Originally posted by Luckycharms:
Originally posted by Young2Rice:
Originally posted by thl408:
Here's an article that focuses on a game where Mangini's Browns defense went up against Brady in 2010. Reinforces the whole confusion aspect that Mangini refers to.
http://espn.go.com/blog/afceast/post/_/id/21350/amoeba-d-a-hard-cell-for-brady-sanchez
ESPN Stats & Information charted Cleveland's amoeba defense, an unusual scheme described as "at least five defensive players in the box with one or fewer down linemen." It's difficult for a quarterback to read at the line, creates pass-protection confusion for linemen and clogs passing lanes.
The results were persuasive, according to ESPN Stats & Information's data.
Patriots passing versus the amoeba: 3-of-13 for 51 yards, zero touchdowns, one interception and an 11.4 passer rating.
Patriots passing versus other defenses: 16-of-25 for 173 yards, two touchdowns, no interceptions and a 110.9 passer rating.
"When Tom knows what you're in, he'll take you apart," Browns head coach Eric Mangini said. "We tried to disguise things so he couldn't get comfortable. We had one defensive plan for the first half and an entirely different one for the second half because we didn't want him adjusting at halftime with ways to attack us.
"Dealing with a guy like Tom and an offense like that, not giving him a lot of pre-snap reads, was extremely important. I thought our guys did it well."
I like the name. Didn't we run something similar here under fangio and manusky? I remember it being called magic formation or somthing?
Or is that different?
I know Manusky occasionally used the Amoeba defense, but I don't recall fangio using it. I could be wrong though. Just based purely off memory I recall it working well when Manusky used it but I don't have any stats on it
I just remembered it being pretty cool.
