The date is January 27th, 1991. The New York Giants have just defeated the Buffalo Bills, 20-19, in Super Bowl XXV for their second championship in four years.
Giants’ linebacker Carl Banks calls it the most incredible defensive gameplan ever created – the juggernaut Bills offense led the NFL that season with 428 points. That’s why 25 years later, Banks, a member of the NFL’s 1980’s All-Decade Team, still has a photo of Giants’ defensive coordinator Bill Belichick hanging in his office.
The photo shows several Giants carrying Belichick off the field, but the defensive wizard wasn’t wearing the cutoff hooded sweatshirt he’s become so well known for in today’s NFL.