Exploiting a Broken Ankle, Bill Belichick Served Tom Brady’s Patriots With the Ultimate Chance to Give Atlanta Their Darkest NFL Day

Bill Belichick is famously known as one of the best coaches to ever coach a team in the NFL. Coupled with the winningest quarterback, Tom Brady, Belichick has been able to cement a beautiful legacy of 6 Super Bowl wins. However, while everyone credits Brady for the six wins, Belichick’s genius as a coach often goes unnoticed. Reportedly, Belichick had some brilliant tactics in terms of the way he planned the way the team would play to win a Super Bowl. One such tactic was released when an old player who played under Belichick came on The Herd Show.

Logan Ryan, a safety who played for the Patriots at one point, spoke about the kind of brilliance Belichick showed while planning for a Super Bowl that they won against the Atlanta Falcons.

The brilliant scheming of Bill Belichick

In 2017, The Falcons were ready to face the glorious Brady-led Patriots. They had a brilliantly popular wide receiver in Julio Jones who had performed really well. All in all, they looked menacing in terms of their ability to beat a team like the Patriots. However, Belichick seemingly had a plan to contain the WR.

While on ‘The Herd Show’, Ryan spoke about how Belichick and the entire coaching staff planned to deal with Jones. Belichick had been made aware of the WR having an injured ankle that had been bothering him. Keeping that in mind, Ryan explained Belichick’s game plan.

He said, “I remember he had a bad ankle or a bad foot going into that season or during that season. And he was managing his practices and his practice though they were saying he’s not practiced that many days because of his foot. So we went into the game plan in Atlanta shadowing him to his good foot. Meaning that he can only make breaks off his right foot so when he’s on this side of the formation we’ll cover these routes not thinking that he can break off his other foot as efficiently.”

Belichick’s strategy displayed a lot of forethought and research. And the plan obviously worked. The Patriots were able to go on and win against the Falcons in a very spectacular manner. In fact, their comeback against the Falcons became one of the biggest blown leads by them.

Dark days for Atlanta Football

While losing a Super Bowl is rough enough for the fans, the Falcons nation was sorely disappointed with the way they let the Lombardi trophy slip. The Falcons were primed to win Super Bowl 51 against the Patriots. They had built a commanding lead of 28-3 with four touchdowns in the fourth quarter.

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However, the Patriots turned it around and completely decimated the Falcons’ defense. Brady got the ball moving and even converted on some very lucky fumbles from the Falcons. The Patriots were able to drag the game into overtime and go on to win with a commanding 34-28 lead. The defense was able to stop the Falcons from scoring multiple points repeatedly until victory was theirs.

All in all, Belichick’s brilliance proved to be the reason for such a brilliant win. However, it only remains to be seen if he’ll be able to showcase some brilliance in the upcoming season.

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