Defense is driven to do more
Published 1/19/2008 by Amalie Benjamin, Globe Staff at Boston.com -- Football news
The rushing numbers generated by the Jaguars last Saturday - 80 yards total, 47 for Fred Taylor , 19 for Maurice Jones-Drew - suggest the Patriots' defense had an impressive performance. But there was a troubling aspect: long drives. Jacksonville had marches of 13 and 11 plays, and three of nine plays.
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