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The Patriots don't have a 'system' and NFL teams can't defend it
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NFL teams work really hard every year to, as they put it, “establish an identity.” The belief is that you rally the team around a certain philosophy and style of play. The team believes in that style, whatever it is, and can count on it. “We’re a power running team,” you’ll hear in interviews. “We pound the rock. That’s who we are.”
The reason teams do this is because the NFL is hard. Building one system of play, perfecting one style, is incredibly difficult. So teams focus on finding a system that works for them, practicing it, getting it to a place they believe in, and then building the team’s identity around that system.
The Patriots don’t have a system. They don’t have one style. They have gotten so good on the offensive side of the football that they can play a different style every week. They craft a new identity, custom built by Bill Belichick and Josh McDaniels every seven days, to take advantage of their opponents’ weaknesses. (This isn’t to say anything about their improving defense.)
On offense, the Patriots aren’t one type of team. They’re many different types of teams, all rolled up into one malleable juggernaut. They can change for every game, but not only every game, for every quarter. They can change at halftime. They can change from play to play.
If you’re an NFL defense, how are you supposed to prepare for that?
Excerpt
NFL teams work really hard every year to, as they put it, “establish an identity.” The belief is that you rally the team around a certain philosophy and style of play. The team believes in that style, whatever it is, and can count on it. “We’re a power running team,” you’ll hear in interviews. “We pound the rock. That’s who we are.”
The reason teams do this is because the NFL is hard. Building one system of play, perfecting one style, is incredibly difficult. So teams focus on finding a system that works for them, practicing it, getting it to a place they believe in, and then building the team’s identity around that system.
The Patriots don’t have a system. They don’t have one style. They have gotten so good on the offensive side of the football that they can play a different style every week. They craft a new identity, custom built by Bill Belichick and Josh McDaniels every seven days, to take advantage of their opponents’ weaknesses. (This isn’t to say anything about their improving defense.)
On offense, the Patriots aren’t one type of team. They’re many different types of teams, all rolled up into one malleable juggernaut. They can change for every game, but not only every game, for every quarter. They can change at halftime. They can change from play to play.
If you’re an NFL defense, how are you supposed to prepare for that?
. Sorry. 
