Why take the most successful passing offense in the league, year in and year out, and change it to a feeble running attack based offense? Brady has 38 yards passing so far and has been sacked multiple times and has thrown a pick.
I think its because Bellicheck believs he is the is the greatest coach ever and can win any way he wants with any group of players. He wants to play schemes that aren't popular in the NFL. They were the first to run the 4 and 5 wide sets for the majority of the game with a slot receiver heavily involved, now they have a bunch of copycats, although none have reached the level of success of the Patriots, and it looks like the Patriots are going less spread type offense and more power running with Stevan Ridley, if only Heath Evans were around for this decision, he was a much better runner than Ridley. The Patriots had a nice 3-4 scheme with a decent amount of White players, then the 3-4 became very popular among NFL teams, he went blacker and switched to more of a 4-3. I could see switching if you are having trouble finding the talent to run the offense, but this isn't the case. They have Welker who is still in his prime, and if something were ot happen he would have Edelman, or Woodhead who could move to the slot if needed. If he is going run heavy at least split carries bw Ridley and Woodhead. No matter what there can only be so many White players allowed to start. If Bellicheck truly had balls hed have majority Whites on both offense and defense.
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