Finlandia
Logjammin'
I know there were other reasons we lost the game, like having Jackie Joyner-Kersee as a WR for one. I get that and we all know Ginn will be getting a sex change operation as soon as it possible.
That aside, we came out in the first half and pressured Brees, sacked him, picked him off, forced fumbles, batted balls down, etc. We were generally in his head and he couldn't do anything about it. We saw the results. Then, in the 2nd half, we decide to rush three and let him pick us apart. That is what caused us to lose, IMO. I was just sitting there watching thinking, he is going to pick us apart, and he did. Just like Marino, Peyton or Brady would do.
I think THE only reason the Giants beat NE in the SB was that they put Brady on his a** the whole game. Never stopped with the pressure. That is the only way to beat Brees, Peyton or Brady IMO. If you want to get cute and play zone coverages, they will kill you. Can you imagine what the score would have been minus that first half stategy that we had? 72-34?
I think if we have the personnel to do that to any QB we play, then why not do it? Especially against Brees, who is in another world right now, and to Brady coming up, etc.
With Will Allen done I just don't see us being able to play those zone coverages and beat anyone that has a QB that can complete a pass. I know that is oversimplifying things to certain degree but it's really not that hard to figure out. If we came with all out blitzes in the 2nd half, maybe we get burned a few times but more often we don't, as was displayed in the first half.
That aside, we came out in the first half and pressured Brees, sacked him, picked him off, forced fumbles, batted balls down, etc. We were generally in his head and he couldn't do anything about it. We saw the results. Then, in the 2nd half, we decide to rush three and let him pick us apart. That is what caused us to lose, IMO. I was just sitting there watching thinking, he is going to pick us apart, and he did. Just like Marino, Peyton or Brady would do.
I think THE only reason the Giants beat NE in the SB was that they put Brady on his a** the whole game. Never stopped with the pressure. That is the only way to beat Brees, Peyton or Brady IMO. If you want to get cute and play zone coverages, they will kill you. Can you imagine what the score would have been minus that first half stategy that we had? 72-34?
I think if we have the personnel to do that to any QB we play, then why not do it? Especially against Brees, who is in another world right now, and to Brady coming up, etc.
With Will Allen done I just don't see us being able to play those zone coverages and beat anyone that has a QB that can complete a pass. I know that is oversimplifying things to certain degree but it's really not that hard to figure out. If we came with all out blitzes in the 2nd half, maybe we get burned a few times but more often we don't, as was displayed in the first half.
