(01-15-2018, 08:48 AM)Caldra Wrote: On offense, for us? K.I.S.S. Keep It Simple Stupid. Nothing fancy. You run the football down their throats and you go to the play action game early and often just like you did yesterday to get the defense away from the box. Take 1 - 2 shots in the first half and the second half if needed but don't get cute. Getting cute with New England is the surest way to lose. They're very disciplined. You're not going to out smart them too much. So you just need to line up man for man and get physical and nasty with them. That's how Denver won. That's how we will win it.

This is the most important part of the offensive gameplan for me. Hackett gameplans and schemes well. He just can't get flustered midgame if things aren't going his way, which we've kind of seen this season.

The biggest thing Hackett needs to do and focus on this week in my opinion: he needs to maximize his personnel because BB and his defense won't let the Jags get away with sloppy playcalls. If Fournette is still injured and struggling, don't continue to run him for no gain if Yeldon/Ivory/Grant are picking up good chunks of yards every run in relief. Don't send Lee down field for a deep ball when he hasn't caught any all season (or maybe one that I'm forgetting) when you've got Cole whose whole role is to catch deep balls from Bortles. Don't send Cole into the middle of the field to get leveled on third down with Hurns running a post route on the outside, when Hurns excels over the middle and Cole excels outside. Don't run a TE screen with Lewis who runs like a giraffe when Koyack has just shown he's got a bit of burst to him and can turn those plays into positive yardage.

Sure, it's easy to gameplan for NE's defense in general; just run the ball and control the clock. But Hackett's got away with wasting some gameplans and plays on ineffective players throughout the year. He needs to not be cute this time and not worry about who's "better" in general. It's a game of matchups. Maximize your personnel and force NE to shut down every player and play. Don't shoot yourself in the foot by forcing square pegs into round holes.

If the Jags win the coin toss, don't defer. Take the ball, establish your offense, and establish a lead. This team plays better, top to bottom, when playing with a lead. Don't allow Brady to set the tone of the game and get a lead if you have the chance.

As for defense, everyone else has already hit the nail on the head: Sacksonville needs to pressure Brady. If that front 4 doesn't generate pressure on Brady, this game is over regardless of how good the offensive gameplan is. Brady must go down and he must go down hard (like Vic used to say and like someone else has already said today). The only way to beat Brady is to make him uncomfortable and then keep him off the field. He's not going to test the Jags secondary, he'll wait for something to open up. And if you give Brady enough time; something will open up. This game won't be easy. But, this front 4 has shown more than enough that they can disrupt a QB on their own. Now, they need to show the world that they deserve that nickname and that they're for real.

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