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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
Now we will see what the Patriots come up with to slow down Julio Jones.
Funny thing with New England. Find me another team with three white receivers in the NFL. With a healthy Gronk it would be pretty much 4 of their 6 primary pass catchers.
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It's been like that going back to Wes Welker. It just happens that white receivers have been the speedy guys to run their quick timing patterns, slants, screens, etc. You don't see many white receivers that are big vertical threats but the Patriots haven't had a big vertical offense since Randy Moss was playing.
If it wasn't for the two games last Sunday this would be the worst NFL playoffs in recent history. It's good I suppose that the best teams are winning their games but these games haven't been pretty. I feel for NFL defensive coordinators these days. It's just so hard to defend now as it doesn't seem to matter if it's the Falcons making big plays down the field or the Patriots running their short pass offense and having hundreds of yards after the catch. Personally I think the league went a bit too far as we haven't even been seeing many punts in these games as defenses don't seem to have any answers to well schemed offenses but I suppose offense sells.