Not Milano specifically, but in general, I think the next step is going to be defenses mugging our skill position players. After the Chargers game, every knowledgeable commentator said you can’t let us rip off big plays in the passing game because we’re just too explosive. You have to play a deep shell and force us to run the ball.
Well, we just ran for 350 yards and 8 touchdowns. In one game. So that strategy is dead. You can’t play man against Hill and Waddle. You can’t play zone against Tua. You can’t play one deep safety against Hill and Waddle. Now you can’t play a two or three-deep shell coverage against our running game.
What’s left?
The book is going to be to get very, very physical and beat up our tiny players to knock them off rhythm. That’s basically all you can do. Schematically, if we can do what we want, we are too good—you’re not going to be able to win the matchups you need to win to stop us. So they need to win in a way that takes the scheme out of it. Physicality.
