Pees talks about his time in New England trying to stop Brady in practice.
FOXBOROUGH – Former New England Patriots defensive coordinator Dean Pees spent years trying to find a way to stop Tom Brady in practice.
He never could quite figure it out. Now a defensive coordinator for the Baltimore Ravens, he has managed to come up with a couple theories for how to slow the Pats quarterback during Sunday's AFC title game.
"Hire Tonya Harding," Pees said. "If they were getting off the bus, I'd spray water outside the bus and hope it freezes.
"He is who he is. I went against him up there in practice for six years. He's as competitive of a person as I've ever been around. He can give you this little boyish look on TV, but he is a very, very, very competitive guy. He didn't even like losing in practice.
"The more we rode him on defense – because I had a couple trash-talkers – the harder he played. He is who he is. He's going to play well. You expect him to play. We have to do the best job we can, fundamentally, to disrupt him and do some things to him. I have a lot of respect for him. He is a Hall of Fame quarterback."