Matt Patricia seemed pleased. And why not? He had just witnessed his defense put together it's most complete performance of the season, and not a moment too soon.
The results come with a caveat, however. While it is true that the Patriots lined up without their starting two corners, one also has to wonder how motivated the Miami Dolphins really were in the 28-0 loss, the Patriots first shutout in almost 4 years
He smiled easily, but it was if he were holding something back, as if there was a restrictor plate on his sense of satisfaction.
Vince Wilfork,
Chandler Jones,
Rob Ninkovich,
Kyle Love,
Jermaine Cunningham,
Trevor Scott,
Justin Francis,
Brandon Deaderick,
Jake Bequette
"Coach hit it right on the head as far as the great thing about what we do is obviously a team effort. When you look at the bottom line stats and you see one particular player with high numbers, I don’t really think that tells the whole story. If you take a good look at the game and what actually happened during a particular play, you’ll see that there’s a lot of other factors that contribute to maybe a player making a play on that particular situation. You can single out anybody with stat numbers yesterday but if you take a look at the group effort, it was really what we were looking for. You can certainly see situations where the guys in coverage in those situations did a really excellent job to allow the pass rush time to get to the quarterback and then you can see situations where the pass rush was able to get to the quarterback, which allowed the cover guys to not have to cover as long. So, I really think it was a good, collaborative effort."
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