To slow down the chiefs? I was talking with a buddy today and he said he doesn’t think the Pats can slow down the high powered chiefs offense. Which made me think about a high powered offense with a shifty QB and tons of weapons BB was tasked with slowing down in the past. He basically sent everyone into coverage and dared Thomas to beat the Giants on the ground. I wouldn’t be surprised if he tries something like that tomorrow.
Anyone think he may steal some looks from XXV tomorrow? Or has the game changed so dramatically that that plan wouldn’t be affective to date?
Sorry, I’m not a huge X’s and O’s Guy. My conversation just happened to get me thinking about XXV.
Wont be surprised if we see Gronk get a expanded role.
Most important factor is to tackle well and hit them hard. At least that was the strategy in XXV.
Let’s face it, if the Bills run the ball more the Giants lose
Let’s face it, if the Bills run the ball more the Giants lose
Isn’t Andy Reid kind of the Marv Levy of his time?
Good luck.
Let’s face it, if the Bills run the ball more the Giants lose
Then you weren't around for the game. Belichick WANTED the Bills to run the ball. The more they ran, the better the Giants chances are to winning. Go back and look....
this will be another high scoring affair
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Andy Reid is smarter than Marv Levy and runs the ball more than 25 times.
Let’s face it, if the Bills run the ball more the Giants lose
Then you weren't around for the game. Belichick WANTED the Bills to run the ball. The more they ran, the better the Giants chances are to winning. Go back and look....
Belicheck wanted them to run for 100 yards. I wasn’t around but I’ve read about the game.
The Giants dared the Bills to run it often, which they didn’t. If Levy realized that the Giants were selling out for the pass earlier, the Bills would have likely won. Intact, I’m almost positive a player says that in Leonard Marshall’s book “When the Cheering Stops”
Good luck.
Do the Patriots have the 1990 Giants defense?
I think this should be a really good game and I’m looking forward to it
That Giants offense deserves a ton of credit for keeping Kelly, Thomas, Reed, & the Bills off the field
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Andy Reid is smarter than Marv Levy and runs the ball more than 25 times.
Let’s face it, if the Bills run the ball more the Giants lose
Then you weren't around for the game. Belichick WANTED the Bills to run the ball. The more they ran, the better the Giants chances are to winning. Go back and look....
Belicheck wanted them to run for 100 yards. I wasn’t around but I’ve read about the game.
The Giants dared the Bills to run it often, which they didn’t. If Levy realized that the Giants were selling out for the pass earlier, the Bills would have likely won. Intact, I’m almost positive a player says that in Leonard Marshall’s book “When the Cheering Stops”
Read this article. It was the game plan going in and it was based upon the Bills running the ball instead of passing it. More running meant less passing and it was the passing game that could win the game for the Bills.
Belichick's plan - ( New Window )
Kelce making plays all the way down the field, all game long, is something I would be willing to risk...
But to me, it was the Giants offense, largely the OL (and a few great individual plays by guys like Ingram and OJ) that allowed the Giants to have an all time record 41 minutes TOP.
The Bills scored a point per minute of TOP. Fortunately they only had the ball for 19 minutes (and not 30 seconds more - to get Norwood into his range).
That Giants offense deserves a ton of credit for keeping Kelly, Thomas, Reed, & the Bills off the field
Just noticed, you beat me to it.
If I have a week to plan, do I have more faith in BB or Reid?
BB of course.....but no matter how much you plan, your team has to execute it.....and field conditions may throw both plans out the window...
As for Mahonnes, it will be colder and windier(is there such a word?), and he's a rookie.....he has to limit any mistakes he makes....
Pats have trouble with running QB's, and Mahonnes has to take advantage of it...
KC had a very good year. They are not the unstoppable Bills
The Pats only need more stops than the Chiefs, they don’t have to slow them down or shut them down.
How did Belichick go about getting his Giants to get rough with Reed? Asked that question, Walls just laughed.
"Hey man, this is the Giants. We were the No. 1 defense. It didn't take much stress," Walls said. "OK, we've got to hit Andre Reed. Cool! We'd love to! All of us would love to hit Andre Reed."
Walls said a tenet of the Belichick defense — in Super Bowl XXV and always — is that the defenders disrupt the routes and timing of the receivers and he expects that to be the case on Sunday.
"You will not get a free release," Walls said. "You will not have free reign. And you will have your head on a swivel, no matter what."
HOODWINKED: Bill Belichick has a Super history of slowing high-octane offenses
But to me, it was the Giants offense, largely the OL (and a few great individual plays by guys like Ingram and OJ) that allowed the Giants to have an all time record 41 minutes TOP.
The Bills scored a point per minute of TOP. Fortunately they only had the ball for 19 minutes (and not 30 seconds more - to get Norwood into his range).
I get you point. It was a combination of both - playing keep away (Erhardt) and beating the piss out of Bills receivers and conceding the run (Belichick).
It took an incredible collection of players and coaches, in less than a week, to organize the plan and then execute it.
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was a little over-rated (and that's not to take anything away from him and the Giants D).
But to me, it was the Giants offense, largely the OL (and a few great individual plays by guys like Ingram and OJ) that allowed the Giants to have an all time record 41 minutes TOP.
The Bills scored a point per minute of TOP. Fortunately they only had the ball for 19 minutes (and not 30 seconds more - to get Norwood into his range).
I get you point. It was a combination of both - playing keep away (Erhardt) and beating the piss out of Bills receivers and conceding the run (Belichick).
It took an incredible collection of players and coaches, in less than a week, to organize the plan and then execute it.
Two of the best back to back playoff games ever. Perhaps only Rivaled by -23 degrees game and SB XLII
Consider that the Bills marched right down the field on the last drive. They just barely ran out of time to get Norwood into his range (on natural turf - probably a majority of kickers would make that these days, regardless of turf type).
I was at the stadium when the team buses arrived after the game. Everybody, or almost everybody was chanting DEFENSE! DEFENSE! I was like a lone wolf in the crowd chanting OFFENSE...
I wouldn't expect Reid to outcoach BB on game day, but I do expect him to come up with a really good game plan.
As far as defending the Pats, take away the dump off crap that was gifted to Brady last week. Play tight and make Brady throw it down the field.......and most of all, get pressure.
BB56 I don't think you are giving Mahomes & the Chiefs offense enough credit. The Chiefs scored 107 more points this year then any year the Bills have ever played. Also Mahomes became only the 3rd QB to throw for 50 TDs in a season. Kelly's most was 33. Yeah I know the game is entirely different now, but the Chiefs/Mahomes blew Kelly/Bills numbers completely out of the water.
KC had a very good year. They are not the unstoppable Bills
That team was stacked with with HoF'ers. One tremendous plus was we had a good match up of Jumbo versus Bruce Smith.
I could have sworn I basically said that. And agreed with your point.
I believe in the "Two Bills", or maybe another Giants docu, that Parcells says the first thing he brought up on the plane ride from San Fran was that they needed to take the air out of the ball...