New England Patriots Vs New York Jets: Bill Belichick Must Make Good in Red Zone

September 18, 2010   ·   Erik Frenz   ·   Jump to comments

Last year, two simple words could make Bill Belichick, quarterback coach Bill O'Brien, Tom Brady and the Patriots' offense shake in their shoes: Red zone.
With points at a premium against the bare-knuckle, punch-in-the-mouth defense of Rex Ryan's New York Jets, it's of prime importance that the Patriots score touchdowns every time they get in the red zone.
Big players make big plays, but it will be up to O'Brien to draw up the right ones to make sure the Patriots put up six points, not three.
They only scored touchdowns on 34-of-65 red zone possessions last year and went 3-for-5 from the red area this past week against the Bengals.
What's more, kicker Stephen Gostkowski went 1-for-3 on his field goal tries (despite one of those being an end-of-half prayer from 56-yards out).
The Jets may have an inept offense, but if the game turns into a field-goal-kicking contest, the Jets can stay in the game by forcing bad field position and giving their offense a short...

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