They ran the ball and stopped the run. Maniacal runner Stevan Ridley gained 125 yards on 21 carries which a TON of carries for a passing team. Aerial assassin
Tom Brady? Well, he threw just 31 passes, Michael kors outlet which is his sweet spot.Instead of sitting back in nickel or dime and waiting for the Patriots to go at them in the air, the Titans had
to defend the run. Or, try to. OC Josh McDaniels kept them guessing, making the Patriots offense nearly impossible to stop.Check this out: On the Patriots first scoring drive,
Ridley had runs on three straight first downs, setting up Aaron Hernandezs 23-yard score. On the drive before that and drive after that, Brady passed on four first downs and
ended up punting both times. Nike Packer jerseys On the Patriots next scoring drive to make it 21-3, it started with a Ridley run for 15 yards. On the scoring drive to make it 28-10, Ridley had
four carries for 35 yards in a six-play drive.Thats the play-calling of a balanced team, not a passing team.Pounding the rock does more than that. It sets the tone. Physical,
tough, hard-nosed and when practicing for all of that during the preseason, the Patriots defense had to defend it. That has helped them tackle, and the D looked more hard-core,
too. It also helps you own the time of possession, Cheap Packer jerseys which the Patriots did even while running no-huddle. It wasnt just the Pats. The Panthers learned the hard way, for instance,
while the Bucs did it perfectly.Running the ball is tone-setting.The toughness of your team is built around running the ball and stopping the run, Brady said. The critical games
and the critical situations — that’s the foundation of your team and that’s what you’re built on and that’s what you’ve got to be able to do. You’ve got to run it when
they know you’re going to run it, michael kors watches women and I say that all the time. I think with what we do in the run game and play-action game and you spread them out and you run screens, you
run draws, you run traps, you spread the ball to all the different receivers it really makes it hard for the defense to just key in on something and say this is what we need to
do. You really have to defend everything.Now the other side of the thing? Look at the Titans.They are a run-first team, featuring not only electric Chris Johnson but also
athletic QB Jake Locker. CJ, who had looked great all camp, gained just four yards on 11 carries. He was tentative in the hole, which the Patriots induced. Vince Wilfork, Kyle Michael kors handbags sale
Love and the rest of the defensive line cut off his front-side, made Johnson tip-toe, and he couldnt be the one-cut runner hed always been. Johnson also missed holes and wore
down.When Johnson is forced to stop-and-start, hes not the same. And he wasnt. Locker tried just two rushes for 11 yards, though one productive attempt was negated because of a
holding penalty. The result? Michael kros clearanceJust 16 Titans rushing attempts compared to 43 pass attempts. The Pats, meanwhile, rushed it 35 times and threw it 35. Less was more.So, I point all
this out to say: Running the ball isnt dead. Just the opposite.Share this:FacebookTwitterEmailPrint Fan feedback should be within theguidelines for the NFL community. These
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