Giants Super Bowl 2012 Nets Perry Fewell First Championship

by Brian Galliford on Feb 6, 2012 9:11 AM EST in Buffalo Bills News

Just a hair over two years ago today, New York Giants defensive coordinator Perry Fewell was just weeks removed from landing his current job following a seven-game stint as the interim head coach of the Buffalo Bills. He received an obligatory - and perfunctory - interview with new GM Buddy Nix for the full-time gig, but as that interview came after a report that the entire coaching staff had been fired, the discussion was clearly only a formality.

Today, Perry Fewell is part of a Giants team that won Super Bowl XLVI last evening, defeating the New England Patriots 21-17.

Fewell went 3-4 in his short stint as Buffalo's head coach, and in the past two seasons with the Giants has coached an obviously talented defense to No. 7 and - perhaps surprisingly to some - No. 27 finishes. That's right, folks: Perry Fewell's No. 27-ranked defense stymied Tom Brady last night.

Another former Bills assistant has his second Super Bowl title, as well, as Kevin Gilbride - who served as the Bills' offensive coordinator under then-head coach Gregg Williams - won his second in four years with the Giants and Tom Coughlin.

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That just proves that as long as you can rush the passer your defense will always have a chance. Did anyone else notice that two years in a row the worse teams that run the ball through the year won the SB? It’s all about the pass snd stopping the pass!

by jesterz21c on Feb 6, 2012 9:24 AM EST via mobile reply actions

rank does not matter….what matters is play well toward the end of the year and PASS RUSH………………with out a pass rush 9 out of 10 times the pats would win

by polish power on Feb 6, 2012 9:32 AM EST reply actions

They were ranked even worse until the defensive backs decided to stop playing like garbage (around week 14, I believe).

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by stetzwebs on Feb 6, 2012 9:35 AM EST reply actions

Is that when Amakamura finally made it into the lineup?

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by thefourwinds on Feb 6, 2012 11:35 AM EST up reply actions

Yeah, I think so…they got much healthier for the last few weeks, and it showed.

"Slowly all the roles we act out become our identity. And in the end we are what we pretend to be." - Jerry Cantrell.

by stetzwebs on Feb 6, 2012 11:50 AM EST up reply actions

Fewell deserves a heck of a lot of credit

His guys did not fold and the scheme worked out very well.

The one thing I did not hear people talk about in the lead up to the game was that Fewell had gone up against New England, twice a year for 4 years and had put together a scheme that almost won a game for us a few years ago. So he certainly had a book on Brady. That familiarity cannot be underestimated.

by Ono on Feb 6, 2012 9:40 AM EST reply actions

Good point.

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by thefourwinds on Feb 6, 2012 11:35 AM EST up reply actions

Congratulations to Perry Fewell. Seems like a good guy. Too bad next year he’ll be on the losing side.. when the Bills finally bring the wagon full circle :) bahahaha

Ron Paul 2012

by BuffaloBlueBlood on Feb 6, 2012 9:40 AM EST via mobile reply actions

I’ve never felt coaching was our number one issue. The success many of our coaches have found elsewhere certainly suggests there is a constant here in Buffalo (and it ain’t coaching). But you lose, its hard not to second guess most coaching decisions. And its certainly easier to swap coaches than say, entire defensive units. So we fixate on that and turn it over. Hopefully we can focus on the personnel for a bit so we can stop looking for quick coaching fixes.

Look at our string of o-coordinators we couldnt stop complaining about: Gilbride, Clements, all having played key roles on championship teams.

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by greysquirrel on Feb 6, 2012 9:48 AM EST reply actions

Beli-choke

What a heart-warming day.

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by Port Royal on Feb 6, 2012 10:02 AM EST reply actions

Yup. I think it’s worth noting (and saying over and over and over…) that he hasn’t won a SB since SpyGate.

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by thefourwinds on Feb 6, 2012 11:36 AM EST up reply actions

Spygate is incredibly overblown. Videotaping has long been a practice in the NFL, and is not used for during the game, it is used for review for later on. The Patriots were very close to a superbowl this year on mostly Belichick’s merit. I honestly don’t think that this “videotaping” is what would have made the difference, and that not doing it has not allowed them to be successful.

by Xaviermw on Feb 6, 2012 2:58 PM EST up reply actions

It doesn't matter...

He is a cheater.

Most of professional life is thinking how far will you go being pushed?

Belichek never asked, he was a pusher, not like most who are pushed….

Me, I’ll stick with Marv and try to win it above table. It doesn’t count any more in the history books, just in your reflection in the mirror.

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by podunkowego on Feb 6, 2012 3:39 PM EST up reply actions

Videotaping has long been a practice in the NFL, and is not used for during the game, it is used for review for later on.

But they were filming the other team. Not playing against their team. In practice.

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by WhyBillsWhy on Feb 7, 2012 8:43 AM EST up reply actions

Further proof

it’s players that make everything good.

by As Smart as I Look on Feb 6, 2012 10:42 AM EST reply actions

I don't know......

The pats protected Brady amazing well…..
The pats offensive line is absolutely outstanding.
And that is just as important as a pass rush….

The pats D played amazing well too….
I still can’t believe how well they played.
They got to manning, got him off his game, and, apparently, and I say apparently because we don’t know for sure, blanketed the giants great receivers. We also don’t know how injured the giants receivers were. But damn, I didn’t think they could do it.

I didn’t see all the bubble screens Kilbride uses that much either. I would like to have the NFL film of that game to see more of what was going on…..

The conclusion doesn’t bode well for the Bills at all in IMHO. I thought the pats D was weak and, apparently I am wrong.

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by podunkowego on Feb 6, 2012 11:25 AM EST reply actions

I always thought Fewell got a raw deal, and he was the one coach I thought the team missed the most over the past two years. He managed to keep the defensive unit playing competitively even when injuries destroyed the team depth. George Edwards was clearly unable to do the same.

by SiriusRed on Feb 6, 2012 12:29 PM EST via mobile reply actions

We handled the Jauron firing badly. Not really a surprise given the state of the front office.

I have low expectations. But high hopes.

by greysquirrel on Feb 6, 2012 1:23 PM EST up reply actions

Boo....

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by podunkowego on Feb 6, 2012 3:41 PM EST up reply actions

Well, certainly when you compare Perry to what we had he would be one of the coaches we missed the most over the last few years. But I really do think that over the long haul we’re going to end up missing Bobby April more.

by Schrims on Feb 6, 2012 2:09 PM EST up reply actions

It’s too bad we never found out much about April’s ability beyond ST coach.

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by thefourwinds on Feb 6, 2012 2:51 PM EST up reply actions