Run the ball. Stop the run. Rush the passer.
If ever there was a classic example to validate old-school Giants general manager Dave Gettleman’s simple three-step formula to build a winning football program, look np further than the New England Patriots’ “boring” 13-3 win over the upstart Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LIII.
Sure, lighting up the scoreboard with touchdown after touchdown after touchdown is exciting and likely helps out those who take out friendly wagers on the over/under which, if year-end regular season statistics were to be any indication, a waterfall of points between the league’s second-highest (Rams) and fourth-highest (Patriots) offenses was supposed to yield.