If a team has elite talent, a simple defense can be better than one that's reliant on complex formations & blitzes.
- The Giants beat the Patriots in two Super Bowls, because they were able to generate a consistent pass rush with their front four, WITHOUT needing to blitz.
- Tom Brady mentioned that the best defense he ever played against was the Miami Dolphins defense of Jason Taylor, Zach Thomas, Surtain, Madison, Tim Bowens, etc. He said that that Miami defense pretty much lined up the same way again & again, and shut down opponents without needing tricks & gimmicks.
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Brady was asked about New England's offense coming with new wrinkles and doing different, elaborate things. Brady said all that is overplayed. He said doing a couple of things very well can be almost as effective if the personnel is good and right.
"I've said before the best defense I’ve ever played against was the Miami Dolphins about 8, 9, 10 years ago, and
they played pretty much the same defense the whole game," Brady said. "And it didn’t matter what you did, they rushed the passer, they covered you, they covered you short, they covered you deep.
"They had one or two change-ups that really complimented what they were doing. I had my worst games against the Dolphins. Our passing game against them was terrible, and we knew going into the game exactly what they play, and that to me is the mark of a really good team is when they do kind of say what you’re going to do but you do it so well that they really are not able to stop you anyway.”
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