It’s 2nd and 10. Los Angeles has the ball at the Patriots’ 27, down seven, just over four minutes left in Super Bowl 53. Jared Goff drops back. Defensive coordinator Brian Flores – now head coach in Miami – calls an all-out, Cover 0 blitz. It gets home, Goff forced to throw a lame duck along the right sideline, picked off by corner Stephon Gilmore.
It’s the defining play of an otherwise lackluster Super Bowl. And fits the old adage you’ll hear on every episode of NFL Countdown: rush and cover go together.