Pats D sends people in droves, or mostly not at all.

The Sweatshirt King sent people from everywhere, once again defying convention. In a preseason game, Pats defenders came off the corners and up from the safety position to blind side second year QB Vince Young. What does this mean in the grand scheme of things?

Coach B has been known to send no blitzers for three weeks in a row, then unleash the hounds all at once, so that isn't unexpected. Sending them after a franchise QB with little to no preparation is good strategy if you are trying to win, but why try to win a preseason game? I think part of the plan was to send a message.

Some of the Titans got up close and personal with Brady during the pass rush, so maybe Harrison and crew wanted to them know they were on bad decision from losing Young. I think it probably had more to do with testing the everpresent "versatility" tag the defenders have been branded with.

How do you know the line backers can effectively cover someone unless you occasionally blitz the safeties and see if it works. If we brought these guys in to be versatile, then we need to expect them have a bunch of different possible responsibilities on any given down. Therefore, if you accept the fact that each of the players is expected to be able to do so many things, you can't really expect them run any specific or predictable defense.

The Patriot way seems to be defying convention, and this team looks ready to have announcers across the country saying, "You don't defenses try that very often." When I climbed on the bandwagon, we had defenders like Tim Goad or Vincent Brown who had to work as hard as they could and hope the other played into their hands. It's even more exciting now that we have a defense that can actually dictate what the other team can do.