LouGrant
12-08-2002, 09:00 AM
By MARK GAUGHAN
News Sports Reporter
12/8/2002
Buffalo News
FOXBORO, Mass. - The Buffalo Bills' coaches need to rekindle some doubt in the mind of New England quarterback Tom Brady today if they want to keep their slim playoff hopes alive.
In the first meeting with the Patriots a month ago, Brady wasn't flustered by any of the strategy and tactics the Bills' defense threw at him.
He was decisive. He was precise. He could have played the game in a tuxedo considering how little the Bills disrupted his passing pocket. Brady shredded the Bills for 310 yards and four TDs in a 38-7 rout.
It was, in a way, a redemption for the Super Bowl MVP. Brady had been befuddled by the Bills' defensive schemes a year ago. In two games against Buffalo, he managed just one TD pass and was sacked 12 times.
What a difference a year makes.
"Going into that first game last year they had been using a certain coverage most of the time," Brady said this week. "We felt we'd also get a heavy dose of that coverage and set up a game plan designed to beat that coverage. But something else showed up (from the Bills' defense), and we didn't make plays against it like we should have...MORE... (http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20021208/1007971.asp)
News Sports Reporter
12/8/2002
Buffalo News
FOXBORO, Mass. - The Buffalo Bills' coaches need to rekindle some doubt in the mind of New England quarterback Tom Brady today if they want to keep their slim playoff hopes alive.
In the first meeting with the Patriots a month ago, Brady wasn't flustered by any of the strategy and tactics the Bills' defense threw at him.
He was decisive. He was precise. He could have played the game in a tuxedo considering how little the Bills disrupted his passing pocket. Brady shredded the Bills for 310 yards and four TDs in a 38-7 rout.
It was, in a way, a redemption for the Super Bowl MVP. Brady had been befuddled by the Bills' defensive schemes a year ago. In two games against Buffalo, he managed just one TD pass and was sacked 12 times.
What a difference a year makes.
"Going into that first game last year they had been using a certain coverage most of the time," Brady said this week. "We felt we'd also get a heavy dose of that coverage and set up a game plan designed to beat that coverage. But something else showed up (from the Bills' defense), and we didn't make plays against it like we should have...MORE... (http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20021208/1007971.asp)