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The Patriots, Eagles and Colts have defenses that: get bent but don't break, giving opposing offenses the chance to implode.
Calling a defense "bend but don't break" is kind of like calling a woman "pretty for her size." Somewhere in those descriptions, insult lurks.
You might as well label a defense "passive," "soft" or just plain "limp-wristed." No defense wants to consider itself "bend-but-don't-break" because of the connotations. Yet the numbers say three of the best teams in the playoffs are achieving bend-but-don't-break results, and the style undoubtedly will leave an imprint on the NFL postseason.
The Patriots rank 17th in passing yards allowed, but that hasn't prevented them from winning 14 games because they have allowed fewer touchdowns per possession in the red ...
- Finish work needed ; Patriots targeting red-zone problems
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Monique Walker November 14, 2009 700+ words
...has been challenged is the red zone. The Patriots are getting touchdowns 44...Patriots struggled in the red zone. Before the Patriots took on then-winless Tennessee...percent of the time in the red zone. Patriots tight end Benjamin Watson...
- Patriots focus on `red zone' in wake of loss to Jets.(The Providence Journal)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Donaldson, Jim September 12, 2000 700+ words
...wrong with the Patriots whenever they move into the red zone. In NFL jargon...ball in the red zone because, when...ball." The Patriots had other problems...at least five Patriots had a chance...zone from the red zone, too often...
- Patriots bleed red-zone futility.(SPORTS)
- Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) October 1, 2009 700+ words
...is back, but the red zone/dead zone issues that plagued the Patriots last season remain...league's top-ranked red-zone defense. The Matt Cassel-quarterbacked Patriots finished 19th in the red zone (50.8 percent...
- RED ZONE REVIVAL ; Patriots reverse troubling trend, convert three of five...
- Newspaper article from: The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA ERIC McHUGH October 5, 2009 700+ words
...fire of a previously ice-cold red-zone offense. The Patriots were 0-for-3 in the red zone in a Week 2 loss to the Jets, and...improve." Granted, there were three red-zone smudges: 1) The Patriots had to settle for a field goal after...
- Heat on Patriots' red zone defense.(Sports)
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Thompson, Rich September 14, 2004 700+ words
...THOMPSON FOXBORO - The Patriots defense needed four huge plays in the red zone to offset an unimpressive...happy with the Patriots' red zone defense and insisted...turnover on the Patriots' 1-yard line...defense embraces the red zone challenge. "You...
- PATRIOTS DAY: THE JETS; Sprung from modest beginnings, the Patriots have a...
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Bryant, Howard September 21, 2003 700+ words
...might not be the player the Patriots believed him to be when they...judge for his importance to the Patriots offense and its red-zone attackin particular, Brady...old, special combination in Patriots history. When Drew Bledsoe...
- Panthers, Patriots earn title shots: Cowboys' reign ends in red zone.(Sports)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times Snider, Rick January 6, 1997 700+ words
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Dallas Cowboys' season-long inability to score in the red zone proved costly yesterday. The Carolina Panthers kept the Cowboys out of the end zone three times after Dallas had driven inside...
- Pats: Right on red zone; Defense gets tough when foes reach 20.(Sports)
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Thompson, Rich December 11, 2001 700+ words
FOXBORO -- The Patriots' success in the red zone has more to do with middle...9. By contrast, the Patriots have the fourth-rated red-zone offense in the AFC...said yesterday that the Patriots' red-zone defense was one of his...