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To: discostu

The Steelers seemed just as determined to stop Dillon on first down as the Pats were to stop Bettis or Staley. The Pats caught them blitzing a few times and made them pay.


1,781 posted on 01/24/2005 2:42:29 PM PST by mainepatsfan
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To: mainepatsfan

It's all about the route, if the run is going outside and the blitz is coming from the other outside then the non-blitzing LBs will be shifting to cover and get caught shifting away from the run. That's how Dillon got that 25 yarder, outside of that one run though they held Dillon down (even with that run he only got 73 yards, but that TD run was huge, and a great display of why you shouldn't abandon the run even when the other team is shutting it down). Screens, crossing routes, and hooks are the way to kill a team that's blitzing, and the Pats are solid at all three.


1,786 posted on 01/24/2005 2:47:55 PM PST by discostu (mime is money)
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