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To: Reaganesque
And they will have to play differently against the Pats as well.

Actually, I expect that the Eagles will return to their base defensive scheme. They will blitz Brady a lot, and from all angles. It may work better than it did for the Steelers, because the Eagles have a better secondary (though a lot of people thought the Steelers had a good secondary before last night).

That's why they play the games, as they say.

90 posted on 01/24/2005 8:40:31 AM PST by Tallguy
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To: Tallguy
though a lot of people thought the Steelers had a good secondary before last night

Actually, I've been saying that the Steelers' lone defensive weaknesses were on the deep the short out passes. I just didn't think New England would be capable of effectively exploiting those weaknesses (I thought the Colts or Chargers would have had better chances).

New England will be able to run the ball much better on Philly than they did Pittsburgh. This will lead to 1-on-1 coverages downfield that Brady should be able to capitalize on, regardless of the quality of the Eagles' secondary.

(So much for my non-progronsticating pledge.)

91 posted on 01/24/2005 8:52:06 AM PST by kevkrom (If people are free to do as they wish, they are almost certain not to do as Utopian planners wish)
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To: Tallguy

Oh the Steelers do have a good secondary. It's just not good enough.


93 posted on 01/24/2005 9:18:23 AM PST by thoughtomator (Meet the new Abbas, same as the old Abbas)
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