... to the 4-3 defense in their first pre-season game against the Philadelphia Eagles.

After displaying a four-man front almost exclusively in the first game, I went back and looked at the tape of their second game against the Bengals in order to decipher what kind of defense they'll ultimately run this season—and what it might mean for an old war horse suddenly finding himself without a position to play.

Looking at the first half of the game, when most of the Patriots and Bengals starters remained in the game, the Patriots switched between the 3-4 and the 4-3, sometimes within the same series.

Here's the breakdown:

First Bengals possession: 12 plays, with just three down linemen in 10 o...

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