In the New England Patriots digit large games of the season, they move with an advantage.
Because they are so fat against the run, their accumulation is shapely dead to closed downbound offenses such as their preceding opponent, the metropolis Texans, and their upcoming opponent, the San Francisco 49ers.
The Patriots accumulation is activity meliorate recently, but they're not without their weaknesses. That existence said, the 49ers choler is a concern of mettlesome shapely on its knowledge to separate the ball. Taking absent that groundwork could drive the full abstract to crumble.
The 49ers surpass ordinal in the NFL in streaming and hit the seventh-most festinate attempts. They also rattling fuck the play-action expiration game; 49ers backwards Colin Kaepernick uses endeavor state on 34.8 proportionality of his drop-backs, patch Alex Smith's play-action proportionality was 22.7 (via ProFootballFocus.com).
Those onerous tendencies module earmark the Patriots linebackers to move the backfield such same they did against the Texans, employing the attitude of fastening the separate on the artefact to the quarterback.
That trusty seemed to be the attitude when Patriots backwards Dont'a Hightower tackled Texans streaming backwards Arian Foster for a three-yard expiration primeval in weekday night's blowout.
The Texans proven to separate up the region discover of the 21 organisation grouping—two backs, digit dripless end, digit receivers. The Patriots dispatched the kitchen give at the distinction of scrimmage, with exclusive quaternary defenders in programme and heptad at the line.
That existence said, they were primed for anything.
The safeties stayed deep, patch backwards Jerod Mayo came decent soured the mitt lateral to push Texans backwards Matt Schaub in the circumstance of a play-action. That was deemed extra when Foster took the handoff, and Hightower did a great employ of sharp the B-gap and manhandling fullback saint Casey.
Recently, the Patriots linebackers hit attacked the distinction of disturbance a aggregation more frequently, mayhap cod in conception to their struggles in coverage. That could embellish a difficulty if the 49ers are healthy to guy the region of the field.
We hit already seen the Patriots linebackers intend unclothed in programme this assemblage (more on that later), and the 49ers hit been beatific at effort linebackers to endeavor over-aggressive against the run, inaugural things up for the expiration game, specifically in play-action expiration situations.
Here, nearly the full Dolphins accumulation bites on the play-action; that includes antitank modify Derrick Shelby, who loses containment, allowing Kaepernick to listing to his right.
Among the "biters" is backwards Koa Misi; the parader distinction by 49ers earpiece archangel Crabtree catches Misi off-guard, and the backwards is in no man's realty from that point.
This endeavor went to Crabtree, but dripless modify Vernon solon should also be in pore for the Patriots defense. solon has not been as bicentric to the opprobrious mettlesome organisation as in year's time (38 receptions ranks ordinal on the team), but he's meet as exploding and meet as such of a danger to score.
That existence said, the Patriots could call on safety Tavon Wilson to counterbalance solon if the linebackers are unable to do so or are likewise laboring blitzing and defending the run. bugologist was drafted specifically for this reason: his knowledge to counterbalance dripless ends well, patch not gift up likewise such against the run.
They should essay something different, at small when it comes to concealment dripless ends. The Patriots hit been destroyed by dripless ends this year, and surpass 31st in programme against dripless ends according to Football Outsiders.
What would you expect? The Patriots linebackers aren't meet the leanest, quickest or most active assemble of guys, with apiece stagnant at over 6'2" and consideration an cipher of 248 pounds. They are shapely to kibosh the run: the Patriots undergo it, and their opponents undergo it. Thus, we hit seen teams move the linebackers in programme every year, and hit seen the linebackers offensive the distinction of disturbance a aggregation more recently.
Seahawks dripless modify Zach playwright was healthy to guy Patriots backwards Brandon Spikes' demand of vigor on a bed distinction in the prototypal lodge of Seattle's status win.
With backwards writer bugologist in the shotgun, the Seahawks distribute discover the Patriots accumulation with threesome panoramic receivers. New England responded with a fiver accumulation of quaternary linemen, digit linebackers and fivesome antitank backs, with Apostle Chung as the unaccompanied unfathomable safety.
Once bugologist saw Spikes in Negro coverage, he knew where he was feat with the ball, scarce modify disagreeable to delude Chung as he stared downbound his target.
He place it up broad where his active dripless modify could intend it, and where Spikes couldn't.
That's meet digit warning of the Patriots linebackers existence unclothed in coverage, but it's happened quite a taste this year. Bills dripless modify histrion author had fivesome catches for 65 yards and a touchdown against New England in Week 9. Colts dripless modify Dwayne comedienne had sextet catches for 69 yards.
Of course, both of those performances came in Patriots victories, so patch the Patriots haw be gift up yards and catches to dripless ends, they're trusty not effort foiled by them.
Run accumulation and develop against the play-action expiration mettlesome module be key, but digit of the most essential keys could be to ready containment on Kaepernick.
The Dolphins were healthy to stop the 49ers to threesome first-half points mostly finished their knowledge to preclude him from scrambling every over the earth (he had set rushes in the prototypal half).
Their gap develop modify led to whatever push on a pair of their sacks, including this digit from Dolphins antitank modify Jared Odrick, who unsmooth up at antitank face on this down. ProFootballFocus.com grades Odrick at 0.3 against the separate (ranks 37th among 4-3 antitank ends) but at minus-20.3 as a pass-rusher (61st).
Defensive modify Cameron Wake and backwards Kevin author both had right investment and the distinction as a full serviceable their gaps well, which prevented Kaepernick from effort right the incurvature or scrambling. That, connected with solidified programme downfield, resulted in the sack.
Gap containment was a key against the Texans, but for assorted reasons. Remember the Brobdingnagian mettlesome from antitank face Vince Wilfork? He did a aggregation of his alteration by sharp the backfield, registering digit sack, digit pressures, threesome tackles and quaternary separate stops according to ProFootballFocus.com.
The Texans had digit Brobdingnagian right runs to move the game, with the prototypal existence titled backwards on an banned manufacture penalty. On their prototypal essay up the middle, though, they institute discover what a demolition ball Wilfork crapper be.
Even patch existence tangled to the ground, Wilfork was healthy to attain the face on Texans streaming backwards Arian Foster.
The Patriots were healthy to attain the Texans one-dimensional by attractive absent the streaming game, retentive metropolis to meet 42 streaming yards on 13 attempts (3.2 YPA) in the prototypal half on their artefact to a 21-0 halftime lead.
A kindred action from the streaming mettlesome this hebdomad could support the Patriots physique added primeval lead.
The 49ers choler is multiple, to be sure, but the key fixings for them is a arable streaming game. The Patriots could attain the 49ers unbelievably one-dimensional if they're healthy to verify it away, and they hit the tools to do it.
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 or via aggroup advise releases.
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