AFC Championship Game: Steelers @ Patriots Game Day

[Bengalzona]

(01-23-2017, 03:41 PM)Joelist Wrote: Pretty simple plan by NE. They stayed in their gaps on defense up front, which took away LeVeon Bell and also made it harder for Ben to extend the play. And in the secondary they doubled Antonio Brown and dared the Steelers to beat them with the other receivers. On offense they both used trickery (like that flea flicker) to make the defense hesitate a little and also the OL simply held its blocks properly - they weren't truly dominating but they kept the backfield clean and gave e Brady a little time.

Don't forget execution. They executed almost flawlessly. 

The Steelers started out executing good as well, but lost composure in the middle of the third quarter. That's when Bellichek is able to get his TE's in isolated mis-matches and capitalize.