The Concealed Foundation of The Patriot Way

    

    The Patriot way has been studied, admired, coveted, and many attempts have been made to recreate it. A common narrative is that one of the staples of this system of unprecedented success is the principle of player versatility. Bill Belichek has always been worshipped and revered as a transcendent defensive mind and for good reason, his defenses have always puzzled offenses with player versatility because of clear defensive philosophy. However, if you honestly evaluate his defenses you will notice that his philosophy on defense suffers from a high learning curve. The Patriot defenses under Belichick have the tendency to start slow while trying to digest the volume of their individual responsibilities.

    It is confounding to me that the true brilliance of this masterful and prolific winner is never recognized and mostly dismissed. Bill played center and tight end in college, his origin story starts with the online. The Bill Belichick way is more about his ability to leverage his defensive approach with his unmatched insight of what is required for o-line success. Bill understands that to out perform a cohesive, organized, united offensive front requires positional versatility on defense.

    The Patriot way is not influenced by positional versatility or the mastery of defensive tactics. No, the Patriot way is an unmatched understanding of the unique nature of offensive line play and the principle that its strength is directly related to the cohesion of the whole unit. Every decision, philosophy and game plan is tailored to either compromise an opponents o-line, or take advantage of a defense with their o-line. Simply put, The Patriot way is a strategy that considers the o-line the most important position group in pro football.

    The Patriot way has lost three super bowls, twice to a supremely talented Giants defensive front that was able to penetrate a cohesive Patriot o-line, and once to a historically talented o-line that was so dominant that they where able to outscore Brady with a backup QB.

    Consider the Belichick coaching tree, mostly defensive minded assistants that ultimately have been colossal failures, why? I would argue that the primary reason is a systemic misunderstanding of the philosophical bedrock that constructs a game plan. The only consistently successful Belichick disciple is the one that prioritized and successfully constructed a dominant o-line. Ironically, Vrabel was an inside LB for the Patriots, another so called defensive mind.

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