Did this obvious Patriots passing tendency help Seattle wreck their offense in the Super Bowl? In 2025, when New England used 11 personnel WITHOUT Mack Hollins on the field, in games he played, they passed on 54 of 56 snaps in normal early down situations. 96.4% Pass. One missing... receiver practically told you what was coming. That situation came up six times in the Super Bowl. The first four results: 1st and 10: Sack. 2nd and 13: Quick pressure, dumped into the flat for a loss of two. 2nd and 7: Sack. 1st and 10: Sack. All four possessions ended in punts. None produced another first down after those plays. Watch the clips. Despite these being early downs, Seattle showed virtually no respect for the run. They attacked with aggressive rushes and pressures. I can’t prove Seattle identified this specific tell. But this is exactly the kind of edge Mike Macdonald hunts. I will place the odds he knew at 99%. Multiple people have told me about what he calls the “KGB,” an operation for searching for opponent tendencies and checking his own team for tells. I think Macdonald is a generational defensive play caller. And this operation contributes to that. I’ve run my own “KGB” operation for teams I’ve worked for. We were not a remotely good football team with the Raiders last year, but we used several incredibly strong Josh McDaniels and Patriots tendencies to help beat them in Foxborough in Week 1. Looking back at how the season unfolded, that might have been the biggest upset of the year. Beyond this personnel tell, McDaniels has a number of extremely heavy passing tendencies from shotgun that we were able to take advantage of. There are other glaring tells that I may share at a later date. These details matter. One WR's absence. A 96.4% passing tendency. Three sacks and another loss on six snaps on football’s biggest stage.show more

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Another Ryan P banger

Appreciate it. Wanted to post another one but was told to hold off because people want to use it this year

This is the kind of stuff Twitter is for

It’s been happening in a form all game with Mack tonight

I suspect that their mediocre offensive line is going to be a bigger problem for them.

What's my level of concern as a Pats fan here? Is McDaniels too easy to scheme against for top level coaches? Has he shown the ability to evolve over time when these get exposed?

He needs to be tracking these kind of metrics weekly and if not it is making it easy for some of these elite DCs. The Hollins one will be a less of an issue with the WR improvements. I think they need to be careful it doesn’t become too run heavy when he is in vs others

I would hope he's doing that. How is he viewed overall as an OC in league circles? I thought he was great last year but maybe needs to clean up these small details before he's in the elite class?

Generally a very good scheme coach. Some of these other guys do try to be more innovative though

I have been baffled for years that McDaniels is hyped as a great OC.

@PatriotsComms please share with coaching staff

McDonald is approaching Belichick levels of defensive game-planning.

Yes it’s really really impressive

wait 96% pass? my garbage fantasy squad would've ate that up no cap

Good shit brother

96.4% is basically a flashing neon sign.

They should keep Mack on field as he’s their best WR.

@Patriots can we slip this to McDaniels?

Seattle is favored again tonight. The Seahawks sit at 62 percent against 39 for New England on Polymarket with $1.58M traded into kickoff. If that tendency is still on tape, the Patriots side has to be the thing New England fixed this offseason.

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@dougiesgoindeep They really could use more shotgun runs to keep teams honest

Is this something the patriots are aware of do you think?

You have incredible stuff!

On the flip side mack on the field especially in short yardage situations is a run tell

Plz don’t tell anyone the tendencies. Pretty plz