On Monday night's Off The Ball, former Tyrone footballer Enda McGinley heralded the end of the blanket defence as a viable tactic at the highest level.
It came after All Ireland champions Dublin comprehensively dismantled Tyrone in the All Ireland semi final, rendering the massed defensive tactics virtually useless.
But the performance was not just about Tyrone's need to reevaluate their approach at the very highest level, but also about what the Dubs have done to become an even more complete team since their semi final loss to Donegal three years ago.
It was something The Herald's Conor McKeon had predicted when he joined Off The Ball pre-match last Friday in regards to how he expected Dublin to get around Tyrone's defensive cover (which you can see on the video players above and below).
You can listen to the full interview on the podcast player or stream/download on iTunes:
He joined us again on Tuesday to talk about what he sees as the best coached Gaelic football team of all time."It was a very well designed game plan, very well executed," he said of the Tyrone game.
"I came away from Croke Park thinking, 'this is the best coached team that I've ever seen and this is the best drilled team that I've ever seen."
But what did Dublin do exactly?
"It's the closest thing to that notion of total football that you'll see," McKeon explained, pointing out the playmaking role corner back Philly McMahon had as well as corner forward Paul Mannion dispossessing opponents in his own '45 is evidence of this.
McKeon also homed in one moment involving John Small and how he broke down a Tyrone attack by not going down the most obvious route, while ex-Mayo footballer Liam McHale's insight from 2015 in regards to introducing aspects of basketball also came up:
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