Locked On Patriots - Daily Podcast On The New England Patriots - Patriots A to Z Part 5 - Locked On Patriots June 28, 2019

Episode Date: June 28, 2019

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Hey there everybody, welcome on in to part 5 of Patriots A-Z here at Locked On Patriots. Mark Schofield back here in the big chair. This show is going to drop on Friday, June 28th. We are closing in on the end of June, closing in on the 4th of July weekend. And just so everybody is aware, because of the schedule, because of the way things are going, we're going to have five shows next week too. We're going to have installments six through 10 of Patriots A to Z. So you're going to have a show on the 4th. You're going to have a show on the 5th. If you're traveling with the family, if you've got some days off,

whatever you're doing over the 4th of July holiday, or for those listeners outside of the United States, if you're not celebrating the 4th of July, maybe you're across the pond in jolly old England and the 4th of July isn't a holiday you're particularly fond of. No matter what, you're going to have some installments

of Patriots A to Z to look forward to. So, again, no days off until mid-July, but no days off. Okay, so you got that to look forward to, which is nice. Today we're doing the letters I and J, and let's be frank up front. Not a lot of I's. Got some J's to talk about. Not a lot of I's. So we're going to dive into some of the players, some of the plays.

And yes, we've got some moments to talk about with the letters I and J in Part 5 here of Patriots A to Z. But before we do any of that, your usual reminders. Follow me on the Twitter machine at Mark Schofield. Always love having you along for the ride. Check out the work, places like InsideThePylon.com, Pro Football Weekly, The Score, Matt Waldman's Rookie Scouting Portfolio, check out the work places like inside the pylon.com pro football weekly the score matt waldeman's rookie scouting portfolio big blue view bleeding green nation and yes pat's pulpit

all parts of the sb nation family let's dive in now to i and j and at the outset look not a lot of eyes i said that but there is an eye to talk about. James, a head of ball. A defensive back who spent one year, one year, one season, 2011, with the New England Patriots, also played for teams like the Jets, the Ravens, the Detroit Lions, and the Buffalo Bills. And with Detroit in 2014, actually picked off Tom Brady on a pass intended for Rob Gronkowski in the end zone.

That in the second half of a game that was 24-6, I believe, at the time. Brady never saw him. Looked to be sort of a cover two, red two look. Gronk's running across the route. Never sees the backside safety. In his time in New England, appeared in 16 games. Didn't start a single one, didn't notch a single interception, but he racked up some tackles.

So that was nice. He also appeared in both playoff games that year and a Super Bowl, which the Patriots lost to the New York Giants. But James Aheadabo, a former New England Patriot with a last name of I that we can talk about. There's not a lot else. There's Larry Izzo, a linebacker for the Patriots out of Rice

University. Shout out to the one and only Dave Archibald. Izzo spent most of his career, he played from 1996 through 2009 with the New England Patriots. He spent four years in Miami and then the bulk of his career with the Patriots. He spent four years in Miami, and then the bulk of his career with the Patriots where he spent eight seasons,

was a member of the 2003 and 2004 Super Bowl teams, was a member of the 2007 team that did go 16-0, but yeah. Obviously a stalwart special teams player. He didn't watch one career interception. That was in 2003 when he was a member of the Patriots, and that was against the Buffalo Bills. So he's got that going for him, which is nice.

I've used that joke twice now. I've got to get away from it. We have some current Patriots. Dontrell Inman, wide receiver, out of the University of Virginia, who has spent time with San Diego and then the L.A. Chargers, some time in Chicago, last year with Indianapolis, where he appeared in nine games, four starts, 28 receptions for 304 yards, and three touchdowns.

Best year in the league, probably 2016, with the then San Diego Chargers, where he started all 16 games, 58 receptions for 810 yards, four touchdowns, a career lawn. Actually, a lawn that year of 57 yards for a touchdown. His career lawn is 68. He had the season before. Also, Ryan Izzo, tight end out of Florida State, reserve tight end for the Patriots right now. Will he be something more? Well, we'll find out later this summer if he will be something more.

But for right now, a reserve tight end. Let's's move to the letter i and we got some names here chad jackson wide receiver out of the university of florida he was a player that came in with some hype drafted in the second round 36th overall but in his time in new england 13 catches not a lot to show for there's also stephen jackson a running back out of Oregon State who obviously the bulk of his career was with the Rams. He was fantastic with the St. Louis Rams. He finished his career in New England in 2015. Two games, one start, 21 rushes for 50 carries and a touchdown in limited action for the New England Patriots. Craig James, a member of that Super Bowl XX team with the New England Patriots,

drafted in the seventh round, 187 overall of the 1983 NFL draft. He was part of the Pony Express. It was him and Eric Dickerson at Southern Methodist University, which got the death penalty after him and Eric Dickerson, Southern Methodist University,

only spent his entire career, five years with the New England Patriots. His best season with New England, 1985, that Super Bowl XX team. 16 games, 14 starts, 1,227 yards rushing and five touchdowns, including a 65-yarder. That 65-yard rushing touchdown came in the season opener against the Green Bay Packers where he had 12 carries for 99 yards and a touchdown averaged 8.25 yards per carry that day arguably well probably not arguably that was his best day of the season other members of the Patriots

all-time roster from the letter J Ricky Jean Francois played one year with the Patriots all-time roster from the letter J. Ricky Jean-Francois played one year with the Patriots out of Louisiana State in 2017. He spent time with the Patriots and the Packers that year, but he was a member of a team that won some playoff games, beat Tennessee, beat Jacksonville, but then, well, yeah. Unfortunately, that season ended. Moving on from Ricky Jean-Francois, we've got Bethel Johnson. Drafted in the second round. 45th overall of the 2003 NFL Draft.

Another early wide receiver selection. And a player who started all of seven games for the Patriots who caught all of 30 passes for the Patriots who caught all of 30 passes for the Patriots. The letter J has not been kind to the wide receiver position with the Patriots. We already had Chad Jackson. We have Bethel Johnson and then Chad Ochocinco who spent one year with the New England Patriots. 2011, the final season of his career where he did have a catch in the Super Bowl. It was one catch. He had 15 receptions the entire season with the New England Patriots,

a season that would be his last. But Chad Ochoacinco, he had some great years with the Cincinnati Bengals. I mean, his best year yardage-wise was 1,432. That was 2005. 2006, he led the league with 1,369 yards receiving. I mean, you're talking years where you're at 90, 95, 97, 87, 80. I mean, 93 catches. He was a fantastic receiver and a tremendous presence now on social media.

He's a ton of fun to follow on social media. He's got that tournament right now with the 40-yard dash. It's a pay-per-view thing. Are you going to pay $39.99 to watch guys run the 40? I'm not, but I'm sure I'll get some Twitter highlights out of it. Ted Johnson, linebacker out of Colorado from 1995 to 2004. Now a member of the radio world, drafted in the second round, 57th overall, and a stout linebacker for New England.

125 games for the Patriots. He spent his entire career with them. 106 starts. I mean, up to his final season, 2004, 15 starts for the Patriots, 56 tackles. That was second highest of his career. He had 63 tackles, solo tackles, in 2002. I mean, yes, 2002. That was also his career high for total tackles, were 97.

He had four sacks back in 1997 as well. Ted Johnson, member of the New England Patriots. Chandler Jones, defensive end out of Syracuse. Spent some time in New England. Now a member, obviously, of the Arizona Cardinals. He was drafted by New England in the first round, 21st overall. Had some impressive sack totals in his time in New England. Six sacks as a rookie, 11.5 in 2013.

His second season, 6 in 2014, 12.5 in 2015. Led the league in sacks in 2017, albeit for the Arizona Cardinals. But Chandler Jones, yet another player that on the cusp of getting a big deal, gets shipped out of town. Tabucky Jones. Whenever I think of to Bucky Jones, obviously what comes to mind is Super Bowl XXXVI, right? Super Bowl XXXVI. Jones had what looked like the game clinching play, a 97-yard scooped score when the Rams were knocking on the door to put it in the end zone, but he gets called back,

and that set the stage, obviously, for Brady and Adam Vinatieri and their heroics. But Tabucky Jones could have been the hero. And a bit of revisionist history. If Tabucky Jones does score on that play, and the Patriots don't need that final drive from Brady and that kick from Vinatieri, who's Super Bowl XXXVI MVP? Is it Ty Law?

Is it Jones? I think you would have to go somebody on the defense because that would have been, by and large, the most impressive aspect to that game was how the Patriots shut down the greatest show on turf. And so that's something to think about. So Bucky Jones there, a member of the Patriots, spent the bulk of his career in New England. There's other guys, Cyrus Jones and others. Some current Patriots as well. We get J.C. Jackson, defensive back out of

the University of Maryland who grew into the number two corner opposite Stephon Gilmore. Is something happening with J.C. Jackson? We don't know about that. Rather ominous Instagram post came out the other day where he talks about mistakes in his past.

People are wondering, is something going to go down with JC Jackson? I have not heard anything. Again, nobody tells me anything. But JC Jackson, great rookie last year. Hope to have him back in the secondary this year. Jacob Johnson, member of the international program, running back slash tight end type guy. We'll see what he can bring to the table. And Jonathan Jones, reserve defensive back out of Auburn. Incredibly fast player. Spent his entire career so far with the New England Patriots. He's got four deceptions to his credit so far as a member of the New England Patriots. So those are the players that have made up this franchise over the course of its run.

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Let's talk about some of the plays. We'll work through some of the route concepts here. Again, if you're a defensive-minded person, well, I do apologize a bit, but most of my exposure is on the offensive side of the ball. And let's talk some route concepts. Patriots do have some INJ routes. We'll start with the single receiver routes. Single man routes before we get to the two and three receiver concepts.

Let's talk in. As you might expect, it's basically a dig route. Stem to 12 yards depth. Plant with outside foot and break inside slightly downhill. Working back towards the quarterback just ever so slightly. Now you want to give a good stick at the top of the route, a corner of the coaching point. Z-bounce return.

In-cut, alert for the mic dive. Utah in-cut, those are on plays where you can return back to the outside if you're either walled off or that mic linebacker dives and jumps your route. Also, there is jiggle. Jiggle is another in-breaking route. This is usually run from the slot. It is a stem based on coverage read. The depth is 10 to 12 yards. You win inside and work across the field unless you are walled off, then return back outside. You have to make a decision by the time you reach that top point. You got to know what you're going to do if you are

unmatched versus zone you sit down have to hey you have until the near hash mark to win if you're a slot receiver all go z jiggle if that is the play call you run a 10 yard jiggle by the slot receiver there is also juke as you might have heard before, Haas, why Juke? This is an inside receiver, slot receiver route, inside release, get to four yards, and sit down if you are not covered. If you are covered, work the defender covering you man-to-man and beat him inside or outside off of his technique. And this is a fascinating coaching point. It goes to all the things that go into a single play. Don't show the quarterback your eyes until you're finished with the route and ready for the football. And we often wonder how can quarterback and receiver be on the same page

with all these different option routes? Well, they're on juke. If you're the quarterback, if you don't see his eyes, you're not going to throw him the ball. So that's Juke. Inside stutter. This is also a slot receiver. This is similar to shoot where you diagonally to six yards, vertically to 12. Then you break diagonally again, 12 to 15, crossing the formation. Now, this is convertible, however.

You will sit down versus zone coverage if you get walled off you can break this back to the outside as well so that is inside stutter from the Patriots playbook Patriots also have indigo seam this is a seam route run by the number two receiver and inside receiver get inside indigo in of the slot defender on your release if possible. Versus cover two, you take it across the field if you see that backside safety dive. So if that middle of the field is open, since this is a route you will convert, middle of the field is open, you're going to turn this into a post route. If you see that opposite safety dive down, you stay running across the field.

This is also run straight upfield. There's no landmark here. Wherever you start is where you should finish if you stay running across the field this is also run straight upfield there's no landmark here wherever you start is where you should finish if you stay vertically on indigo seam another route from the patriots playbook indigo in this is run by the outside receiver you align at the bottom of the numbers it's a big split you stem vertically to 18 yards, break inside, roll to a depth of about 20 yards in between the hashes. So that route right there is basically a dig route. The Patriots call it in their playbook, indigo in. Now let's talk some of the two-receiver, two-man concepts here in the Patriots playbook. We can start with ice, two-receiver concept.

Outside receiver runs an in, get to 18 yards, break across the formation. Inside receiver runs a cross. And so you see some of that name and terminology here for the Patriots, ice, I, and C, in, and cross. Inside receiver runs that sort of shoot route that we've talked about. Diagonally to six, vertically to 12, and then diagonally across the formation. So that's ice part of the Patriots playbook Patriots also have in their playbook another route concept called inch this is an in route this time to a depth of 14 yards from the outside receiver and the inside

slot receiver runs what the Patriots call their inside hitch. You basically work outside a little bit and then hitch up, turn to the inside and look for the football. Now, indigo. Indigo, we talked about the indigo route, the indigo seam and the indigo in. Well, indigo pairs those two routes. Outside receiver runs the indigo in vertically to 18. Then you kind of round off, break inside at a depth of about 20 yards. Now that inside or slot receiver you will run in the indigo seam route so you run in the seam you stay vertical unless the middle of the field is open at which point you see those two high safeties and cover two look you're going to try to split those safeties now remember on that indigo seam route if you get

those two high safeties and that other safety crashes down you stay across the field so that is indigo a two receiver concept of the Patriots playbook Illinois again a lot of these I words they have in as part of the combination of receiver routes so in Illinois in the Patriots playbook is an in and an under outside receiver runs an in cut a dig at about 14 yards inside receiver runs the Patriots shallow under so you diagonally to about two to three yards upfield for a step and then across the formation at a depth of five yards then there's jiggle which is a jiggle and an in outside receiver runs the 18 yard in cut inside receiver runs that

jiggle route we talked about a little bit earlier get to about 10 yards and you either break inside sit down or return back to the outside so that's jiggle in the Patriots playbook also in the Patriots playbook is Iowa this is a two receiver usually run a more of a two-man bunch so you're going to have one receiver, the outside receiver. He is going to run an in cut. Again, I-in. You're hearing a lot of that today at 14 yards. Outside receiver runs an angle route. So, I mean, excuse me, the inside receiver runs an angle route. So that inside receiver is going to start to the outside, get to about four yards.

You're basically crossing the path of the outside receiver. And then you're going to break diagonally underneath him. So it's kind of like, you know like a reverse pivot route or something like that. So outside to four, then break diagonally on what looks to be a slant route. That's Iowa in the Patriots playbook. So those are some of the I and J two-man concepts in New England's playbook. Now we can talk about some of the three-man concepts the Patriots have in their playbook, those route concepts with I and J.

And here we have basically one concept and then one team concept, which I'll tell you about in a three-level passing game in a moment. But first, the first concept we're going to talk about here in the Patriots playbook under the three-man concepts. And that one is jerk. This is a three-man concept with one of our favorite routes that we've talked about already in this series the viper route can't wait to finally get to the v so we can talk about the viper route some more but again three receiver concept inside receiver he's going to run a diagonal so the inside receiver runs that three yard diagonal right to the flat middle receiver as they often do in this passing game, runs that

viper, that convertible post route or corner route dependent on the safety alignment. If the middle of the field is open, you run the post. Middle field is closed, you run the corner. And then finally, that outside receiver runs a juke route. Now, usually you see in like, for example, Haas wide juke, you see the juke from a slot receiver. Here it's from an outside receiver. So you get inside receiver on the diagonal, receiver on the viper outside receiver runs that juke route where you start inside and then you basically read and decide and again as we just learned don't look at the quarterback until you are ready for the football that'd be my might be my favorite little tidbit we're going to do in all of these little route discussions. Finally, part of the Patriots' three-level passing game.

They have some plays named after teams. And one of them is Jazz. They also have Pacer, Laker, and Spur. A little basketball knowledge for you. But Jazz, for example, 3-half Zing, 67, the protection there, y bow sink now jazz is an indigo between the x and the f with an under by the z or it could be an indigo with the x and the z and under by the f dependent on alignment but on this part of the playbook here it's an under by the Z and indigo that indigo seam route is run by the F receiver so how this is drawn up you're going to have the X on the

outside to the left run that in cut part of indigo remember indigo is an in and that indigo in and indigo seam outside receiver runs that 18 to 20 yard dig inside receiver the F receiver here runs that indigo seam route. Stay vertically if the middle of the field is closed. Middle field is open, cover two. You get him running a post. Again, middle field, open, cover two, and you see that backside safety dive. You stay across the formation.

Then you're going to get, you heard Y bow, that wide tight end to the right. He's going to run that bow out route. So he gets up to 18 and breaks outside to 20 you heard zane that's where the z receiver has motion towards the football and then he's going to run the under as part of jazz so again jazz gives you the indigo part to the left between the two receivers on the dig and the seam and then you get an under route from the opposite receiver the final part of that is sink. That's the running back. He's going to check protection, then go between the tackle and the guard to a depth of four

yards and break over the middle. And that creates a rub between the Z receiver on his under and the running back because they're going to be coming from opposite sides of the formation. Here, that running back is staggered to the left of the quarterback, and the Z receiver is on the right side of the quarterback. So that is jazz in the Patriots' playbook. A three-level pass and read in the three levels. You get the vertical stretch from the seam, then the dig route, then you work in that rub between the running back and the Z receiver

looking for that Z receiver coming on that under route. That's how the quarterback will read it. That's how the Patriots draw up jazz in their playbook. Up next, we're going to talk some moments in Patriots history with the letters I and J. We're going to talk some rivalry stuff and some science. That's ahead here in part five of Patriots A to Z at Locked on Patriots. Mark Schofield back with you now closing out part five installment five of Patriots A to Z phase two of the offseason program here at Locked On Patriots we are going through the alphabet

talking about some of the players the people the plays and the moments that have defined this franchise and when you talk about sort of moments with the letters I and J associated with the New England Patriots the first thing that comes to my mind, at least, are the Indianapolis Colts. This Patriots-Colts rivalry sort of obviously during the 2000s, the Manning and Brady and all of that does come to mind. But historically, this has not been much of a rivalry. The Patriots lead this all-time series 52-29, and they have won the last eight meetings between this team, between these two teams. I mean, the last time that the Colts

won was November of 2009, and then the previous November of 2008. You know, and these teams have had some tilts in the playoffs. A couple years ago, it was the AFC Championship game. The Patriots won that game 45-7. Then there was an AFC Divisional Round game in 2014, January 2014. The Patriots won 43-22. The last time that the Colts won a playoff game between these two teams was that you know 2007 january of 2007 when the colts won on at home 38 34 in a game where tom brady threw a late interception they kind of missed out a chance late to put that game away but the patriots have had a good run of play against the colts but

these teams met in some hugely important and influential games. You think of the AFC Championship game in January of 2004. Those were some of those games that sent Bill Pullian into a rage, seeing his receivers get roughed up by the Patriots taking advantage of the passing rules. And that changed how this game was called. And so the Patriots and the Colts, they obviously have a history with each other.

There is also some history with the Jacksonville Jaguars. Now these teams have only met 13 times, and the Patriots lead the all-time series 11-2. But they've also met in the playoffs a number of times. They've also met in the wildcard a couple of times. The first time the Jacksonville Jaguars beat the Patriots was in 1999. January 3rd,

1999. It was an AFC wildcard game. Jacksonville won that game 25-10. This was a game that basically it was 12-0 Jacksonville at halftime. This was a game that basically it was 12-0 Jacksonville at halftime. This game never was really in question.

It was a game that Scott Zolak started for the New England Patriots, completing 21-44 for 190 and one interception for a quarterback rated at 50.4. Mark Brunel didn't fare much better, 14-34 for 161, a touchdown no interceptions for a quarterback rated at 65.4. Mark Brunel didn't fare much better. 14-34 for 161. A touchdown, no interceptions for a quarterback

at 65.9. That wasn't the first time they met in the playoffs, though. First time these teams met in the playoffs was the AFC Championship game. 1997. January 12, 1997. The Patriots won 22-6. That was the jambalaya season. The Patriots get into a

Super Bowl that they would lose to the Green Bay Packers. Parcells didn't fly back with the team, all that fun stuff back when the Patriots were a different franchise in a sense. Another playoff meeting. This was another wildcard game in January

7th, 2006. That was a game that the Patriots won at home 28-3. They would go on the next week and lose at Denver, knocking them out of the playoffs. And then another divisional round game, 2008, January 12th, Patriots win 31-20. And then, most recently, between these teams in the playoffs, that AFC Championship game just two seasons ago, Patriots were down in that game.

It looked like Jacksonville was going to back up their brashness, come into Gillette, knock the Patriots out of the playoffs. Brady had the cut on his hand. This was a game Jacksonville was up 14-10 at the half, 17-10 at the end of three. But the Patriots stormed back, and they scored two touchdowns to close things out. They were down 20-10 early in the fourth quarter.

Danny Amendola catches two touchdown passes from Tom Brady in the final half of the game, final half of the fourth quarter, and the Patriots punch their ticket to Super Bowl LIII. Finally, when you think of moments, the New England Patriots, the letters I and J. The volume V occupied by N moles of any gas has a pressure P at temperature T in Kelvin. The relationship for these variables, PV equals NRT, where R is known as the gas constant, is called the ideal gas law or equation of state.

Yes, the ideal gas law, a reference to Tom Brady, air pressure, deflate gate, and all of that business. A little blowback. People saying, you didn't talk about deflate gate. You didn't talk about that during the D show. You didn't mention cheaters.

This is a team full of cheaters. This is locked on Patriots. And we stand for the ideal gas law. It's science, people. That will do it for this one. That will do it for this week. This show is coming out on Friday.

I will be back next Monday. We are working our way through Patriots A to Z. We've just got done through our first five shows. We did I and J today. Next time, we're going to do some K and some L action. We've got some names to get to in the

K's. We've got some names to get to in the L's. We've got some plays. We've got some Dan Klecko love, some Dan Coppin love. It's going to be a lot of fun. So that's next week. We have K&L, M&N, O&P, Q&R, S&T. And then we close things out with UV, WX, Y&Z two weeks from now. But that will do it for today.

That will do it for this week. Have a fantastic week, everybody. And do please keep it locked right here to me, Mark Schofield and Locked on Patriots.