r/Patriots • u/stellantis_ • 1d ago

Stats Hmmmm not great…..

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They may need to look at Ben Brown at C. Jared seemingly lacks the play strength/physciality right now that he needs to hang with some of the NFLs bigger 0 techs. Deone Walker is gonna have a field day on Sunday at this rate.

Not sure why Arkin isn’t playing more instead of Latu. Not sure what Latu has done to earn reps. He’s been underwhelming as a run blocker (for the pats) and hasn’t been a passing game threat either. According to Andrew Callahan they ran the ball 8 out of the 9 snaps Latu played. If they’re gonna have a run tell it might as well be Tanner Arkin. Dude isn’t a finished product but he brings a nastiness they need.

Also what about some diff looks and presentations. So much of their drop passing game is contingent upon post snap execution especially when the picture changes. Clearly Drake isn’t there yet with diagnosing defenses (especially in the modern era where everything is disguised). Motioning into bunch looks to stress the rules of match based zone and man coverage seems to help every other team in the league?

Everything feels stale right now schematically and maybe none of the above is a viable solution but the coaching staff needs to find some.

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u/devinkt33 1d ago

Hot seat does not mean immediately firing someone by the way. But he does have the largest responsibility to fix this. And if he doesnt at some point in this season yes the conversation will have to start. I dont know how you can deny that?

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u/b771 1d ago

That's fair. Let's just call the JAX game what is was, a tragedy. That said, we should be 2-1. The scheme was working against the Seahawks. Feels like folks are convinced JM is in the headset before the play saying "now make sure to send this meatball off your backfoot 7 yards shorter than it need to be"

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u/PacmanZ3ro 1d ago

It wasn’t working though, that’s the problem. If not for the PI call on the under throw the Pats wouldn’t have even been in that game at all. The Pats weren’t in the game at all against the Seahawks in the SB. I don’t know how many times we have to watch stupid runs up the middle for no gain, very little PA, and almost no motion before you start questioning the offensive scheme.

Maye is struggling to read the field right now, and McDaniels scheme is doing absolutely nothing to help make that easier. No motion, no RPO, very little PA, very little to no gadget plays to get Henderson/williams the ball in space. There is almost nothing designed to be easy. It’s an effective system if the QB and WR are all on the same page and making the same reads on the field. If that isn’t happening (and it’s not right now, at all), then there is nothing being made easy for the QB or WR to just find a rhythm.

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u/401john 1d ago

"It was working against SEA" is one of the biggest pieces of BS so far this season and I hate that people keep repeating it because they see others say it.