In 2011, en route to their second Super Bowl victory in five seasons, the New York Giants were blessed with four high-quality defensive ends. Mathias Kiwanuka, Osi Umenyiora, Justin Tuck, and Jason Pierre-Paul all had the ability and the speed to get to the quarterback and the challenge for defensive coordinator Perry Fewell was getting them all on the field.
On certain passing situations, Fewell would line up all four defensive ends on the line and let them race to the quarterback in what would be referred to as the NASCAR package. Why NASCAR?
“I thought of race horses at the Kentucky Derby and then — I’m from North Carolina — I said, ‘Hey, NASCAR.