Bill Belichick on the Seahawks and Falco

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The are primarily concerned with defending the offense, the highest-scoring team in the NFL during the regular season with the likely MVP in . But the real X-factor in Super Bowl LI might be the Falcons defense.  Slow down the Patriots, put pre sure on and you've got a good chance to win. It's much easier said than  Taurean Prince Jersey done, but that's the formula.  What makes it a real game of che s is the recent matchups with New England and the . The Patriots played Seattle earlier this year, but also played Seattle, then coached by Dan Quinn, in Super Bowl XLIX ( ). Quinn is now the Falcons head coach. More on Super Bowl LI   Bill Belichick was asked Thursday morning about how that helps and how similar the two defenses are and he said it's "the same, but different."   Which he meant in a totally earnest way somehow.  "There's some -- I' Garrett Temple Jersey d say these guys, they're different. It's the same, but different. Certainly players are different, that's one big thing. I'd say schematically it's not quite the same, and certainly we wouldn't want to take it for granted that it is the same," Belichick said. "I think they modified, handled some  Jordan Bowden Jersey things a little differently than what we practiced against for Seattle earlier in the year. But there's certainly carry over, I'm not saying that. It's not like it's two different systems, it's not.  "But I wouldn't say -- you know how, say, how Richard Sherman plays it to the way Robert Alford plays it, is not quite the same, even though it's the same defense."  In other words, Quinn is still running the same system Bruce Brown Jr. Jersey  that he was running in Seattle. The Seahawks and the Falcons still have the same system.    But these are smart coaches -- in Quinn and Seahawks defensive coordinator Kris Richard -- and they're not going to ignore the players they have on the roster when forming the defensive schematics.  As Belichick noted, is a good player, but he's not . The defensive line is differently. There's no in Atlanta. But there's no in Seattle. Jamal Crawford Jersey  and are both pa s rushers but they're not the same player.  In short, Quinn has managed to adapt a similar defense to his personnel. It could make Belichick's preparation easier, but don't expect him to shorten up the preparation any le s as a result.