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It appears that Bill Belichick and Josh McDaniels will be taking a 1960's approach to the offense in 2021.
Bill restructured the offensive line with big men with quick feet. The running backs are a mix of downhill runners that can take hits and give them. The game today
has shifted to a lighter defense with a focus on sped. Playing against a team designed to run directly at the defense and wear it down will be a problem for any team.
If this is the plan, we'll see Damien Harris and Rhamoinde Stevenson in games early and often. By the end of the third quarter, teams will have been slowed up and Sony Michel and JJ Tylor will be coming in with speed and power.
This will also open up the passing game in the second half because the speed of the pass rush will also have been diminished. The perfect example oif how this sytem works is the 2018 Super Bowl year when the Chiefs had a huge run stopping defensive line and a smaller faster defensive line to go after the passer. If you remember, the Patriots tore up the game by running 75% of the time in the first half. The Chiefs had to start subbing the lighter guys to give the monsters some breaks and the running backs broke them down also. When the game got to the OT the Chiefs' defense was totally gassed and the Patriots were able to push them the entire length of the field. They did the exact same thuing against the Rams in the Super Bowl.
Early in the season, this takes Cam's throwing arm out of the picture and puts the responsibility into the legs of the Running backs. For the modern fan, the Patriots will be boring to watch. For the opposing teams, they will be painful to play.
Bill restructured the offensive line with big men with quick feet. The running backs are a mix of downhill runners that can take hits and give them. The game today
has shifted to a lighter defense with a focus on sped. Playing against a team designed to run directly at the defense and wear it down will be a problem for any team.
If this is the plan, we'll see Damien Harris and Rhamoinde Stevenson in games early and often. By the end of the third quarter, teams will have been slowed up and Sony Michel and JJ Tylor will be coming in with speed and power.
This will also open up the passing game in the second half because the speed of the pass rush will also have been diminished. The perfect example oif how this sytem works is the 2018 Super Bowl year when the Chiefs had a huge run stopping defensive line and a smaller faster defensive line to go after the passer. If you remember, the Patriots tore up the game by running 75% of the time in the first half. The Chiefs had to start subbing the lighter guys to give the monsters some breaks and the running backs broke them down also. When the game got to the OT the Chiefs' defense was totally gassed and the Patriots were able to push them the entire length of the field. They did the exact same thuing against the Rams in the Super Bowl.
Early in the season, this takes Cam's throwing arm out of the picture and puts the responsibility into the legs of the Running backs. For the modern fan, the Patriots will be boring to watch. For the opposing teams, they will be painful to play.