Janoris Jenkins and the defense

TheGooch said

Yes Greg was very aggressive with his blitz calling but it was mainly a problem for many when he did it in the red zone. Everywhere else on the field it made his defense very opportunistic forcing fumbles, getting sacks, getting interceptions...and guess what - his defense was middle of the pack and we won the superbowl. If I'm not mistaken his defense was the quarterback slayers that year taking down all the greats...Manning, Warner, Farve, Brady

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You’re looking at Greg with Black and Gold glasses.

Funny thing is that the year we won the SB we were ranked 21st in overall defense (if I’m not mistaken). What made us look dominant was the ridiculous amount of turnovers we caused that season. But here’s the thing, we never repeated that level of turnover production. So we were left with Greg sending out all out blitzes in our territory that left us to get burnt up the seams for 30- 40 yard gash plays.

It wasn’t just theRed Zone area. Greg would blitz a kickoff if he could. People were so sick of his overuse of the blitz that many were calling for his ouster before Bountygate came to surface.

As I said, too many people are caught up in the moment and sanitizing the past. If DA‘s defense upsets you, then Greg’s blitz crazed gameplan will make you want to jump out of a window.