"I think that's what hard, this offense can get in a lot of different things," continued McCourty. "They can get into a triple option type feel with some plays and the very next play they're in empty. You have two tight ends that run 4.6, you have Brown out there that's one of the fastest guys in the league, and now you're in a drop-back passing game, where they go to four or five verticals going. He can get to them or he can still run. So, I think what's tough schematically is this offense can get in so many different looks."
Offensive coordinator Greg Roman has beaten the Patriots twice before, once with San Francisco in 2012 and again in 2016 with Buffalo, using similar balanced attacks withe mobile quarterbacks who can also throw. Belichick expected Roman to have some new twists up his sleeve.
"They're a game plan offense, so they dress things up a little differently each week," said Belichick. "Some of the things that we're working on now, I'm sure we're not going to get, and there's some things that we're not working on that I'm sure we're going to get. He does a good job of changing things up."
But the Patriots defense is leading the league in most major statistical categories for a reason and if there's any group of defenders that can handle the multi-pronged attack of the Ravens, it's The Boogeymen.
Ravens coach John Harbaugh acknowledged his offense will face a stiff challenge from a defense allowing just 7.6 points-per-game and one that has an impressive ability to disguise what they're doing.
"That, to me, is one of the strengths of their defense – you don’t know who is doing what," said Harbaugh. "They’re changing it up within the scheme. I think they play a very solid, sound, almost a throwback type of a defense – very physical, fundamentally solid in every single way, well-coached, smart guys. And then they mix it up, you know, who’s dropping, who’s coming, who’s containing, what coverage they’re going to be in. They’re going to blitz everybody or drop eight, you just never can be sure."
The bottom line for McCourty? That this would be a great game between two teams that still don't like each other despite not having played in almost three seasons.
"For now I think everybody's focused on putting everything in," said the veteran safety. "I think you have to because this is the best team we've played so far. It will be on the road, Sunday night football in an environment that's not too friendly to us every time we go there. It will be intense. This is a game you'll need all the energy you possibly have stored in you to go out there and try to play well."
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