Patriots Offense and Dallas Offense are two different monsters. If my guess is correct, what Garrett learned is a blend of Sid Gillman offense - the kind of brand we run. This I know - he was the backup of Troy Aikman, and was with Ernie Zampese (who Norv learned from) in the following years. I still don't think their offense is at where they want to be as of yet, but if last night game is any indication, they are very close. They may not have the kind of power football ready, but to compensate the lack of the powerball, they drafted OLs that can pull - when they sweep or go with screen, that offense will be very hard to stop. Now Witten kicks in at this precise moment; if LBs are concentrating too much on the flow of the OL, that's when Witten sneaks up behind. Their brand of football is another dimension of physical football. Now, Patriots Offense are a totally different monster. Of course, that Dolphags defense is not nearly half as good as Ryan D didn't help their cause, but what I was so amused about last night's game was that, Dolphags secondaries all looked like either they had restraining order from the court or something. They always allowed Pats receivers to go on a free release. If you do that, Brady will just pick you apart. You MUST jam the receivers and chip them as much as you can so you can disrupt the timing. They are finesse passing team, so if you can brutalize them physically yet cover your zone, (think Detroit even) then Brady will have huge problem. P.S. @1: Another extremely interesting sight was Cam Wake on Nate Solder. Of course Sparano is no Rex Ryan, but is he moron? Why do you pair up your best pass rusher hat-on-hat with RT? Where was the 5T LDE? Cam Wake looked aggressively average (per Sports Science's term) if I can be that generous in his assessment. Where was delayed blitz? Where was overload? Just where the hell was the fire zone? All night long, there was not a single lane to Brady free. We all bitch about Jets D allowing ungodly 390 yards against the Cowboys, but at least know that Jets D know how to get to QB, and make way to the QB game in and game out.
I didn't say overall they are equivalent offenses. Except that they both have above average TE's. The focus I had was on the Jets' difficulty defending TE's.
But that is the whole point. When you try to jam or chip Witten, you run the risk of being sucked into the flow if it happened to be a running play in fact - which you do not have to worry about in Patriots offense. Of course Patriots TEs will present different aspects to watch over, but they will never be the threat that Witten is simply because Patriots do not (and cannot) play smashmouth football. And to say the TEs from either offense are average is a huge understatement. They are not average - they are very good, if you ask me.
as one pointed out some time ago, he'll be ready for it this time around and though we arent the Fins, they played a lot of zone last night and got killed. (EDIT: I see Zach explained why in detail above) It does help the Jets a little seeing that the Patriots style of play remains the same. If we want to beat NE this year, our offense has to start early and score TDs because their defense looks very beatable, especially when they are down or if its a close game.
From my previous post: "I didn't say overall they are equivalent offenses. Except that they both have above average TE's." Above average is not the same as average. The Jets should be able to contain the run and not be destroyed by TE's. How much above average Witten is, how different it is to play him compared to the Pats' TE's, is not the main point. The main point is that the Jets against a number of different opponents appear vulnerable to TE play in the passing game.
