![]() First down.īut the Patriots stuck with their plan and did the same thing on the next three snaps: They deployed two high safeties with underneath defenders dropping into zones. So he handed off to Knowshon Moreno for 12 yards. Manning understood Belichick was practically giving away free yardage on the ground. ![]() To open that game against Denver eight years ago, the Patriots played two safeties 13 yards off the line of scrimmage. In some ways, it was similar to the Belichick game plan from Super Bowl XXV, where he tried to coax Jim Kelly's "K-Gun" offense to hand off to Thurman Thomas, that now rests in the Hall of Fame. Belichick forced the future Hall of Famer to take what was simultaneously a) the path of least resistance for the Broncos offense and b) the path Belichick preferred. The Patriots put Peyton Manning and the juggernaut Broncos offense in a choose-your-own-adventure situation back in 2013. The plan for Tom Brady? /FvhPevubUI- Phil Perry September 30, 2021
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