Bye Week Fix-ups

For the Patriots, bye week typically means a stronger-than-ever return to the league in the next week of play. While last week’s bye for New England came slightly prematurely (the team’s earliest bye since the 2004 season,) perhaps the Patriots needed to regroup after their horrifying game against Miami. Patterns have shown that the week of rest ensuing with bye week is often very valuable to the Patriots, who have a 6-2 record following regular-season bye week under the leadership of Bill Belichick.

This year, Belichick had the team practicing in full pads last Wednesday and Thursday before giving his team three days off, working to tackle the Patriots’ to-do list to improve their season. Some of these areas of concentration for New England are as follows:
• Rushing game: What can LaMont Jordan do early in games?
• Run defense: Covering up what the Dolphins revealed.
• Passing game: Cassel needs to improve.
• Zone coverage: There are just too many holes in the defense.
• Third down defense: The Pats are currently ranked 31 out of 32 teams in the category.
• Red-zone offense: Finish the drives the Patriots start.

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