New York Giants defensive coordinator Wink Martindale is known as an aggressive play-caller who relies heavily on the blitz. It’s something we’ve seen throughout training camp and expect to see more of during the season.
During Thursday night’s preseason opener against the New England Patriots, Martindale scaled back his defense considerably. In fact, some of the players even called their exhibition approach “vanilla.”
“It was really vanilla, it was just really basic,” rookie linebacker Darrian Beavers said of the scheme after the game.
But Patriots head coach Bill Belichick saw it differently.