good article and solid points....if i were to offer a contrarian i would argue that the pats linebackers and safeties are not slow, they play an aggravating zone at times but they are not slow, furthermore the middle linebackers for the eagles are slow and can be exploited and have a higher likely hood of being exposed by brady than the pats do by foles.....furthermore when looking at statistics a little deeper, in particular "adjusted DVOA" which gives more weight to the d as the season progresses rates the pats d #1 and the eagles #7 with a 10% differential....that's substantial as in the past 23 bowls with a 10% or greater diff in adjusted DVOA the better d won 15 of the 23 sb's. the pats kicking game is number 1 in the league also and will be putting foles in a position to have to perform for on long fields....all that said that d scares me....good luck to all