Bill Belichick

n began there was significant debate regarding the formation of New England’s defensive line. Bill Belichick’s defense had struggled to get any pressure on the quarterback in recent years, so an overhaul seemed likely. The club signed Andre Carter and Mark Anderson in the offseason to bolster their pass rush leaving many to assume that the 4-3 would take center stage. That switch did occur, but an injury to Carter late in the season put Patriot fans in a worry. Luckily Anderson has stepped right in at the right defensive end position to fill the void. Wait, I’m sorry. Have I talked this long about the Patriot line without mentioning Vince Wilfork? Yikes. At 325 pounds (listed), Wilfork is a dominant tackle in the middle of that Boston defense.  He stuffs the run or frees up linebackers by absorbing at least two blockers on every snap. He can get in opposing quarterbacks’ grill where they hate it most: right up the middle. He’s a massive problem for any offense’s blocking schemes.

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In the match-up of the week, the New England Patriots carry their momentum into a snowy Soldier Field Sunday afternoon to face-off with the Bears in a game that has playoff implications for both squads. Now to break it down!

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Perhaps a half, but anything beyond that would be foolish. Bill Belichick's Pats aren't playing for anything other than the 3 or 4 seed, so unless they prefer to play San Diego I don't envision more than a half for Brady, Welker and Moss. Houston should get the win unless Belichick has a second coach-fart this season. 

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It was a crazy week 14 in the NFL, book-ended by division upsets on Thursday and Monday night. While the playoff picture is coming into focus, we still have loads of drama in the NFC East and two undefeated teams with their eyes set on the Lombardi Trophy. The Final Drive starts now!

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But Bill Belichick’s idiotic call to go for it on fourth and 2 from his own 29 was too much of a gift for Manning to send away! That just says “My defense won’t stop them from 70 yards out so I might as well only give him 30 yards. Maybe I’ll get the ball back quicker.”  

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Drama! The Patriots’ former QB coach and O-Coordinator Josh McDaniels welcomes his mentor Bill Belichick into Mile-High for an AFC showdown that could place his Broncos among the conference’s elite. Against Tom Brady and the Patriots offense, Denver’s defense will meet its biggest challenge so far this season. Without running back Fred Taylor, the Patriots will struggle on the ground, forcing Brady to air it out against Brian Dawkins, Champ Bailey, and the Denver secondary. Lucky for him he has Randy Moss and Wes Welker as receivers. This is without question the game of the weekend.

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retirement, the Patriots defense will continue to get younger, which can only mean good things for Bill Belichick's squad.

This year, I’d like your help in writing my Opening Drive! Send me your suggestions on games to cover via Facebook or Twitter each and I’ll analyze them in my article! (Besides Bears games, I’ll cover those anyway. Duh.)

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They need him.

-Did anyone else think Mangini and New England’s Bill Belichick were in a spitting contest to see who could pull off the most deals? Cleveland traded down in the first round three times and New England traded down and then traded back up. (The Patriots made four second round selections. That’s right, four.)

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Brady did it to Bledsoe, so it was only a matter of time. Speaking of similarities, I see Bill Belichick standing behind Matt Cassel rubbing his hands together and laughing maniacally like a mad scientist. This is a formula. And this is what

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This season, Bill Belichick gets to provide his own answer.

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