What's the defensive gameplan for NE?

All I know is that S. Taylor leads the league in INTs right now. If he continues to "Ball hawk" the field, maybe he can outjump Moss a few times on those prayers of a throw that Brady has been making. Honestly guys, some of those TD bombs to Moss are just jump balls where Brady is asking Randy to outjump everyone, which he is doing. They are just alley-oop passes. Guys like Welker and Stallworth are just as dangerous. Bottom line, the offense HAS to sustain some drives and score TDs this week. We can't have our D out there all day in the second half, we need to win the time of possesion this week to have any chance.

I'd like to see us stay similar to what we've been doing in terms of staying in the deep shell but mix in some more blitzes.. Moss has never really killed us, even in his 'prime' so with Springs/Smoot/Taylor we can hopefully keep him in check.. McIntosh/Fletcher are going to have to make some plays in space to keep Welker from taking the drag routes and turning them upfield.. I'd try to make them beat us with the running game.. We want a slug it out battle rather than try to match them possession for possession..

I heard Ditka on the radio yesterday suggest something interesting. How about a
2-4-5 ? Bring in the extra LB and CB and rotate the DL every 2-3 plays. Force them to run the ball, at least that slows the game way down and gives us a chance. IF we get more that 14 points behind, we're toast.

I think our D needs to play as physical as possible especially with these receivers. Hit Randy Moss in the mouth a few times and he's a different player. What concerns me is you can take Moss out of the game and they can still beat you with Welker and Stallworth.

I think it will require a Navy Seal team in place of our D to slow them down. They know over 100 ways to kill a man with their bare hands
....I fear it will take them all

Having Landry and Fletcher not make STUPID dead ball fouls, that keep beaten 3rd down drives alive will help for starters. While Fletcher had an overall good game. Those fouls were unacceptable~!

The D just has to limit it's own mistakes and play smash mouth football. You are not going to stop them from scoring, but as long as you don't give up the big play, they should be able to keep New England from scoring too much.

The Patriots have not seen a top 10 pass defense yet this year. The Skins currently sit #8, and have a capable secondary to cover Moss, Stallworth and Welker. #5 against the run should stop Maroney/Morris/Faulk from getting their 133 ypg.

The offense needs to help the defense by staying on the field longer than 25 minutes...I think a good defense is going to be a clock-eating offense this weekend.

I heard Ditka on the radio yesterday suggest something interesting. How about a
2-4-5 ? Bring in the extra LB and CB and rotate the DL every 2-3 plays. Force them to run the ball, at least that slows the game way down and gives us a chance. IF we get more that 14 points behind, we're toast.

Sounds like a plan to me.

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Sounds like a plan to me.

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is Marcus Washington definitely out for this game?

It is worth noting, that though the Pats have put up a gaudy amount of points, the best team they've faced, defensively, is San Diego, at 15th in PA on the season. Four of the teams they've clobbered (Jets, Bengals, Browns, and Dolphins) are in the bottom six point-defending defenses in the league, and of their other victims, the Bills, rank 18th and the Cowgirls 21st.

I'm not saying we are going to shut them down, but we allow the least yards per play (4.3) in the league, are 3rd in fewest points per game allowed, second in 3rd down defense, and 4th in total yards allowed per game.

To put it quite bluntly, New England has not played a defense like ours this year. I would think this game is going to be a point of pride for GGgrilliamsss, as his unit is being asked to carry the offense, so I expect us to play a stout game against the Pats.

If there is any game on the Patriots schedule with "letdown game" written all over it, it's this one.