Patriots Tight End Defense. The defense sure does look like its ready to swarm opposing offenses but lets see them come out of the gate playing out of their minds before we dub them anything. Brown and Derrick Henry get the headlines but Phil Perry breaks down how the Titans tight ends could present problems for.
The Patriots made a very strange pick in Round 1 but theres a lot of draft left. The Patriots will face a gauntlet of elite tight ends this season starting with Miamis Mike Gesicki the Raiders Darren Waller and Kansas Citys Travis Kelce in their first four games. Entering Week 3 of the regular season no tight end in the NFL had seen more passes thrown his way than the Las Vegas Raiders Darren Waller.
If the Patriots defense does not play a more disciplined game it could run into some major problems.
That was up from 279. Their zone defense didnt allow a touchdown in 47 attempts while they allowed seven in 78 man-to-man coverage targets. By games end the numbers suggested that the Patriots didnt do enough through the air with their two tight ends when the Dolphins challenged them to throw by running run-stuffers onto the field. New Englands offense should force opposing defenses out of their comfort zones.
