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Originally Posted by Amen
Lamar is a beast but the key has always been contain Brady and apply pressure and he will fold. That’s exactly what happened.
Offensively Pats did nothing. If it wasn’t for the special team and defensive turnovers they wouldn’t have scored. Ravens aggressive stacked 6-2 blitzing scheme was killing the Pats.
Offensive line was doing great as well as far as pulling and opening holes for Lamar and Mark.
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That doesn't even make sense....
Who runs a CONTAIN defense on Brady? Brady will shake the OCCASIONAL defender by stepping up in the pocket. He's one of if not THE best at that in the game right now. But Brady is 99.9% of the time in the pocket. QB Rollouts and Bootlegs are not why you have Brady. Brady and Peyton Manning both mastered the art of taking what the defense gives them by releasing the ball as fast as possible. You can tell by his CAREER Completion percentage of 64%. I just looked it up, he's 15th all time in completion percentage but that's still REALLY good. As a side note... DAK PRESCOTT IS #2 ALL TIME.
But I digress...
The way to defend Brady is zone blitzes. You keep him guessing where the pressure is coming from while giving enough cushion to try and make plays on the ball. If you blitz in Man Brady will eat you alive. You have to attack his blindside, but he's one of the best at feeling pressure and getting rid of the ball. Half the time you can't GET to Brady because the ball is already out.
You've been a Pats fan for how long? I hardly watch the guy and I know THAT much.
Peyton used the same 7 plays his whole career including college. And he said as much after he retired. Great QB's can rely on timing and route running more so than arm skill or airing it out.
The crazy thing about Lamar is he's getting BETTER at playing from the pocket. Whilst also being the best threat on the ground we've seen since Vick. Vick wasn't a great passer till he had the BURNERS to go with his arm strength. When he was in Philly the guy put up ABSURD numbers under Andy Reid. If you can stretch the field and buy a guy like Vick or Jackson time in the pocket (usually with subpar blockers) he can go through his progressions AND still beat you with his legs.
Right now Russel Wilson is eating defenses alive by being mobile ENOUGH to throw strikes from outside or inside of the pocket and reading the defensive line. Wilson is SO good at getting an extra second or two he's thrown 22 TDs against ONE fucking INT through half the season. The guy is just playing out of his mind.
It's crazy that at 42 Brady has the athleticism to even shake ONE defender. He's pretty light on his feet for an old guy, but at a dead sprint the guy is a tree. When you see Brady scramble for a first there's usually not a defender within 20 yards of him when he steps up for the first. That means that the tackles are winning their matchups on the outside (or holding the shit out of someone but don't get called because it's the Pats) and they're not bringing the heat through the middle.
What Brady will do if you try and collapse the pocket from the inside is start getting the ball away faster to outside of the hashes. Edelman is fantastic at getting open through the middle, but when the pocket is collapsing he'll use quick out routes or screens to keep the defense honest.
The Ravens have such a good secondary that they can actually CHEAT against Brady. An average defense tries to blitz Brady and usually a defender gets beat in man. The Ravens can lock you up man to man AND send an extra defender after the QB. That's absurd.
Learn some fucking football..