Tampa Bay, for one, is, is planning on a "new" formation to help keep Tom Brady out of harm's way... Only problem is that it's not new... It's a three tight end formation and Belichick has used variations of it ever since he drafted Gronk and Hernandes in the same draft and used them together...
That's Bill's plan this year when he drafted TWO great TE prospects that bring multi-talents to the table... One is also talented enough to line up as a fullback or an H-Back... Remember Ben Coates finding it so easy to get open?... That's because he was lining up in many different positions, often defenses were forced to cover him with linebackers or much smaller defensive backs... This always kept the defenses guessing as to what the play was going to be...
THIS three TE formation can be put in a similar category as a play action pass... They're all designed to keep the defenses from "keying in" on sacking or harassing the quarterback... For you younger football fans... THIS is how Belichick protected Tom Brady in his first year or two until he had enough experience to develop into the Brady we know today...
Another example of BELICHICK being crowned, deservedly so, the G.O.A.T.