An old school team with an offense built around a physical run game and a blue collar defense, the Seahawks expect a difficult fight from the Patriots on the road.
RENTON, Wash. - While they may not be identical in every facet, Seattle Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald seesbetween how his team and the New England Patriots each snatched Week 1 victories.
Set to face off against one another in a somewhat unlikely matchup of 1-0 teams in Foxboro on Sunday afternoon, Macdonald sees much of his Seahawks squad in the Patriots, lauding their sound fundamentals, quality coaching and schematic adjustments, and toughness when speaking with reporters on Wednesday.
"Very well coached obviously. But they play tough. They have good players. They play hard. All the fundamentals, just go right down the list, check, check, check," Macdonald said. "Play square, get off blocks, what it takes to play really good run defense. The numbers back it up. Tape backs it up. We've got a great challenge ahead of us."
Making his NFL debut as a defensive play caller, defensive coordinator DeMarcus Covington did a fine job of mixing up middle of field closed and middle of field open coverage concepts against the Bengals in Week 1. Per Pro Football Focus charting, the Patriots ran Cover 2 on 27.5 percent of their defensive snaps, the highest rate in the NFL last week, while also ranking in the top five in Cover 1 usage with man coverage underneath .
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