tony hipchest
08-26-2008, 04:47 PM
and lebeaus influence on the nfl just keeps growing. "fire-zone" blitz huh? sounds familiar.
http://www.nfl.com/kickoff/story;jsessionid=4586014EE7DA871A292B547A314C8E7A? id=09000d5d80a45a32&template=without-video&confirm=true
Spagnuolo's plan has NFL playing follow the leader
Giants defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo has the plan many teams will be looking to mimic in 2008.
Through 16 regular-season games in 2007 and two playoff contests, no team that faced the undefeated New England Patriots could solve their record-breaking offense. Then came Super Bowl XLII. How did Steve Spagnuolo, the New York Giants' defensive coordinator, do what no other team could?
Spagnuolo developed a game plan that applied constant pressure to quarterback Tom Brady and stopped the run at the same time. According to people within the Patriots' organization, the plan got some of its substance from game plans used against them earlier in the season -- specifically the Baltimore Ravens from Week 13 and the San Diego Chargers from the AFC Championship Game. And, of course, it had its own flavor.
Baltimore and San Diego got to Brady for a combined five sacks and another nine hits in those two games. Spagnuolo saw enough on the tapes to go forward with a game plan built on aggression. That plan -- the fire-zone package employed by Spagnuolo and the Giants -- was the vehicle to bring down New England.
As I wrapped up this summer's NFL.com camp tour, it was clear that teams throughout the league were developing packages similar to the Giants' plan. Defensive coaches realize that giving Brady, Peyton Manning and the other elite quarterbacks time to throw is a guaranteed way to get beat. The problem some teams face is that they don't have the critical components necessary to copy Spagnuolo's strategy.
Here are the two key ingredients needed to mimic the New York defense:
{see link}of course the steelers showed this plan when they beat the heavilly favorite colts in the 05 playoffs. coincidentally the broncos defeated the patriots using the same plan. i had always told our resident patfan that all you need to do to defeat brady is sack him or atleast knock him to the ground 3 times in the 1st half and he will get fustrated, flustered, start pressing, and eventually crack. he always denied this even when that game smacked him in the face with the truth.
the blueprint is old. it just takes a special team able to impliment it. lebeau has been cracking the codes of great offenses going back to bill walsh and the "west coast".
http://www.nfl.com/kickoff/story;jsessionid=4586014EE7DA871A292B547A314C8E7A? id=09000d5d80a45a32&template=without-video&confirm=true
Spagnuolo's plan has NFL playing follow the leader
Giants defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo has the plan many teams will be looking to mimic in 2008.
Through 16 regular-season games in 2007 and two playoff contests, no team that faced the undefeated New England Patriots could solve their record-breaking offense. Then came Super Bowl XLII. How did Steve Spagnuolo, the New York Giants' defensive coordinator, do what no other team could?
Spagnuolo developed a game plan that applied constant pressure to quarterback Tom Brady and stopped the run at the same time. According to people within the Patriots' organization, the plan got some of its substance from game plans used against them earlier in the season -- specifically the Baltimore Ravens from Week 13 and the San Diego Chargers from the AFC Championship Game. And, of course, it had its own flavor.
Baltimore and San Diego got to Brady for a combined five sacks and another nine hits in those two games. Spagnuolo saw enough on the tapes to go forward with a game plan built on aggression. That plan -- the fire-zone package employed by Spagnuolo and the Giants -- was the vehicle to bring down New England.
As I wrapped up this summer's NFL.com camp tour, it was clear that teams throughout the league were developing packages similar to the Giants' plan. Defensive coaches realize that giving Brady, Peyton Manning and the other elite quarterbacks time to throw is a guaranteed way to get beat. The problem some teams face is that they don't have the critical components necessary to copy Spagnuolo's strategy.
Here are the two key ingredients needed to mimic the New York defense:
{see link}of course the steelers showed this plan when they beat the heavilly favorite colts in the 05 playoffs. coincidentally the broncos defeated the patriots using the same plan. i had always told our resident patfan that all you need to do to defeat brady is sack him or atleast knock him to the ground 3 times in the 1st half and he will get fustrated, flustered, start pressing, and eventually crack. he always denied this even when that game smacked him in the face with the truth.
the blueprint is old. it just takes a special team able to impliment it. lebeau has been cracking the codes of great offenses going back to bill walsh and the "west coast".