Light hammered home two other points: there was no scenario where the New England offensive linemen could make the Denver rushers “fear” the possibility of having their legs taken out, as well as the fact that tight end
Rob Gronkowski wasn’t utilized in hopes of trying to slow down the
Broncos.
“Give me at least one three-step because I need to make this guy fear a little bit of his up the field pass rush by me taking his legs out from underneath him,” Light said. “Or, hey, let’s bring Gronk from the outside and let’s crack one of these defensive ends, like he did with [ex-Buffalo defensive end]
Aaron Schobel and knocked him into another galaxy and literally spun his helmet off his head, and the guy literally didn’t even want to take two steps upfield at that point.
“They didn’t give [Denver] anything to think about,” he added. “They didn’t have to keep them honest in any way throughout that whole game plan, and then the snap count obviously was terrible. It wasn’t the talent on the field. They could have beat that team with a little bit more preparation and doing things a little better, and it didn’t happen.”