How the Patriots were able to crush Chargers but why their scheme will have to change against Chiefs

Tom Curran’s Patriots Talk Podcast

NBC Sports Boston

Patriots Nation, News, Ja'lynn Polk, Football, Jerod Mayo, New England Patriots, Afc East, Afc, Mike Vrabel, Sports, Tom E. Curran, Sports News, Phil Perry, Nfl

4.5 • 803 Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2019

⏱️ 34 minutes

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3:10 - Patriots were able to beat up on the Chargers. The defense blitzed Philip Rivers and got him off his spot. 4:20 - Both Tom Brady and Philip Rivers are pocket passers. Why were the Patriots able to get pressure but Chargers weren’t? 5:30 - Patriots won’t be able to play the same way against the Chiefs. 7:00 - Why didn’t the Chargers change up their scheme after having trouble stopping Tom Brady and the offense? 8:15 - Patriots offensive line was tremendous against the Chargers. Dante Scarnecchia is one of the best offensive line coaches in the NFL. 12:20 - Patriots will change up their scheme against the Chiefs and will have something different from when they met last in Week 6. 16:35 - How will the Patriots be able to slow down Tyreek Hill? Chiefs have so many weapons. Patriots need to use the running game to keep Kansas City off the field. 19:35 - Patriots had a lot of success stopping the run against the Chargers. 21:35 - Jerod Mayo explains why the grass at Arrowhead Stadium can be a problem for the Patriots defense. 23:45 - Breaking down Andy Reid’s offenses and how he likes to script out the start of games. 25:50 - How tough will it be for Tom Brady to communicate to the offense before the snap in Arrowhead? 30:30 - Philip Rivers composure against the Patriots and how it affected the Chargers performance. 31:40 - How much does experience impact performances in the AFC Championship game?

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0:20.4	Today on QuickSlanterns podcast, the Patriots run rough shot over the Los Angeles Chargers.
0:27.4	We look back on the roadkill and try and identify exactly what the cause of death was for those Los Angeles Chargers.
0:34.1	Then we look forward to the American Football Conference Championship
0:38.0	game. Patriots, Chiefs, why is it going to look different than those other road
0:44.0	AFCCGs? All that moron, Gerard, Gerard.
1:00.7	Yeah, man.
1:01.9	That was a good start right there, huh?
1:03.2	That was a great start.
1:04.2	What do you think?
1:05.0	What in God's name, you foresaw good things for the Patriots on Sunday?
1:11.1	Did you foresee that?
1:12.4	I definitely didn't.
1:13.6	You know, I kind of feel like an idiot.
1:15.5	I was at my son's basketball game and like four people came up to me.
1:19.9	Hey, you know, the Patriots are going to crush the Chargers, crush them.
1:24.1	I was like, you know, I was like, hold on, guys, hold on.
1:45.7	The Chargers have a pretty good team. It's going to be a tough game. I think the Patriots will pull it out because it's a home game and they've done it all year. But it's going to be a tough game. And boom, they come out, score touchdown after touchdown after touchdown. I mean, the score at the end of the game, it really doesn't reflect what happened during the game.
1:48.8	Like, it was pure domination throughout the entire game.
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