I remember at about this time during the 2013 season, I commented on a thread similar to this about how there wasn’t enough offense in this kind of philosophy to beat the Broncos, a team that set offensive records that season. Kip Earlywine, aka Kearly, responded to my post saying that Pete’s philosophy- an efficient, ball control offense and aggressive, press coverage defense- was precisely the formula that it takes to beat a team like the Broncos.
Now, our defense isn’t there yet, I get it. But what we are rebuilding this defense into, and therefore this team, is the blueprint to mitigate the effectiveness of the pass happy spread offenses.
We can do this, again, and there is now compelling evidence that we are indeed heading in that very direction.
I love it!