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Did Flores Shut Down Rams in 2019 Superbowl?

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Ive heard various opinions about whether Flores was the man or just barking Belichick's orders.
The Pats D put on one of the most intense, suffocating shut-down performances Ive ever seen on an offense coming in that hot. It's hard to think it was all Belichick.
How much credit should Flores get?
 
It got him a HC job. I think that's plenty of credit and he's so far fulfilling most expectations and even exceeding some.

He was a part of it. That same defense had a great season this year without him however they did slow down as the season went on while Flores' defenses seem to gain momentum later in the season.

Also situational awareness, game and clock management and concentration seem to be better with Flo than wo.
 
IMO Todd Gurley being hurt made it very easy for the Pats to game-plan vs the Rams. He averaged almost 5 YPC during the season and only gained 45 yards on 14 carries in the final 2 post-season games (3.2 YPC). Same thing that happened to the Ravens this year vs the Titans with Ingram injured.
 
No matter who has been the D Coordinator in NE, BB coached teams have been consistent over many years taking away a teams best weapon.

I think that is all the proof we need.
 
The Pats have one of, if not the greatest Defensive minds of all time as HC. I struggle to buy that it was the Linebacker coach, rather than Belichick that was calling the shots in the Super Bowl.

And that shouldn't be taken as a shot at Flores. Every decision in NE runs through Palpatine, regardless of who else is on the coaching staff.
 
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Honestly to me it doesn't matter who we give credit to for one great game plan. Ill bet the reality is that the design came from multiple sources.

The process of creating that game specific mentality on defense is underway here in Miami and its so fresh to think that maybe we can go into games thinking that we will be able to stop the run and defend the pass at the same time.
 
I think Belichick and Flores deserve credit. They both got a ring out of it so at this point it doesn't really matter unless you're Jerry Krause.

They also did the job against KC the week before in the AFC title game.

I was impressed with what Flores did last year, he's going to be a premier coach in the league if he keeps it up.
 
ChitownPhins28 said:
Ive heard various opinions about whether Flores was the man or just barking Belichick's orders.
The Pats D put on one of the most intense, suffocating shut-down performances Ive ever seen on an offense coming in that hot. It's hard to think it was all Belichick.
How much credit should Flores get?
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“He called the game how he said he was going to call it,” said linebacker Dont’a Hightower. “One thing that we all love about Flo is that he’s an aggressive guy. Whatever he says, that’s what he means. Last couple of weeks, we talked and we preached and guys bought in and I think he called a hell of a game tonight.”

How Brian Flores ‘out-coached’ the league’s brightest offensive mind in Super Bowl 53
 
Jared Goff shut the Rams down.

This was the worst missed opportunity in SB history or close to it. A real QB - or one that isn’t busy choking on a big stage throws their ball about 3 minutes earlier than he eventually does. Awful.


 
mfish41 said:
I think Belichick and Flores deserve credit. They both got a ring out of it so at this point it doesn't really matter unless you're Jerry Krause.

They also did the job against KC the week before in the AFC title game.

I was impressed with what Flores did last year, he's going to be a premier coach in the league if he keeps it up.
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41, could you explain the JERRY KRAUSE comment please? Just curious...:)
 
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