letekro
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Nonsense. THIS is how your hero Wrecks "out-coached" BB: It was New England's first game without Mayo and with Hightower calling defensive signals. Also no Talib and no Gregory, with Arrington starting out of position at safety. FOUR ROOKIES starting in OLB Collins, CB Ryan, and interior DL Chris Jones and Vellano. The defense was an uncoordinated mess due to INJURIES. Despite that, New Jersey out-gained New England by just 88 yards including 10 minutes of overtime. (And if you want to extend the injury situation to offense, consider Amendola was still out.)
This idea of Wrecks tipping off the refs pre-game to the Pats' field goal defense violation is unconfirmed myth reinforced by the FACT that New Jersey did the same thing against the Pats in the same game and it was not called. The Chris Jones "push" was a highly questionable (non-blatant) call. It later was reported that DL pushing on FG tries was a league-mandated point of emphasis for that week and the refs were trigger happy about it at the wrong time, especially considering their missing the same foul committed by earlier New Jersey. That flag is not thrown and the Patriots likely win despite being severely undermanned.
The fact remains that Wrecks is 4-7 vs. New England. He is a solid defensive coach who knows and cares little about offense; that is why most of us are glad he's returning.
4-7 is bad when considering Sanchez and Geno vs. Tom Brady??? What is the rest of the league against the Patriots over that time? 15-75? Sad that your dislike for Rex prevents you from giving credit where it is due. I don't know if it was you or someone else in this thread that tried to remove all credit for the back to back AFCCG appearances because: 1. San Diego had a bad kicker and 2. (my personal favorite) "they were Mangini's players". So, I guess BB should get no credit for his super bowls because he won largely with Carroll and Parcells guys as well as free agents coached up by their former employers? Talk about nonsense.
Recall that, before Tom Brady fell into his lap (thanks to **** Rehbein), Absolutely NOBODY thought BB knew ANYTHING about offense. Strange how a Hall of Fame QB can change that perception.
I've had enough of discussing this issue with people here who only argue from personal bias. Let's see how this plays out over the next few years. If the Jets aren't a thorn in our side, I will happily eat crow.