“You have to try to get in and out of the huddle as fast as possible, change the snap count and put pressure on them to figure out when they want to show their defense and their blitzes. That’s something Peyton will do really well. He’ll probably have some plays where he uses hard counts. He’ll mix it up really well to keep them from showing blitzes or make them show blitzes early.

“When it comes to Gregg, you have to know he’ll wait until the last minute to show the blitz. So you have to wait until it’s low on the play clock and he knows you have to snap it. Then he’ll show it. Sometimes he’ll show like he’s going to blitz and bring everyone up and show cover zero blitz and drop at the snap of the ball. His game against Peyton, from being on our staff before, he’ll probably play more cover two then a lot of man or cover two man. Gregg likes secondary blitzes. He likes to corner blitz and safety blitz. He gives you a ton of different looks. He won’t give the same blitz over and over. You have to be ready and have your head on a swivel.

“My thing was sometimes looking at their safeties and trying to get a bait on whether they were playing cover two or rolling the coverage. Or you line up in three receivers and check the slot guy, knowing if they’ll blitz or not and then alerting the running back to pick him up.”

And here’s the other side, courtesy of former Redskins safety Matt Bowen, who played for Williams and now writes for the National Football Post. He also broke down what he likes about both quarterbacks for us earlier this week.

Bowen: 

“The first thing with Peyton as a defensive back is you have to hold that disguise. You can’t give away anything against that guy. If you show pressure you’d better show it until the ball is snapped and then be athletic enough and have good enough technique to get back to your responsibility. He’s so good at seeing what you’re doing and changing the play so it benefits him. The hard part about Manning right now is that he exposes you. Play cover two and he knows he’ll throw the ball down the middle or send two verticals at the safety. You pressure him and he knows where he’ll go every time, on a three-step route to Reggie Wayne or Garcon or Collie. The Saints don’t have a lock down corner. I like Jabari Greer a lot, but if you puressre him, you put those guys in an awkward situation against the best quarterback in the league. You have to mix coverages well.”

“With Gregg, they’ll time it and watch the film and Peyton will move around, he comes to the line and starts waving his hand. A lot of it is dummy audibles. Once he’s back and set, Gregg’s players will know how long it takes – whether it’s 5 ½ seconds or six seconds. They’ll know how long it is when Peyton gets into the gun or under center. You have to train yourself to know, ‘OK, I’ve got six seconds and the ball is snapped. Now I have four, I can show for three and get out of here.’ “

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