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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Patriotplayer90" data-source="post: 814550" data-attributes="member: 11307">I've heard references to an excellent track record, which as I just pointed out, doesn't exist.  He's been consistently below average.  People were just so happy to move on from Dom that they were happy to only focus on the 1 or 2 good seasons he had almost a decade ago, and ignore that he hasn't coached a scoring defense ranked higher than 20 since then, and that he may have been out of the league for 3 years for a reason.  Everyone thought that Capers was so awful that anyone would be an upgrade, so they are basically convincing themselves of progress which just wasn't made last year.  The worst part is that during those 3 of those years, they were top 10 in yards allowed.  They had talent, but as I keep saying, he couldn't stop anyone from scoring.  A mark of a good defensive coach is his ability not to break.  It has given NE top 10 scoring defenses every year.  Pettine breaks.  A lot.I hope that he proves me wrong, but I am extremely disappointed and think this hire is nothing more than Murphy wanting to mettle .</blockquote>

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