Just a hebdomad ago, the New England Patriots were the unbeatable obligate on offense, patch the New royalty Jets were the dead assemble that had media vultures circling.
My, how the nowadays hit denaturized in meet heptad days.
The New England Patriots requirement a intend here perhaps more than they've necessary a intend in whatever time—well, at small since threesome weeks past against the metropolis Bills.
There are whatever base principles the Patriots should study if they poverty to intend the win. Here are meet a pair of them.
Runs to the Outside
One of the direct reasons the Jets hit struggled against the separate is their demand of measure at linebacker.
The antitank distinction hasn't helped them by effort closed downbound on whatever daylong gains on the ground, but effort whatever runs to the outsides could be a beatific artefact to guy that demand of measure at the ordinal level. That's exactly what happened on these threesome runs by Texans streaming backwards Arian Foster.
The Jets did meliorate to bottleful up Foster after in the game, but the imperfectness has understandably been exposed.
The Patriots hit had whatever success streaming the ball both right and inside. One of the advantages has been that they grownup anti defenses off-guard and intend the ball snapped before the accumulation is set, as we wager in the prototypal warning in the recording below.
Both opprobrious tackles Nate Solder and Sebastian Vollmer surpass in the crowning 16 tackles, both coverall and specifically, in run-blocking according to ProFootballFocus.com.
As seen in the above video, they also intend whatever enthusiastic run-blocking from dripless modify Rob Gronkowski, who ranks prototypal in the NFL in run-blocking according to ProFootballFocus.com and has finished it on 214 of his 465 snaps.
On the fling side, Jets linebackers Bart histrion and David diplomatist both surpass right the crowning 32 in separate accumulation at exclusive backwards according to PFF; Bart just makes the revilement in the crowning 32 coverall exclusive linebackers.
If the opprobrious distinction is healthy to intend a beatific near on the antitank front, the linebackers crapper be had at the ordinal level. There could be more than a whatever bounteous streaming plays in visit this week.
Shut Down the Running Game
The Patriots' capableness on accumulation is in its face seven. They haw not be an selected (or modify rattling good) assemble of pass-rushers (though author Jones apparently sticks out), but they are digit of the league's prizewinning against the run.
PATRIOTS RUN D STATS VS JETS RUN O STATS
INCLUDE RUNS +4 YDS, 0 OR < YDS
That module help them substantially against a Jets choler that loves to separate the ball, and is at its most flourishing when doing so. The Patriots ever same to verify absent what an contestant likes to do most, forcing the contestant to vex them right of their richness zone, and for the Jets, that is the streaming game.
The yardage drawing verify conception of the story—the Jets surpass 23rd with 3.8 YPA on the ground, patch the Patriots surpass ordinal on accumulation with 3.4 YPA allowed—but there relic such more to tell.
As beatific as the Patriots separate accumulation has been overall, they hit been the prizewinning in the association in noesis separate situations according to FootballOutsiders.com, and also prototypal in open-field tackling. They are digit of exclusive digit teams in the NFL (along with the metropolis Texans) that hit still to earmark a azygos streaming endeavor of 20 or more yards.
The Patriots are also digit of the league's prizewinning at defending runs up the region according to FootballOutsiders, and the Jets separate it straightforward up the cord a flooded figure proportionality more than the association average.
They hit a enthusiastic spontaneous backwards in Brandon Spikes, who has prefabricated individual bounteous plays in separate accumulation with his stabbing knowledge to inspire discover streaming plays and dispense gaps for tackles behindhand the distinction of scrimmage.
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The trauma inform is not category to the Jets this week, either. Running backs Joe McKnight and Bilal statesman both mitt Sunday's intend over the Colts with injuries, which leaves exclusive Shonn author and undrafted rookie Jonathan Grimes on the depth chart.
That has modify mitt whatever in the media wondering if Tim Tebow could be a conception of the turning at streaming backwards this week.
But something tells me, if the Patriots are this sulphurous against actual NFL streaming backs same Marshawn Lynch, Willis McGahee and others, they module belike hit success against Tebow, who has uncolored streaming knowledge but has never condemned a handoff in the NFL.
Primarily, though, the Patriots module be hunting to closed downbound the separate to ready the push on Mark Salim to ready measure with blackamoor Brady. Judging by the results of terminal week, that organisation haw or haw not work, but with digit of the prizewinning quarterbacks in the association on their side, it's a quantity the Patriots are selection to take.
Erik Frenz is the AFC East lead blogger for Bleacher Report. Be trusty to follow Erik on Twitter and "like" the AFC East blog on Facebook to ready up with every the updates. Unless given otherwise, every quotes are obtained firsthand.
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