Should Bill Belichick stick to the man-heavy approach on defense? Can rookie cornerback Jack Jones keep this up? Our Phil Perry covers those topics and many more in his latest Patriots mailbag.
While the Patriots defense is far from locking down opponents this year, they still do reside just inside the top half of the league in a few different passing categories. They're 11th in the league in passing yards allowed per game, 11th in dropback EPA allowed, 13th in yards per attempt allowed and 13th in dropback success rate allowed.
His size is going to limit his ability to be physical in the running game, but it's still early in the season, and because the Patriots did very little tackling this summer, I'd expect he improves with more reps. He'll figure out how to be a more effective tackler, even if he's never elite in that regard. If he can't, Belichick may only rely on him in obvious passing situations .
What was supposed to be a more dynamic linebacker group has quickly turned back into The 250-Pounder Club: Ja'Whaun Bentley, Jahlani Tavai and now maybe Collins? They're all massive bodies. Collins was once a next-level athlete, but at this stage of his career he doesn't bring the same type of explosiveness to the position that someone like Wilson would, in all likelihood...
No. 2, the run defense has been rough. To get rolled by Lamar Jackson and that unique running game that Baltimore brings to the table? That's one thing. To give up nearly 6.0 yards per carry in Green Bay? That's not something Belichick is going to be able to live with. If he feels as though getting thumpers on the field trumps the speed brought to the table by Wilson or McMillan? Hard to argue with him for wanting to make a change...
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