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Basic positioning along the line of scrimmage has changed as well. A few plays in, Reid noted that the Giants defensive tackles, Dick Modzelewski and Rosey Grier, were “flexed back off the ball”—that is, set up more than a yard away from the Colts linemen. “That’s probably for the run game,” Reid said, explaining that by hanging back from the line of scrimmage, the defenders could get a better look at the direction of the play before attacking.
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The precursor of the "Flex Defense" that Landry used when he was in Dallas. Landry's Dallas Flex was invented to counter the Green Bay power sweep.
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The Giants frequently lined up in the T-formation—the quarterback behind the center, and the three running backs lined up horizontally about three yards behind him—and both teams employed the antiquated “single wing,” where one halfback and the fullback line up beside each other, behind the quarterback, while the other halfback splits wide, sometimes all the way out to the flanker position.
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Actually, that's a Split T formation, not the single wing. The Spread option, that so popular these days is actually pretty close to the old single wing.
Good article. I think that the quality of that game was somewhat overrated. It was important to put the NFL on the map but it wasn't that great of a game. I think even Art Donavan said it wasn't that great. IMO, the best game was the Miami-San Diego game right before the Freezer Bowl.