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Poor preparation for Bills hurt Patriots’ defense

Many times, the film doesn’t match up with what seemed like a poor performance on the field.

Once you take emotion out of it and look at the entire game, things tend not to be as bad as they appeared.

Comments

Nice analysis of the defense. This almost makes it sound like it could have been intentional. Clearly there is sufficient knowledge in the Pats organization to understand the problems listed here. Apparently there was insufficient motivation to prevent those problems. Or maybe even a reason to skate through the game being too lax? At the risk of false accusations or unfounded conspiracy theories, we are left with a problem to understand. The article gives a nice recap of what happened. The "why" to it can't be answered from outside the organization.

Great analysis!  I could read articles like this every day.  Really explains the game in a whole new way.

similar rating system as described in "Patriot Reign" for evaluation of talent? ........Really enjoyable analysis by GB.....

I have never seen such uninspired coaching from the defensive side of the ball. I believe they should let the d coordinator.....patricia....go