How do you stop them?

Since no NFL team has succeeded in stopping the 18-0 New England Patriots yet, I asked a couple knowledgable football people for game planning insight.
Mike Kolen and Bill Stanfill both started for the 1972 Miami Dolphins, who are thus far the only team in National Football League history to go unbeaten. Kolen, a former Auburn linebacker, started 13 games for the 17-0 Super Bowl champions that season, while Stanfill, a defensive end from Georgia, contributed 10 quarterback sacks to the cause. I wanted to talk to '72 star Jake Scott, the bone-crushing safety from Georgia, but he’s living incognito and mostly incommunicado on a beach in Hawaii.
Still, Kolen and Stanfill provided some good insight. I'll have more from both of them in my Sunday column which, as always, can be found at www.ledger-enquirer.com/sports. Anyway, here’s what the former Dolphins had to say:

KOLEN: ‘‘To me, if I was a coach, it’s plan and simple. If you’re going to beat the Patriots, you have to put some pressure on (quarterback Tom) Brady. You have to do whatever you have to do and take the risk. If you’re going to win, you have to go for it and do everything possible that you can.’’

STANFILL: ‘‘They’ve got a great team, no doubt about it. They key to their success is they don’t make mental errors. They’re extremely disciplined with a lot of individual talent, but they funnel that all into the team effort. You’ve got to get pressure on Brady, and I think (the) New York (Giants) did a good job of that in the last regular season game.’’