After the Giants defeated the Patriots 23–21 in last Thursday’s preseason opener, New England coach Bill Belichick insinuated that he thought New York blitzed too much.
“Well, with what the Giants were doing, there’s a lot of reasons for some of the things that we did to just try to manage the game,” Belichick said.
“So just leave it at that,” he added.
Patriots quarterback Bailey Zappe on 17 of his 33 dropbacks in the contest, and 21 times total in the contest.
When asked about the aggressive defensive scheme in the preseason opener, Giants defensive coordinator Wink Martindale had the perfect response.