Vic Fangio took a slew of questions about the “unprecedented” amount of blitzing he did Sunday against the Patriots.
Of course, if you had been paying attention the way MHR’s Jeffrey Essary had been, you’d have realized two weeks ago how many players Fangio was sending to the quarterback as one way to survive without Von Miller this season.
To underscore how big of a departure this is for Fangio:
In '18 with the Bears, he blitzed ILBs 90 times all year.
In '19 with Denver he blitzed them 75 times
In '20 they've already blitzed 66 times and on pace for 264.