Judge Overturns Tom Brady's Suspension: The Patriots May Still Take A Step Back In 2015
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady will be able to play for the Patriots in their season opener next Thursday after Judge Berman overturned the 4 game suspension. As a result of Tom Brady being allowed to play for the whole season some people in the media have instantly proclaim the Patriots the favorites to win the AFC. But in opinion the Patriots are schedule to take a step back even with Brady on the field due to the amount of talent they lost on defense (Vince Wilfork, Brandon Browner and Darrelle Revis) this offseason. Due to the amount of talent lost the Patriots have to make adjustments on defense.
Last season the Patriots safeties only had to worry about 3/4 of the field because they knew that Darrelle Revis could handle the number 1 wide receiver in man-to-man coverage by himself that allowed the safeties to help out the rest of the pass defense depending on the matchup. However going into this season the Patriots safeties wont have that luxury as the Patriots top corner is Malcolm Butler a guy who hasn’t faced top wide receiver on a regular based yet. As a result I expect the Patriots to put a safety over the top throughout games to prevent him getting burned by a wide receiver constantly. Which means the rest of the pass defense is affected for instance if the other corners also need help from safety that means that a portion or all of the middle of the field is wide open due to a tight end facing a 4th corner or a linebacker without help.
The Patriots are also are going to take a step back when it comes to there run defense because they don’t have Vince Wilfork to occupy two offensive lineman which allowed a linebacker or lineman to get into the backfield after beating his offensive lineman or gaining free lane. Now the opposing offensive line can spread their attention to everyone and diminish the amount of times The Patriots gain free entry in the backfield.
No matter what kind of stats Tom Brady puts up that defense will lose the patriots some games
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