(01-15-2018, 05:53 PM)Tailgater Wrote:

(01-15-2018, 03:58 PM)jagibelieve Wrote: The key to beat the Pats is pretty much twofold.  Eliminate Brady and Gronk.  Those are their best players and the ones that can beat this team.  Of course, by "eliminate" I don't advocate dirty play or hoping players get hurt.  I'm just saying take Brady's ability to throw the ball and take Gronk away from being able to catch a pass.

On offense, not only continue to pound the rock, but also continue to let Blake Bortles put the ball in the air via play action and rollouts.  Passes don't have to "go to the house", they just need to get the next first down.

The bottom line is if the Jaguars play well in all three phases with NO MISTAKES, they can and will win this game.

Well, that's simple enough: Stop Brady and Gronk, then have your way offensively...good plan if it works. I tend to doubt it will though.

Belichick's plan will be similar to the TT's game - sell out on defense to stop the run, including limiting Bortles getting out of the pocket, putting the game on his shoulders and arm.

On offense, hoping to see Burkhead in the backfield. Jags probably haven't seen much of tape of him this season prepping for this game.

Having a mix of Lewis, White & Burkhead in the backfield opens up the playbook for Brady and clears a ton of space for Gronk.

The patriots defense is under rated
Since they lost to carolina they have allowed the fewest points in the nfl. They have also been much better on defense. Allowing only 224 yards per game thru the air and they have been pretty good keeping rb out the endzone allowing only 3 td on 301 rushing attempts in last 13 games.
 Now this will by no means be any easy game for the patriots. But there is absoultly nothing brady hasnt seen before. The jags are gonna have to play mistake free for 60 minutes. If you do all that you will be in a close game late.

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