A long time ago, I heard Brett Favre talk about winning football games. He was on the subject of how to beat an opponent and how to make adjustments to take on opposing defenses.Brett take on it was something Il paraphrase here for you:hy would we adjust what we do based on the other team? That doesn make any sense. Wee going to do what we do best and dare them to stop us. Wee gonna jam it down their throats and wee gonna win.”Now, I get that Bill Belichick team is the antithesis of that thought process. But the Patriots are the exception, not the rule. Look back through the history of the league and youl see that to be true. The Steelers of the 70s didn decide to not throw the ball to Lynn Swann and John Stallworth because their opponents had good secondaries. If that was the case, they never would have beaten the Raiders
https://www.texansjerseysstore.com/Texans_Derek_Newton_Jersey-42.Bill Walsh 49ers never shied away from the West Coast offense because the opposing defense had fast outside linebackers and solid safeties.The Cowboys didn decide to bench Emmitt Smith when they played teams that could take away the run. Kurt Warner Rams didn decide to get away from the quick passing game because their opponent had fleet-footed corners.What all these teams had in common was figuring out what they did best and then executing it so well that opponents couldn stop them.When youe so busy focusing on what your opponent is going to do, maybe, just maybe, you forget how to do what you do best… or worse
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https://www.texansjerseysstore.com/Texans_Jonathan_Grimes_Jersey-60. They change the channel. They turn off the sports talk radio. They stop reading the blog posts.When fans know who their team is, know what to expect, and know that everyone in the organization is giving it their all so the team can do what it does best, they hang around and grind it out. They sympathize with the losses, share in the heartache, and commiserate at the water cooler
https://www.texansjerseysstore.com/Texans_Josh_Lenz_Jersey-62, online, or wherever fans gather.Let face it. If you don really know who your friend is, you won stick with him through thick and thin.Right now, no one knows who the Texans are.As they head into Indy next week on a three game losing streak, the question on everyone mind will be what Texans team will show up.Unfortunately, no one has an answer for that question.
