I think that's a key for the offense or the goal they have for it , enough weapons to exploit what you leave open or don't take away. I couldn't care less if it is CC or Wallace or Landry or Gibson or ..... saying that I guess it is up to 17 to make it happen
Belichick sees how poor the chemistry is between Ryan and Wallace so he will smartly force us to connect there to beat them. He has rings for a reason. Spoiler ....Because he cheated.
He is going to use a great scheme to take away that over the top route to Mike Wallace because he knows the tendencies of him and Ryan Tannehill.. He knows that Wallace is limited and not varied in different routes and will critique a deep safety over the top to bait for an interception, like the alley-hoop basketball INT last year from Devin McCourty to Marquice Cole where they basically telegraphed a go-route deep to Mike Wallace because they knew where he was going to go. And that was marquice cole, so you don't need an elite CB to cover that, so Alfonzo Dennard or Logan Ryans for example can take on that responsibility leaving Darrelle Revis to cover someone else like Gibson or whoever being that Jamie Collins will be on Charles Clay. Having Darrelle Revis gives Belichick so much more flexibility to really use his wizardry on defense that we haven't seen in years .. finally have a Championship defense I believe. Hartline and Gibson will have to step up big while Charles Clay and Mike Wallace are taken out of the game.
I think Belichick probably realized that Mike Wallace really didn't fit into last year's offense, and any emphasis on covering Clay couldn't be countered effectively by throwing the ball to Wallace. This year's offense, we'll see.
It only takes a connection or two to completely throw a wrench into that. I'm sure Lazor has some ideas though...I trust him countering them WAY more than Sherman.
Let then take away Clay. For the first time in forever we have multiple weapons running around. Wallace, Hartline, Gibson, Matthews, Moreno, Miller. They can't take them all away. Bring it on, *****es!
Regardless of who the double, we have such a strength on the inside with our own talent, we'll just hit them all day, Landry, Clay, Gibson, Matthews..all day..take your shots regardless if they miss or not, I really don't care.
I don't believe it's that complicated, you either have a safety over the top or you risk getting beat by the man. If I had to choose someone where Revis may not like to cover in terms of skillset it would be Wallace. Before you go off, ftr, Revis imo is the best all around corner I've seen.
I think that Gator can come up big for us this week...they will have enough trouble trying to cover Clay and that will leave Hoskins with many open spots..they are going to do this so let's watch the match ups...Bring em' on!!! Let's get this Mutha started.
Giardi's breakdown of the coverage on Clay last season. "So what will Belichick and his staff do this time around? With a maturing Tannehill at the quarterback spot, the challenge is steep, but perhaps we’ve seen a glimpse of what will happen Sunday, especially with regards to corners like Ryan, Alfonzo Dennard and Kyle Arrington playing the other safety spot alongside McCourty, giving the Pats more cover guys in a league that is pass first, second and third. Clay’s a unique weapon and deserves the respect he got a season ago. I suspect he’ll see more of those players - and McCourty - then he will of traditional safeties like Pat Chung and Duron Harmon. But as always, Belichick won’t let this one out of the bag, at least not until game day."
