I reference the show Shorsey a lot about a d league hockey team. They have three guys (the Jims) whose job it is to just lay the wood on the other teams best player and then they go in the box or kicked out. I’m NOT saying go out and try and break the dudes leg or play dirty. But you know we’re gonna get called on b.s. roughing the passer penalties all day anyway. So let’s make it worth it and let him feel it early in the game. That’s how the Giants beat Tom Brady.
A great example of this brand of football is what Aqib Talib(yeah I know, fuck him) did in SB50 to the Panthers. He came out bully ball from the coin flip and took two 1st qtr penalties and set the tone. Carolina rolled over for 3 qtrs, they didn’t want ant of that Broncos D until midway through the 4th. Earl Thomas used to do this kind of shit too.
Exactly