If you're like me, you have a neverending appetite to relive the game and figure out how the heck that happened. So whether web page, video, or podcast, lets post all of the good X's and O's breakdowns we can find on this thread. I'll start.
Short and sweet, Willie McGinest breaks down two key defensive plays. The Flowers sack to take them out of field goal range had an assist from Jabal Sheard who did not rush but "peeled" to delay the releasing RB, which was McGinest's job often in the Rams Super Bowl. The Hightower strip sack shows all the traffic going on, with Ninkovich looping inside and Chung to the inside of Hightower. Hightower was so wide and there was so much else to see, Freeman just missed him.
This guy had two great video breakdowns. This one was about Brady.
Greg Cosell's column on Shutdown Corner. Great explanation of a lot of things, particularly how Atlanta disguised the coverage on the pick six.
Greg Cosell's Super Bowl Review
Inside the Pylon is always great. This one focuses on James White.
Inside the Pylon: James White Did His Job
Pats Propaganda is more description than diagrams, but a good accounting for the defense.
Pats Propaganda Film Review: Defense Edition
Mike Lombardi left the "Make Me Smarter" podcast but appeared here the day after the Super Bowl:
Bill Simmons' post Super Bowl Podcast with Mike Lombardi
The ExPats Podcast had Jerod Mayo on hand to break it down. Loved Mayo admitting that upon first glance James White wasn't impressive.
ExPats Podcast
And of course patsfans.com home podcast
Patriots 4th and 2
That's a good start. There are dozens out there, and I want to compile them all for posterity, so please add any you've come across. I'm still hoping for Football Outsiders' Word of Muth column to shed some light on the OL play for both sides and Matt Chatham to put forth something.
Short and sweet, Willie McGinest breaks down two key defensive plays. The Flowers sack to take them out of field goal range had an assist from Jabal Sheard who did not rush but "peeled" to delay the releasing RB, which was McGinest's job often in the Rams Super Bowl. The Hightower strip sack shows all the traffic going on, with Ninkovich looping inside and Chung to the inside of Hightower. Hightower was so wide and there was so much else to see, Freeman just missed him.
This guy had two great video breakdowns. This one was about Brady.
Greg Cosell's column on Shutdown Corner. Great explanation of a lot of things, particularly how Atlanta disguised the coverage on the pick six.
Greg Cosell's Super Bowl Review
Inside the Pylon is always great. This one focuses on James White.
Inside the Pylon: James White Did His Job
Pats Propaganda is more description than diagrams, but a good accounting for the defense.
Pats Propaganda Film Review: Defense Edition
Mike Lombardi left the "Make Me Smarter" podcast but appeared here the day after the Super Bowl:
Bill Simmons' post Super Bowl Podcast with Mike Lombardi
The ExPats Podcast had Jerod Mayo on hand to break it down. Loved Mayo admitting that upon first glance James White wasn't impressive.
ExPats Podcast
And of course patsfans.com home podcast
Patriots 4th and 2
That's a good start. There are dozens out there, and I want to compile them all for posterity, so please add any you've come across. I'm still hoping for Football Outsiders' Word of Muth column to shed some light on the OL play for both sides and Matt Chatham to put forth something.