How Did Wade Phillips Defeat Tom Brady?

[BillsImpossible]

The Patriots have become a 1 dimensional team. They can't run the ball. Brady's arm is going to fall off.

For the first time ever, Tom Brady looked like he's getting older.

Broncos had the luxury of being able to pin their ears back without a legit running attack from the Pats.

Phillips took a page out of the Giants Super Bowl playbook and got a lot of pressure on Brady, but he also took away the short pass.

How'd he do that?

The Patriots just fired their offensive line coach.

What happened to the quick short passes from Brady that were supposed to make a pass rush useless?

Bills fans were asking how can a defense get pressure on Brady when he throws the ball in less than 2 seconds.

What did Wade Phillips do with his defense to prevent those short passes?

[YardRat]

Re: How Did Wade Phillips Defeat Tom Brady?

Cover three shell...zone under...when he rushed only three, two second-level defenders were in Gronk's area...kept all of the short quick-hitters underneath and with tighter windows. The reason the strategy was successful was the pass rush was able to get to Brady the vast majority of the time sending only three or four guys. As much as some like to point out BB's 'brilliance' in daring the Bills to run in SB XXV, Phillips gave Bill a dose of his own medicine and the cheater couldn't pull it off.

[justasportsfan]

Re: How Did Wade Phillips Defeat Tom Brady?

Rushing only 3-4 players

[Novacane]

Re: How Did Wade Phillips Defeat Tom Brady?

He had Von Miller!

[Luisito23]

Re: How Did Wade Phillips Defeat Tom Brady?

Having Von Miller, much better players and the #1 defense didn't hurt either.

[BillsImpossible]

Re: How Did Wade Phillips Defeat Tom Brady?

Definitely noticed a lot of 3 man rushes.

Is the key to beating Brady a triangle defense?

The 3 man rush creates a triangle.

What I saw in the Broncos secondary was interesting. They used a triangular coverage.

Anyone else notice how the Broncos were using a triangle of defensive backs to cover multiple receivers?

Wade Phillips was known to be quite simple in his approach on defense as a Bills DC and head coach.

His Denver defense is not complex and took less than a year to implement.

I didn't see any exotic blitzes, nor did I see the home team defense struggling to communicate because of crowd noise.

Hopefully Rex Ryan notices.

[justasportsfan]

Re: How Did Wade Phillips Defeat Tom Brady?

He had Von Miller!

We had Hughes but misused him

[BillsImpossible]

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Von Miller is a beast.

Mario Williams was never a beast.

Outside linebacker....

[BillsImpossible]

Re: How Did Wade Phillips Defeat Tom Brady?

In less than 2 minutes, Wade Phillips gives everyone a taste of what it's like to learn the X's and O's of football.

Keep it simple, stupid.

"We've come up with a simpler way, I think to identify formations."

That rings a bell or two.

[BillsImpossible]

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This is so boringly simple I thought it was interesting.

Wade's been around the block more than a few times in his 36 plus year career, yet he comes across as a guy who many might think is the local high school football coach.

Wade speaks in simple plain English.

[feldspar]

Re: How Did Wade Phillips Defeat Tom Brady?

First of all, had the Patriots not missed that extra-point earlier, the game would have gone into overtime at least.

If they would have gone for the fieldgoal instead of going for it on fourth down late in the game, they more than likely win.

A simple two-point conversion after all that, and the game goes into overtime, where I would favor the Patriots winning.

The Patriots o-line wasn't doing the team any favors either.

[Luisito23]

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Wade Phillips is a very smart man...Too bad he sucks as a head coach, but as a D-coach, you can't get any better than him.

[Night Train]

Re: How Did Wade Phillips Defeat Tom Brady?

First of all, had the Patriots not missed that extra-point earlier, the game would have gone into overtime at least.

If they would have gone for the fieldgoal instead of going for it on fourth down late in the game, they more than likely win.

A simple two-point conversion after all that, and the game goes into overtime, where I would favor the Patriots winning.

The Patriots o-line wasn't doing the team any favors either.

Quit clouding the feel good story with facts. It's all Wade and the Wizard of Oz.

[Oaf]

Re: How Did Wade Phillips Defeat Tom Brady?

We should've demoted Wade to DC, demoted Gailey to OC, figurehead at HC and had a regular ol' hootenanny at Nix's place.

[BertSquirtgum]

Re: How Did Wade Phillips Defeat Tom Brady?

I should have blew a fart but I shat my pants.