So did carolina show the eagles how to beat the pats?

[rayzor]

maybe a little. i found this reading about malcom butler's benching. thought it was an interesting take...

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In Week 4, the Carolina Panthers came into Foxboro and embarrassed the Patriots defense. You might remember Matt Patricia on the sideline screaming at his secondary, which was blowing coverages the way Mike Tyson did his career earnings. Everyone thought the defense would send New England’s 2017 season down the toilet.

That narrative evaporated as the Patriots gave up the fewest points in the NFL after Week 5, but as it turns out, the flush was indeed initiated in that Week 4 debacle. It just took until Super Bowl 52 for the water to disappear.

“We knew they had problems when you force them to defend stacks and bunches,” said one Eagles offensive assistant after the game. “You look at early in the year, against those stacks, they were losing guys.”

What the Eagles saw, particularly in that Carolina game, was that the Patriots couldn’t figure out how to defend receivers who released together on intersected routes, especially when pre-snap motion was involved. New England righted things in Week 5 (and moving forward) by simplifying into more basic man-to-man principles—and that simplification is what Philadelphia exploited Sunday night.

https://www.si.com/nfl/2018/02/05/malcolm-butler-benching-eagles-passing-scheme-super-bowl-52

 

[uncfan888]

We beat the patriots and took the eagles to the wire. People acting like all hope is lost for this team are crazy.. Even with moron hurney back 

[DaveThePanther2008]

Say what you will about Ron Rivera but he has beaten the mighty Patriots twice , once in our house and in theirs.

The one game Shula showed up in.

[Zaximus]

The Eagles kept being aggressive and pushing.

This is not a Rivera like team.

[Darvinsun]

1 hour ago, Zaximus said:

The Eagles kept being aggressive and pushing.

This is not a Rivera like team.

Yes, did not take their foot off gas and coach put confidence in his Qb something Rivera rarely does.

[Mr. Scot]

From what I can read there, it's not quite that the Eagles did the same thing we did. It's that playing against us caused the Patriots to make a change in their defense that apparently helped them against everyone else they played, but that the Eagles exploited.

I suppose in a sense, you can indirectly give us credit.

[Palmetto]

KC also put up big numbers in foxboro

KC and the Panthers  showed how flawed the pats defense has been this year

The Pats can get up early forcing teams to be in come back pass happy mode