.
That's what I was getting at (I was at work and didn't have time for a full response). I remember the Air Coryell Chargers when I was younger and that was always one of their problems, quick scores on the offensive end kept their D on the field for too long.
I just can't see how you come to this conclusion. I'm sure few things they do are unique, but I think the idea that most teams are doing most of what the Patriots are doing is vastly overestimating most coaching staffs.
I was being overly reductive - and a bit hot-takey. The problem with Tomlin isn't that they don't play man - it's that they've basically been using the same defensive plays for a decade (and this goes way beyond using the same scheme), and he does absolutely nothing to vary them. (and they do play a little man, and a little press). They're like the Colts offense from a decade ago - where you could tell what play they were going to run when they lined up - you just couldn't stop it (except now they don't have the talent to pull that off).
Is that KC with 2 field goals and a safety v. Pats with a safety?
I would sort of hope that the last two glorious Super Bowl victories would remove the need for the trigger warnings.
