Perry: NFL exec describes Patriots’ lack of speed as ‘concerning’ originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
PALM BEACH, Fla. — The Patriots couldn’t get a stop. The Bills rolled unimpeded all over Orchard Park during their Wild Card matchup with New England back in January, emphatically ending their division rival’s season.
The common refrain from NFL folks who watched the proceedings that day was this: The Patriots looked slow defensively.
Through the first two weeks of the NFL’s new league year, league cognoscenti continue to wonder if the Patriots have done enough to infuse their defense with some juice. One executive familiar with the Patriots program described their lack of speed on that side of the ball as something that had to be “concerning.”
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