It was a long time ago, but many fans sometimes forget how great of a defensive coordinator Bill Belichick was with the Giants from 1985-90. During that span, they had arguably the best defense in the NFL. Here were their league ranks: There were several outstanding defensive performances in big games along the way. That included a shutout of Joe Gibbs’ Redskins offense in the 1986 NFC Championship Game, and an unconventional gameplan to hold the Bills to 17 Points in Super Bowl XXV just a week after they scored 51 against the Raiders.
Good reminder because most people dont dig into profootball reference, and go by mythologies
People think the 80s bears was THE D ignoring NYG and even 49ers Defenses.
The 86 Giants would have been #1 in every D category but the 86 Bears had the best D of their era, allowed even less points then 85; went 14-2 without any offense.
"Finesse team" 49ers, lol Outside of 88 those niners teams that went all the way were both top in D and very good at running the ball.
So when the 1990 Giants Bellichiks best year in NY they played the Niners 2x in 1990 its 7-3 and 15-13 slugfests.
People forget about those 49ers defenses. In 4 of Montana’s 6 conference championship games with SF, they didn’t allow a touchdown. Which is just silly. In fact they had a top 5 scoring D in 8 of 10 seasons from 1981-90.
They were a dynasty because they were a typical championship team from the 80's: Hit you in the face with a Top D, Run game. Walsh was an amateur boxer when young and kept talking about throwing the first punch in all those recorded meetings. Maybe People thought of him and his teams as soft because he didn't yell all the time like Parcells and Ditka.
So top D with hitters like Ronnie Lot and a run game with elite blocking and tackle breaking backs. But here's also a hard to defend short passing game that throws bombs if D coverage allows one on ones to Rice.
Good reminder because most people dont dig into profootball reference, and go by mythologies
People think the 80s bears was THE D ignoring NYG and even 49ers Defenses.
The 86 Giants would have been #1 in every D category but the 86 Bears had the best D of their era, allowed even less points then 85; went 14-2 without any offense.
"Finesse team" 49ers, lol Outside of 88 those niners teams that went all the way were both top in D and very good at running the ball.
So when the 1990 Giants Bellichiks best year in NY they played the Niners 2x in 1990 its 7-3 and 15-13 slugfests.
People forget about those 49ers defenses. In 4 of Montana’s 6 conference championship games with SF, they didn’t allow a touchdown. Which is just silly. In fact they had a top 5 scoring D in 8 of 10 seasons from 1981-90.
They were a dynasty because they were a typical championship team from the 80's: Hit you in the face with a Top D, Run game. Walsh was an amateur boxer when young and kept talking about throwing the first punch in all those recorded meetings. Maybe People thought of him and his teams as soft because he didn't yell all the time like Parcells and Ditka.
So top D with hitters like Ronnie Lot and a run game with elite blocking and tackle breaking backs. But here's also a hard to defend short passing game that throws bombs if D coverage allows one on ones to Rice.