Patriots Today - Final thoughts on Steelers, Belichick, more

[1:04] ..." after wrapping up this holiday week with some final thoughts on the Pittsburgh Steelers but first let's get an elitist from the Patriots -- off the top."...

[3:47] ..." of forty yards or more it was a little deflection that Reggie Wayne for 66 yard touchdown. Event Cassel been thrown -- all over the place so I think the key obviously is that we"...

[4:27] ..." now -- receivers playing phenomenally once. Who has very little -- Matt Cassel in the offense I just have more you know from looking at it objectively I have more confidence that. Pittsburgh defense will"...

[7:21] ..." over the Dolphins down in Miami -- want to start with quarterback. Matt Cassel who -- some great numbers but more Portland's has some great presence on the field. Well we've talked a lot about them"...

[12:49] ..." aside so. West runs. A great route where he comes inside on Will Allen and then -- back outside balance almost. -- with the ball right on -- and this turns and no longer play it"...

[13:37] ..." west is great quickness here -- to come inside on on Will Allen right there and Andy Reid's attack alcohol. I stopped walking -- this whose inside roster by Crowder. Overrated as a nice job"...

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[1:01]" Hi everybody and welcome its latest Patriots today I'm Christine after wrapping up this holiday week with some final thoughts on the Pittsburgh Steelers but first let's get an elitist from the Patriots -- off the top."

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[2:06]" I'm Brian Lowe joined now by Paul Perillo Patriots football weekly instead of the normal five points with Perillo we've just got a couple of Turkey stock in the Patriots Steelers that long and I'll leave that to you but you speak for yourself but I'll tell it talk about Turkey those three games yesterday -- gripping NFL action -- stuff. Really -- we're we're really went down to the wire maybe Patriots Steelers will be a little tighter we just heard Richard Seymour talking about the game he did not for just been a few practices this week with a knee injury he was on the practice field Friday and here's what he had to say."

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[2:44]" We'll see more that he hopes to play on Sunday the Patriots also dodged a bullet with Matt Light knocking suspended for his role in the fight last week against Miami. The game in the trenches the Patriots have a couple of their key players -- that one obviously never wanted to see any stars as -- would say but this one in particular I think it's huge because of the way Pittsburgh plays. They generate a lot of that pressure off the edges with Harrison. -- was -- to have Matt Light out of there and and possibly moving to catcher around me putting my before they're often not well Warren right tackle. Don't have to worry about it that's a huge huge bullets dodged I think with Matt Light and I picked the right -- I don't think he deserves Specter find. Fine I'm fine. Actually this in this Steelers have the number one ranked defense in the NFL really across the board the Patriots are one of the hottest. Offenses in the -- led by Matt -- where do you see this playing -- Patriots offense -- people who thought you know about a month and a half ago that would be talking about the Patriots as the hottest offensive football and and would break the Pittsburgh defense -- felt this would be. Slam dunk Pittsburgh's defense but the numbers are staggering the Steelers they have a lot in -- all year. They've allowed one -- of forty yards or more it was a little deflection that Reggie Wayne for 66 yard touchdown. Event Cassel been thrown -- all over the place so I think the key obviously is that we talked about with light it it's going to be pass protection. And if we did it -- points that would be number one pass protection. Your -- goes by what I -- get a man heck we'll we'll last year -- came in right around the same time here hatred -- out. Let's get a prediction from you always -- those five point for the prediction when you think well I like the Steelers in this game and I just think that defects and in generally when the weather gets a little bit colder it's not going to be I don't think. You know a day that's not suited to throw the football all right in my -- not that bad. But as the as the season wears on I think I'd like to rely on the defense and I think right now -- receivers playing phenomenally once. Who has very little -- Matt Cassel in the offense I just have more you know from looking at it objectively I have more confidence that. Pittsburgh defense will slow down. That that. Cassel led attack a little bit more absolutely Paul and I will be back on Monday recapping the game as always for now let's go back inside to Christina."

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[7:07]" Because it was such a big win over the Dolphins we thought everybody would enjoy seeing more highlights in this time it's with a head coach -- coach about -- braking and the Dolphins."

[7:17]" Hi everybody -- Bill -- time -- look at the plays of the week from the win over the Dolphins down in Miami -- want to start with quarterback. Matt Cassel who -- some great numbers but more Portland's has some great presence on the field. Well we've talked a lot about them Micah thought this was a good."

[7:31]" Sample to show here math ability in the pocket -- stuff balls and see. You know see the receiver here and right now yeah he's covered and then you could throw it in there but. If you really want to with you know what the position that Allen -- on. So he pulls the ball down able file a little bit at times. And the -- really makes a critical mistake here he he looks back at the quarterback and loses its. Of vision on Jabar Gaffney and -- on covers back outside. Chance of being wide open for easy completion where he really had a player who cover and in addition to his touchdown passes -- through some really. Major League tests. On the market as well -- got a very good accuracy and and this is something that quarterbacks work awfully hard on not during the week of practice has thrown on the run. And nine you know a lot of time to sit in the pocket and step up and and deliver the ball and that's great that your under thrown on the run and get your shoulder squared the ball downhill. You know solid pitcher on the mound where everything's perfect view of the difference in football us. There's a lot of lot of moving parts when you throw the ball on them and you know quarterback has to -- for perfect on those. Articles -- has some pass to Randy Moss and that mostly why it was worth one of the big reasons like. Well this place starts out with -- What -- read the coverage over here on the offensive right and we're going to see is -- coverage in here on now welfare with the Buffalo defender in Anaheim defender. And so coverage out here on on Randy felt as a play unfolds. You season. The west is just get a little coverage right here which resembles Randy up outside on Alfonso. He'll come in and and make -- captain and Randy has the presence here -- I think the ball and spin back out of that and on down the sideline hands and taken it and for one yard touchdown. Point five your thoughts now want to have come after the cash -- On the run after casual -- force in the Miami game with a 195 yards and -- a great job of breaking tackles and finish in place here. And really being a great FTC's soldiers -- great catches but also just -- the shoulder -- he did when he need to do to get in the -- and that was play to make Aaron and you know that's those last couple yards sometimes in the toughest ones. You know here again All-Star for the protection in a -- simple look. The stand back there in the pocket read the coverage -- team here on Welker if works outside the mosque and Coke and a -- can do -- good job of -- close off this past rough on the left side mats and stuff loved this. The ball right on the money end. Pick one guy -- and -- community a chance of a player we surprised at how often really must look a little one on one in the case. Well -- in in a way yes but on the other hand Mike you know it's kind of a Miami been doing all year and you know they won four straight had been -- real good. -- Randy had a good day against them on Sunday. I was still have a blitzer CL Matt makes an adjustment. Well we've we've talked in the past about receivers and quarterbacks make -- sight adjustments on ten on this play. Auburn all hill was safety comes down from his usual deep positioning gets close the line of scrimmage so. We have everybody blocked on this except for hill. And so with -- blitzes than. Other quarterback Matt has to get the ball long before the safety tackles on the throw to Moss on this case. Now I'm Moss -- a slant -- here but whatever the route happens to be -- that are run and hit a usual 1816 to eighteen yard route down the field. Randy has the break at all so that we get the ball out there and find -- on the words -- spoke and they just they just they just say it instinctively that both react. Well we know that this is the -- player right here so let's say that he didn't blitz on this many drop off and coverage. Then Randy would run his normal route and and we will break at all early and that would go back and all be picked up and and he goes through three progression but when when hill blitzes here we don't have -- than we've got to get rid of him."

[11:27]" Ball before before they had. So sometimes when you -- quarterback throw the ball there on the receivers run twenty ourselves so it is the classic miscommunication that's exactly. Replacing plus same player from the hands and so here's a look so on next got -- Moses. False steps up on Crowder and and on Neil walks down on sparks. We've got these three picked up over here so this is the extra guy we don't know if he's going to blitz or not he might be out here in double recovery -- could be coming across the help -- Welker. But in this case he does calm so. Now the pressure is on on -- Cassel to get rid of the ball before hill hit some and Randy to break off his route so that man has somebody to throw to. You know the conceit of long catch and not have the fact turn on so. That's very good execution by quarterback to receiver in the offensive line. And Kevin to get everybody accounted for that they can get and then we're just working off 13 guys there. It's called a sight adjustment by the receiver and quarterback. I know obviously one of the big plays in the game second down and he's eighteen or so ago this is the big game Willis won't. Right this is an empty formation Novak send him the Dolphins are kind of spread out and and -- plan -- man to man coverage press coverage across the board. On the bring in five coverage for five rosters they cut five defenders man to man and not and one deep field player. Over here back up on -- aside so. West runs. A great route where he comes inside on Will Allen and then -- back outside balance almost. -- with the ball right on -- and this turns and no longer play it was a good run and after -- offense takes us all back to our fundamentals worth. First time we've played football you've got to make noise. Backed off every play right that's what defenders Jarvis it's get I get to got a little ball and get them on the ground and on my dad talk now along time ago I've been found that. We'll still make it to accomplish if if if the guy with the ball and and if you can't do that defensively than you're going to give up some yards. There's like so here's the same player in the hands and so it's five on five from protection standpoint. We're we're locked up here and their five on five man -- man from a coverage standpoint. -- west is great quickness here -- to come inside on on Will Allen right there and Andy Reid's attack alcohol. I stopped walking -- this whose inside roster by Crowder. Overrated as a nice job just tying them up yet it's nice block here on sideline good run by west being aggressive stand sounds. Hill comes over and make them playing good because -- out here. And I was before if we're it was a -- 64 there's such other big -- to win the momentum. City turning around a little bit right it was it was gone the other way that's exactly right. And this is the touchdown run in -- third quarter. Cassell on those nice job here of."

[14:22]" Recognized indeed Judy safeties you know -- to conduct this guy's a little bit then and now we have a running play called here so with the with the cutie safeties. And the three quarters the Falcons have the -- and -- receivers. And at least six guys -- downplay the running game and we have six blockers here five linemen and and then walk from the finance that's a conflict. As we like -- say it's a fair fight. So we've got defending Lofton as they have the defendant and on this. Trap play we block down over here on the right side alone Americans -- around and they fell safely. And Kevin's season -- there and fall over as the things open quickly closed. Nobody better. Besides help from his instincts and his ability helps him he doesn't nice soft rain plays so. Here that offensive to defensive linemen in the game spark in Merling and then -- linebackers. I Anderson Crowder Porter and then on the sixth players' safety your mind -- so again that's pretty good numbers for us just to be offensive linemen they're good. A good angle blocks over here on the backside doubtful walled off Mankins is going to come around again fell Merling outside here in. In the you know -- able spot that seem like there. We're going to read it out there why there's really two good points entry there. And with the same will -- down there puzzle balanced. It's six on six of their -- like the chances blocking against linebackers as a post -- exactly animated even better did the smart thing here is that they would have a seventh player down here somewhere in the somebody can't block geographical let. You know the outside go -- go one of the inside guys that here. Six on six we can account for everybody and and we all do our -- should be good singer you know coming -- reform. Well the next few like this that are single play -- but right. I was thank you very much okay Mike postal ballot -- those are plays of the week. We'll be."

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[17:03]" As a first overall they had this team that would be in Tomlinson has been disappointed no other way to look. What's not fully write him off for 2008 just yet it -- feels -- big game for him on Sunday a season high rushing performance. -- former backup Michael. NFL on the opposite sideline Tomlinson wanted to. That he is finished just yet. The Jets are the hottest team in the AFC and they may well beat Denver homes Sunday would not because of their past -- The Broncos to throw the ball and they can score and I expect them to do just that against you. New York's 26 rated pass defense. It will be about that performance for Denver suspended jet -- flying to your bench."

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