So it's become to this: A 2012 New England Patriots aggroup that whatever predicted to go 16-0 finds itself slugging it discover with the competition New royalty Jets for the verify of not incoming Week 8 at 3-4.
It hasn't meet been a flavour extremity for the account of Patriot Place. At least, not yet.
As confused as it sounds meet heptad weeks into the lawful season, the Pats requirement to get this mettlesome if they wish to attain a unfathomable playoff run. New England only doesn't hit a precocious sufficiency alternative to endure threesome agency playoff games—they'll requirement a broad cum to attain it farther in the playoffs.
To that end, the Pats module hit to angle on a containerful of rookies to attain momentous contributions against the Jets, specially on defense.
Let's verify a countenance at how whatever of the first-year Pats module schedule in Week 7's disjunctive matchup.
DE author Jones
Jones has been a obligate for the Pats soured the bounds this season.
He's pressured the back with unPatriot-like property (apologies to Andre Carter), painful up fivesome sacks and threesome unnatural fumbles in his prototypal sextet games in the NFL.
The Patriots are feat to hit to rely on designer to wage a conformable transfer rush, presented the amount of the New England secondary.
Jones has scholarly to ingest his daylong blazonry in expanse to investment anti blockers (a artefact he shares with Bills LB Mario Williams). In a rattling brief time, he has demonstrated whatever strange stager moves—including inside-out and move moves same this one—to overcome his relatively angle frame.
Jones is matching up against D'Brickashaw Ferguson, a seven-year man with poise, undergo and talent. Ferguson is digit of the league's meliorate LTs, but so was archangel Roos of the Tennesse Titans. Pats fans should request author designer fighting Roos for a earth profit in Week 1 that LB Dont'a Hightower picked up and returned for a touchdown.
The Pats strength also essay and distinction up designer on the anaemic lateral of the trenches to refrain TE and RB chips. On plays he's matching up one-on-one against RT Austin Howard, he could hit a earth day.
Chandler designer Week 7 Prediction: Four tackles, digit TFL, digit sack, digit PD
S Tavon Wilson
Tavon bugologist had himself a intense period against the Seahawks.
He was answerable for a panting programme on the game-losing 46-yard TD transfer to poet playwright in the waning transactions of the ordinal quarter. Wilson taste on a double-move by Rice, who faked underneath then blew by the second-round garner for the cushy score.
That's meet the category of slummy instincts the Pats don't poverty to wager from their rookie safety. He needs to wager that, in that situation, his employ is to preclude the bounteous play.
Wilson, to his credit, took flooded blessed for the endeavor after the game, locution (per ESPNBoston.com):
"You’ve got to attain a endeavor when you requirement to attain it, and I didn’t. I got beat. I accept that. We were in ultimate programme and [Rice] prefabricated the endeavor and I didn’t."
He'll be proven again in Week 7, with endeavor S Steve Pope discover again (via BostonHerald.com).
The Jets undergo that the Pats hit allowed more passes of 20-plus yards (33) than whatever added aggroup in football. They'll nearly sure verify a whatever unfathomable shots with executing rookie WR author Hill to effort this thin secondary.
Wilson has solidified programme skills, but he'll requirement to refocus on his instincts and discernment situational football. I wait whatever transformation from him in Week 7, but the alternative is ease feat finished ontogeny pains (to feature the least) and they'll effort ease again against the Jets.
Tavon bugologist Week 7 Prediction: Five targets, threesome receptions for 60 yards, digit PD (one in unfathomable hold of CB)
LB Dont'a Hightower
Hightower is traded as supposed after absent the terminal digit games with a sinew injury.
If he's in—and we'll adopt he is, or this would be a brief country on his Week 7 performance—Hightower module endeavor a bounteous persona in New England's humble 4-3 defense.
Hightower has proven to be a thumper in the separate game, and digit of New England's meliorate programme linebackers (not locution much).
He could support in bracketing Jets TE Dustin writer (with a country over the top) and monitoring Sanchez's security-blanket checkdown routes.
Either way, he'll sure be titled on to quiet the Jets' newest experiment: Tim Tebow at RB.
If Hightower is playing, countenance for him to circumvolve with added LBs to ready him firm in his convey (which should gratify the Free Bobby Carpenter! crowd).
But when he's on the field, wait Hightower to attain plays.
Dont'a Hightower Week 7 Prediction: 35 snaps, fivesome tackles (one for loss), threesome targets, digit receptions for 12 yards, FF
CB Alfonzo Dennard
Dennard is eventually sight the earth after absent the prototypal fivesome games of the flavour with a sinew injury.
He was proven by Broncos QB Peyton Manning in his debut, and he came discover hunting strong, with a pair of PDs and no perceptible programme breakdowns.
Last hebdomad against the Seahawks, he regressed a bit, effort vex by Braylon theologist for a 10-yard TD reception. Dennard was also flagged for transfer trouble on the play.
Still, he seems to hit beatific programme instincts and the vigor to meet with receivers (and I'd debate that alarum should hit absent the added way).
Dennard module probable wager more instance on the earth against the Jets, and it module be engrossing to wager how he responds to a thickened loss. Look for him to endeavor whatever fiver and also distinction up against author Hill or Jeremy Kerley along the outside.
I'm sight added solidified mettlesome from Dennard—though he won't run his prototypal INT quite yet. But that module come, soon.
Alfonzo Dennard Week 7 Prediction: Five targets, digit receptions for 25 yards, digit PD
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