Halloween Special: Beware of SCARY Patriots Defense
It’s Halloween and we have one of the scariest sights you will see all day.
Ready?
You may want to avoid direct eye-contact of numbers below.
| NFL Rank | Scary Statistic | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 32 | 424 yards allowed per game. | We knew it was bad, but consider this: The Indianapolis Colts and St. Lous Rams are ahead of the Patriots. The Colts and Rams. |
| 32 | 6.4 yards allowed per play. | By this account, it would take less than two plays run by an opposing offense for a first down. |
| t-31 | Teams are completing 46 percent on third downs. | This will cause you to lose football games. See Pittsburgh. |
| 32 | 2,262 passing yards allowed. | Chad Henne had 416 yards passing against the Patriots in Week 1. Are we all that surprised? |
| This is scary.. | Devin McCourtey, Patrick Chung and Kyle Arrington are 1, 2 and 3 respectively in tackles this season for Patriots. | It doesn’t take a genius to figure this one out. Anytime you leading tacklers are defensive backs something isn’t right. |
If that didn’t scare you enough, see this:
Since 2007, the Patriots have drafted seven defensive backs — six of the seven were drafted in rounds one or two. Of those seven, three remain on the team. T-H-R-E-E.
Happy Halloween!
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