Tom Brady still has battle scars when thinking about facing the vaunted Giants pass rush.
Those defenses were led by coordinator Steve Spagnuolo, who is now in the same role with the Chiefs, and watching the Chiefs slow down 49ers on Sunday brought up bad memories for Brady of their battles.
“There’s Steve Sagnuolo,” Brady said while in the booth Sunday for Kansas City’s 28-18 win. “He’s been the bane of my existence. I still have PTSD from some of those blitzes in the 2007 Super Bowl. I know my friend Michael Strahan says he is the greatest guy in the room. But I don’t want to hear that. I do not want to hear that. He’s been the bane of my existence. What a coach he is.”
Spagnuolo served in his first year as the Giants’ defensive coordinator during the 2007 season, transforming the unit into one of the best in the sport by the end of the season and arguably the main reason why the franchise authored one of the greatest upsets in Super Bowl history.
Led by Strahan, Osi Umenyiora and Justin Tuck, the Giants hurried Brady on 16 of his 54 dropbacks and sacked him five times in a 17-14 win in Super Bowl XLII.
