[SONNY WERBLIN]

As good a coach as BB is, he seems to owe almost all of his success to his predecessors in New England and, of course, Tom Brady.

While Perkins and Earhardt can take credit for the offensive schemes, the 3-4 two gap D the Pats run (don't say it's a 4-3, Ninkovich is labeled DE but has the assignments of an OLB), is essentially the same D Chuck Fairbanks brought to New England (and the NFL) from the Oklahoma Sooners.