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This is first drive of the Super Bowl, 1st Quarter: 1st & 10. Rams are in their base 3-4 set, 3 down linemen and Dante Fowler is the stand-up ROLB in Wade's scheme. Brady is under-center instead of shotgun. Brady at Pre-snap read, Patriots first possession and they haven't thrown the ball yet. Edelman is in motion to Trent Brown's weak side. The Patriots are running out of a traditional I-back formation.
This is the difference in Wade's scheme: They don't read-and-react, they attack the gap, not the man. 99 Aaron McDonald and 93 N. Suh are going to attack their gaps, McDonald is attacking the OG/LT gap between Joe Thuney & Trent Brown.
15:13 - At the snap, Aaron McDonald is in the backfield, and makes the pursuit tackle for a 3 yard gain.
15:30 - This is an excellent concept illustration of the Wade Phillips 3-4. With attacking gaps, you are wreaking havoc in the backfield, consistently.
15:52 Very next play 2nd & 7. Brady is in the shotgun and hasn't attempted a pass yet. Defense is a zone drop out and LB Corey Littleton gets into a diagonal drop into the protect the flat. It WAS zone, and Brady was fooled and made a mistake.
16:42 - Tony Romo - Wade was quoted as saying the key to the game was presenting Brady with a matchup that looked like man, but was zone, and a zone that looked like man. You had to mix your coverages, in order to fool Brady. Brady threw a pick with his first pass. Wade's pressure scheme had caused Belichick enough confusion to cause a turnover on their 7th play from scrimmage.
The Rams went on kept the Patriots out of the endzone for 53 minutes. The Pats scored 1 TD and 3 first downs for the entire game and 0 for 1 on 4th Down, and they sacked Brady 4 times.
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