Bill Belichick, Proving Once Again that we can all Kiss his Ass

Since 2008, the popular refrain/lament throughout New England has been that the Patriots have lacked the ability to rush the passer. The panic level around these parts was increased last season as the Pats, despite posting a 14-2 regular season, allowed opponents to convert on third down a whopping 47% of the time, nearly two percentage points worse than the 2008 Detroit Lions who, you know, only went 0-16. It was becoming increasingly clear that Belichick lacked the players to execute his once vaunted 'read and react' version of the 3-4 made popular by the likes of Lawrence Taylor, Harry Carson, Willie McGinest and Tedy Bruschi. The defensive line was a shell of itself after Richard Seymour was jettisoned and Ty Warren left to have pre-emptive season ending surgery in training camp. The outside linebacker position once manned by the likes of McGinest and Mike Vrabel was now occupied by a rookie second round draft pick in Jermaine Cunningham and journeyman like Rob Ninkovich and Tully Banta-Cain. Only lineman Vince Wilfork and Inside Linebacker Jerrod Mayo proved to be reliable members of the front seven. It was a testament to Tom Brady's awesomeness that this team managed to win at all.
      Things looked worse as the draft went by. Belichick ignored the glaring weakness of his team by choosing to shore up his suspect offensive line and bolster his running game. New England went nuts as the Man in the Gray Hood seemed to be embracing his anemic passrush and was seen to be consigning his front seven to another ass-raping in the playoffs.
      Nearly seven days into training camp however and Belichick has told all of us in New England to STFU as he has clearly demonstrated that he knows what he's doing and once again is the smartest man in the room. After getting cut this past Friday, Ty Warren hinted that the Pats had chosen to go in a different direction defensively and the first few days of training camp have hinted that that is indeed the case. With the trade for oft troubled Albert Haynesworth, Belichick has demonstrated a willingness to abandon what was increasingly becoming an antiquated version of the 3-4 for a more aggressive 4-3 base. In camp the base defense seems to be a front four of Jermaine Cunningham and Eric Moore on the ends with Haynesworth and Wilfork in the middle. This leaves the former inside linebacking core as the new core of backers with Mayo and Guyton on the outside with second year player and pornstar Brandon Spikes manning the middle. There's no telling if this will solve the problem of the Pats inability to stuff the run, they ceded an average of 4.2 yards per rush last season, but at the very least they should be far more aggressive in the passing game and wreak havoc in opposing backfields with this new alignment. Haynesworth and Wilfork will occupy the majority of blockers allowing the backers and ends to roam free as mismatches will abound around the football field. They'll be bolstered by what is shaping up to be a fearsome secondary behind them. So look at that, I guess Bill didn't lose his fastball and knew what the fuck he was doing all along. I guess we can all just go fuck ourselves now and kiss the rings.