Here’s what I think I’ll see when I watch the tape tomorrow:

1. Seattle’s defense didn’t try to outsmart anybody. They just ran their defense.
2. They had one or two different 3rd-down pressures and a similar rush plan to what they showed on tape all year.
3. The blitz they ran with Witherspoon a half dozen times—the one the Patriots couldn’t stop—has been around for 20 years.
4. All 11 players knew exactly what they were doing and played faster than the Patriots.

Genius isn’t tricking people, running exotic blitzes, or using dozens of different coverages.
Genius is getting all 11 players on the same page and playing faster than the other team.

I could be wrong, but I doubt it.
Master class by Macdonald.

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