Archive for September 20th, 2008

Super Bowl Champs Teach Us About the Pass Rush

The pass rush is the bludgeon of any good N.F.L. defense, but few teams have wielded it as skillfully as the New York Giants did in last February’s Super Bowl. Over and over they hit the Patriots’ quarterback, Tom Brady, sacking him five times and hurrying him another dozen times in a 17-14 victory.

Strahan, now an analyst for ‘‘Fox NFL Sunday,’’ deconstructs four key plays that led to one of the greatest upsets in Super Bowl history.

Full Article: New York Times