You win this game by…
Not showing Tom Brady any respect. He’s a 44 year old Quarterback who no longer has the arm strength to drive the ball deep. Sure, there’s no one better at dinking and dunking his way down the field, but he lives inside the numbers.
Compress the Defense, take away the middle of the field, make him go deep. Against the Giants, 20 yard passes were floating their way to the receiver, which gives the defender an extra second to recover and get into position.
Load 8, 9, 10 men into the box on every play. That’s how Washington held them to 19 points.
Blitz up the middle and hit him every time you get a chance. He loves to get rid of the ball early, so taking away the short stuff will force him to look for slower developing deep routes, which give you more time to hunt him down in the pocket and tee off on him.
Pay him no respect, show no mercy, burn down their village, and steal their sheep.
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