John Lynch: How to beat Tom Brady & the Patriots

I always love when former players chime in with articles like this. Lynch has been on a playoff team to beat Brady, and he also was briefly a teammate of Brady’s. Here’s one great nugget:

As for the game plan, for the teams that have played and have beaten the Patriots, there is a common trend. First and foremost, even Tom Brady is affected when people are hitting him. You have to find a way to put pressure on him. He likes to step up in the pocket so it’s very important that the pressure comes from right up the gut. You have to have people around his legs, his face and be constantly hitting him throughout the course of the game.