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It was the week before Super Bowl XXV at the end of the 1990 season, and New York Giants defensive coordinator Bill Belichick had a problem: He had to figure out the best way to array his defense against a Buffalo Bills team that had finished first in the league in points with 418, and had four Hall-of-Famers on that offense—quarterback Jim Kelly, running back Thurman Thomas, receivers James Lofton and Andre Reed.