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Giants' Judge, Dolphins' Flores and their staffs know each other very, very well

Head coach Joe Judge of the New York Giants reacts during the second quarter against the Carolina Panthers at MetLife Stadium on Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Credit: Jim McIsaac

Toward the end of some of his practices in New England, Bill Belichick would have position coaches call the plays against each other. Often that would pit Joe Judge and Jerry Schuplinski on offense against Brian Flores on defense.

"Flo was always going heavy with the pressure and we would kind of laugh about it," Judge recalled. "Jerry would always kind of poke at him and say, ‘Alright Flo, when you’re in charge, you’d better be calling all those blitz zeroes then, too!