Alec and Rich break down the Patriots S position
Interestingly, the Patriots only have two players on the roster listed as pure safeties - Patrick Chung and Cedric Thompson. However, we all know that Devin McCourty, Jordan Richards, and Duron Harmon will also see time in the backfield. New England played a lot of Cover 1 last season with McCourty alone patrolling the middle/deep zones while Chung stayed closer to the line as a safety/linebacker hybrid. Do you see the Patriots utilizing their safeties similarly this year, or will they be giving opponents different defensive looks?
The Patriots used three safeties on roughly 40% of defensive snaps last season (and three corners roughly 62% of the time), which generally included McCourty, Chung, and Harmon.