TO THE DEFENSE: HUZZAH!

HUZZAH! REDEMPTION FOR THE DEFENSE!!

After the D lost us Super Bowl LII they won us LIII with perhaps the greatest defensive performance ever by a Belichick team, considering the opposing and today's rules.

OMG. Those guys. Don’t even know where to start.

I guess what they say is true - D does wins Championships!

YAAAASSSSS!!

Bill Belichick, Brian Flores, and all the players on D

Defense was out to kill! Looks like they accomplished just that!

Jason M. people said he was getting CUT in training camp. That play in the end zone............

PF_SU said:

After the D lost us Super Bowl LII they won us LIII with perhaps the greatest defensive performance ever by a Belichick team, considering the opposing and today's rules.

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Yup. After blowing last year's Super Bowl, the defense/Belichick definitely made up for it.

Would've been a lot sweeter to win that game than this one, IMO. Wasted a 500+ yard performance.

Man, I think I am going to be sad to see Flores go...

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TennisBallHead said:

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Shouldn't you apologize?

Amazing how well the defense played. They were all over it.

3 points, they gave up three points, that is the greatest defensive performance in Super Bowl history

farn said:

Jason M. people said he was getting CUT in training camp. That play in the end zone............

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Most critical play of the game. Just unbelievable.

farn said:

Jason M. people said he was getting CUT in training camp. That play in the end zone............

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THE unsung play of the game IMO.

Impossible to name every player that made a big play, but Kyle Van Noy has been elevated to Vrabel/Ninkovich status, as a "special teams" guy brought in off the scrap heap who slowly builds into a vital starter who makes big plays to win Super Bowls.

Gilmore had an All-Pro season, WALL to WALL.

Harmon and Jason McCourty stepped up BIG TIME when Chung went out. That had the potential to ripple into a lot of problems, but they barely missed a beat.

And Chung himself... made a few great plays before getting injured, then got his ass back on the sideline as soon as possible to cheer on his guys.

Can't say enough about how this unit came together in this playoffs!

The McCourty and Harmon plays on Cooks were huge. Gilmore had a great game too. The fumble he forced will get overlooked as we didn't recover but it was a textbook play. If Hightower had come down with that INT he would have been MVP. He was a force rushing Goff all night. The D played lights out on the biggest stage. Perfect after last year.

Gilmore was a beast tonight.

Man, all these guys on D showed up today. From Shelton, to Van Noy to Gillmore, to DMAC, that entire D showed up!