Denver Native (Carol)
01-25-2016, 11:06 AM
When the dust settled after that frantic ending and the failed two-point conversion in Denver Sunday afternoon, there were a couple of unwanted architects to thank. While Peyton Manning basked in the limelight and clung desperately onto the game ball after winning what was likely his final duel with Tom Brady, the stars of Denver's upset victory giddily sprinted around elsewhere. It was Owen Daniels, Von Miller and DeMarcus Ware who sprung the upset, and behind them were a pair of coaches who were two years removed from being unwanted and unemployed. On Sunday, the combination of Broncos head coach Gary Kubiak and defensive coordinator Wade Phillips didn't just beat the brightest coach of his generation, Bill Belichick. They actually even out-coached him.
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On Sunday, Phillips put the blitz packages away, and it flummoxed the Pats. The Broncos blitzed on just 16.4 percent of Brady's dropbacks. That's a lower blitz rate than any Phillips-led defense has attempted in more than eight years, dating back to Week 9 of the 2007 season, when Phillips was in his first year as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. After rushing three men just 30 times all season, Phillips sent a mere three-man rush on 14 dropbacks versus Brady on Sunday, with the star Patriots quarterback going 4-of-13 for 41 yards with a sack, an interception and a passer rating of just 9.5.
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And so it was fitting, then, that Daniels was the guy who did more to push Kubiak into his first Super Bowl as a head coach. All he did was beat one of the most dynamic linebackers in football for touchdowns twice in one half. Jamie Collins wasn't 100 percent heading into the game, and he came up with a pair of sacks along with his typically excellent run defense in the second half, but Collins was left wanting on both of Denver's touchdowns. No less of a Patriots authority than former star linebacker Willie McGinest noted that Collins was getting caught peering into the backfield, and it cost the Patriots twice.
full article, which is long, plus video
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/14642395/gary-kubiak-wade-phillips-dialed-gem-get-bill-belichick-tom-brady-nfl
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On Sunday, Phillips put the blitz packages away, and it flummoxed the Pats. The Broncos blitzed on just 16.4 percent of Brady's dropbacks. That's a lower blitz rate than any Phillips-led defense has attempted in more than eight years, dating back to Week 9 of the 2007 season, when Phillips was in his first year as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. After rushing three men just 30 times all season, Phillips sent a mere three-man rush on 14 dropbacks versus Brady on Sunday, with the star Patriots quarterback going 4-of-13 for 41 yards with a sack, an interception and a passer rating of just 9.5.
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And so it was fitting, then, that Daniels was the guy who did more to push Kubiak into his first Super Bowl as a head coach. All he did was beat one of the most dynamic linebackers in football for touchdowns twice in one half. Jamie Collins wasn't 100 percent heading into the game, and he came up with a pair of sacks along with his typically excellent run defense in the second half, but Collins was left wanting on both of Denver's touchdowns. No less of a Patriots authority than former star linebacker Willie McGinest noted that Collins was getting caught peering into the backfield, and it cost the Patriots twice.
full article, which is long, plus video
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/14642395/gary-kubiak-wade-phillips-dialed-gem-get-bill-belichick-tom-brady-nfl