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And they're doing Patriot-type stuff too.

And what I mean by that is obviously the offense does have some similarities because Drake Mays is a really good trigger man.

And schematically, McDaniels has changed his stripes, but it's a modern version of what they had always done.

And defensively,

One of the calling cards of the Bill Belichick era is you're going to get the most out of guys who other teams might say, eh, I don't know.

And that's not to say they didn't have talented players, and we've already listed a bunch of those guys.

They became talented players.

But initially... Initially.

Initially, yeah, you had Rodney Harrison, and you had Ty Law, and you had Teddy Bruschi, but you also had Troy Brown playing...

slot corner yeah he was a wide receiver for those of you who are uninitiated and they they did that every year I mean you had Julian Edelman playing slot corner you had even Walker I think at times playing slot corner like they always did that and it worked do you remember Gronk being a safety on the Miami Dolphins touchdown that they scored on on one of the final on the final play of a football game like they did all kind of goofy stuff well now you've got Robert Spillane

who has turned into one of the more valuable inside backers in all the National Football League, and that guy was just a guy.

He was a special teamer, and if he was not on the field, you were happier for it, at least on the defensive side.

So you've got a guy like that who's become a piece for them.

It's very reminiscent of the Belichick days.

And I'm wondering if Steelers fans will be rooting as hard for Seattle as they were for, let's say, the 2007 New York Giants or the 11 New York Giants or the Falcons or these teams that had a chance to slay the Dragon Eagles through the years.

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