The BIG CHANGES in the NFL Since the Last Patriots-Seahawks Super Bowl

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Eleven years ago, the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks met in one of the most iconic Super Bowls of all-time. Those two teams seemed to define the league back then, with Tom Brady and the Patriots dynasty on one side, and the Legion of Boom defense on the other. The league looks quite a bit different now, and not just in the way that things set a decade apart are bound to be different. So how has the league changed in the 11 intervening years between Patriots-Seahawks Super Bowls? Robert Mays, Derrik Klassen and Dave Helman consider that question on this episode of The Athletic Football Show.

0:00 Welcome to the show
1:41 Derrik pays off the wins pool bet
4:07 Fun fact: Derrik wore a full outfit under the wolf costume AND Chiefs clothes
7:07 Memory lane name drop # 1
9:07 Lost era of QBs
9:45 Andrew Luck
11:10 Peyton Manning & Drew Brees
12:20 QB accomplishments
14:05 Patriots Super Bowl droughts
16:59 Nickel & other defensive trends
17:51 Defender heights
18:20 Memory lane name drop # 2
21:05 Other coverage trends
23:00 Blitz rate
24:43 Bill Belichick coaching tree’s influence
26:16 Belichick vs Pete Carroll
27:28 Head coach ages
30:11 Sean McVay’s influence
31:19 Offensive vs defensive head coaches
33:36 Base defense
36:59 In-game decision making
38:55 Seahawks & Mike Macdonald game management
40:51 Memory lane name drops # 3 and 4
42:50 What skillsets we want in QBs now
43:08 Scramble rate
44:58 Where does Fernando Mendoza fit?
46:51 MERCH!

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