FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — With the sports world talking about Deflategate, the Patriots themselves would rather talk about dealing with Seattle in the Super Bowl. And for New England's defense, that means the first order of business is stopping the read option and Marshawn Lynch, who the Patriots call the best back in football.
"Lynch is probably the best running back in the league, and Russell Wilson is a dual threat," Pats linebacker Dont'a Hightower said. "He runs when he needs to. He's not always looking to pull it down and run, but if it's there, he'll take it, so defending that is definitely going to be a big part of what we're going to do on game day."
Lynch gashed Green Bay for a season-high 157 yards in the NFC Championship game, and he leads all rushers in the playoffs.
"He's a load. We've got to bring our big boy pads. Everybody at the point of contact to get that guy on the ground,'' cornerback Kyle Arrington said.
"In my position I've got to take care of Lynch first. Everybody's got to do their job and my job is when he's around me I've got to grab him and hold on, make sure I take him to the ground,'' said defensive tackle Sealver Saliga, signed off Seattle's practice squad in 2013. "I'm experienced with their offensive line. I went against them, I understand how they block, so that's a big thing."
It also will be big for them to deal with the zone read, which will all be about the eyes. Unlike a true option, in which they would have to read four different people, it's about keeping focus and discipline on Wilson and Lynch.
"I'd say it's all about eye control and doing your job,'' defensive back Duron Harmon said.
"It's all about reading your keys. The faster you read your keys the faster you can play,'' defensive end Rob Ninkovich said. "It's something I've done for a very long time now, play that read option. Really it's all about your eyes and what you see, so you've got to be really good in what you're looking at and understand that these are two quality guys that are running the football or pulling the football. You've got to be aware of what's going on.
"You definitely have to be patient. You can't become overaggressive on some of those plays because that's when you can get hurry. And as a defensive end you just have to understand what your assignment is on that lay, and play it well and play sound defense.''
The Patriots practiced Saturday inside the Dana Farber Field House, and every player was present for the session, held in sweats and shells.
Rookie center B ryan Stork, listed as questionable with a right knee injury suffered in the divisional round win against Baltimore, practiced and moved around fine with a sleeve and brace on the knee. It was his third straight practice.
The Pats practice again Sunday before flying to Arizona on Monday.
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