Chargers defense faces totally different task against Brady, Patriots
by Mike DiGiovanna, Los Angeles Times
Jan 09, 2019
4 minutes
COSTA MESA, Calif. - After spending last Sunday afternoon in the football equivalent of a high-speed chase, the Los Angeles Chargers defense can downshift to a lower gear against 41-year-old Tom Brady and the New England Patriots in Sunday's divisional playoff game at Foxborough, Mass.
While Brady is one of the best quarterbacks in NFL history, he is nowhere near as dangerous with his legs as Ravens rookie Lamar Jackson, the fleet-footed and elusive read-option quarterback whom the Chargers went to great lengths to contain in their 23-17 wild-card win at Baltimore.
Brady is a classic drop-back passer with the speed of a Roomba vacuum. He has rushed 580 times for 1,003 yards
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