Best Defensive Coaching Ever? (merged)

Seeing how the team capped off the Super Bowl run today I'm wondering: Is this the best coaching job ever on defense by a Bill Belichick team (plus staff of course) if you consider the talent level of the front seven and the era?

The D played dominantly for 10 out of 12 quarters. Factoring in that they were up by a gazillion points against the Chargers, the only bad quarter the D played was the Fourth against KC.

From a game-planning standpoint the first halves were especially dominant:

Chargers - 7 points, 128 yards, Rivers 7-16 for 121 yards, 1 TD, 1 sack, 6-17 (2.8) rushing
Chiefs - 0 points, 32 yards, Mahomes 4-8 for 65 yards, 3 sacks, 5-10 (2.0) rushing
Rams - 0 points, 57 yards, Goff 5-12 for 52 yards, 2 sacks, 8-25 (3.1) rushing

And we are talking about good-to-great offenses and not the Bills with Nathan Peterman...

Yes and no.....the players had to execute to control the line of scrimmage

Great scheme....even better execution

That sucks, he is about to be playing against us twice a year, **** how did we miss Flores to be that good? I mean this year's performance is much better than last year?

IllegalContact said:

Yes and no.....the players had to execute to control the line of scrimmage

Great scheme....even better execution

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Of course the players also did a terrific job, as Belichick's said in his post-game speech. I'm just totally stunned. They were mediocre-to-below-average in the regular season as a whole (with the exception of the secondary, which had been elite) and then in the playoffs they somehow morphed into the 2013 Seahawks.

PF_SU said:

Of course the players also did a terrific job, as Belichick's said in his post-game speech. I'm just totally stunned. They were mediocre-to-below-average in the regular season as a whole (with the exception of the secondary, which had been elite) and then in the playoffs they somehow morphed into the 2013 Seahawks.

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The game was akin to BB’s 1994 Browns

I love me some Jules, but the real MVP goes to Bill!!

It’s definitely up there! Miami is getting one hell of a coach!

Yes. When you score just 13 and win by double digits thats an all time performance on defense. Props to bb and flores

SuperStang83 said:

I love me some Jules, but the real MVP goes to Bill!!

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Or Gilmore.

Isn't BB's defensive game plan for the NYG against the Bills in the Hall of Fame? Maybe this one will join it.

archstanton543 said:

Or Gilmore.

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South Carolina Gamecocks can’t win ALL the postseason MVPs.

7 points against in 90 minutes of 1st half football.

Love Flores, but he's now going off to the enemy. Hope that he struggles just as Matt Patricia did, and that we continue our aggressive minded defensive approach. Let's be honest though... After these playoffs and the results, you really can't go back to a bend don't break defense.

Uncle Rico said:

Isn't BB's defensive game plan for the NYG against the Bills in the Hall of Fame? Maybe this one will join it.

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That was against Jim Kelly, this against Goff, not sold on Goff being a top tier QB.

PATSYLICIOUS said:

Yes. When you score just 13 and win by double digits thats an all time performance on defense. Props to bb and flores

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Too bad we didn't get the first shutout in Super Bowl history. But let's not be too greedy.

Flores about 20X better than Patricia was.

To be fair, that 4th qtr vs. Chiefs was absolute nonsense with the refs suddenly deciding they were going to flag everything that wasn't flagged for the first 3 qtrs.

Defense played great

hellolin said:

That sucks, he is about to be playing against us twice a year, **** how did we miss Flores to be that good? I mean this year's performance is much better than last year?

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Feel good for him. He is a great leader and a good man. Now he gets an opportunity to be head coach and not just defensive coordinator. Being BB DC you will never get credit that is deserved by the media.
He certainly did the Patriots a solid this year, by helping bring Ring #6.
Wish hime tremendous success except against Pats.

Chevrolet said:

Feel good for him. He is a great leader and a good man. Now he gets an opportunity to be head coach and not just defensive coordinator. Being BB DC you will never get credit that is deserved by the media.
He certainly did the Patriots a solid this year, by helping bring Ring #6.
Wish hime tremendous success except against Pats.

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He seems to be way more aggressive than the rocket scientist....like a lot more.

No defense has ever played so well in a Super Bowl. It’s crazy.