Here’s how Patriots caught Jared Goff, Rams completely off guard

Sunday night’s Super Bowl between the New England Patriots and Los Angeles Rams was considered one of the most boring of all time for those who did not have a rooting interest, and no one is more to blame for that than Bill Belichick. As ESPN’s Seth Walder noted in the week leading up to Super Bowl LIII, the Patriots ran more man-to-man coverage on defense than any team in the NFL this season. They played that way 62 percent of the time. So, naturally, the Rams and head coach Sean McVay expected to at least see a good portion of that same man defense on Sunday night. To put it simply, it just didn’t happen. On some level, the Rams should have seen it coming. Even Walder figured out that 12 of Goff’s 13 interceptions this season came against zone coverage, so Belichick was obviously well aware of that. Even still, McVay probably didn’t expect Belichick to completely change a defense that worked well enough to get him to another Super Bowl. To his credit, McVay openly admitted he got outcoached by Belichick. H

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