Originally posted by zachseau13
So last year the best defense was the simplest - Tampa Bay, two years ago the championship defense was, arguably, the most complex - the Patriots.
The Patriots shut down a team - the Rams - that lit up the Dolphins earlier in the year like a pinball machine on full tilt
Excellent point.
The Patriots threw so many different looks at the Rams, they were dumbfounded. New England felt the Rams were a finesse team who couldn't play rough. So they adjusted accordingly and beat them up every chance they got.
They also gambled effectively on the arrogance of Mike Martz. They said, "we dare you to throw on us". And Martz took the bait, alienating Marshall Faulk.
The difference between the Patriots and the Rams was.....the Patriots D adjusted and the Ram O, like our defense, didn't.
It works both ways.