Patriots GAG…. again– In a repeat of the 2006 AFC title game, the Patriots rushed out to a big lead and collapsed at the end. Many will point to Belichick’s decision to go for it on 4th and 2 from his own 28 as the reason they lost. But I don’t think it was….in fact, not many coaches would do it but he went all in to win the game right then and there, he’s seen his defense collapse too much the last few years. If he punted then yes Indy would need to go 60-70 yds, but 2:08 is an ETERNITY for Manning so I have no problem with trying to close it out .. Sure it was high risk, but I only second-guess the play that they ran; why make it so close to the first down line? I place this squarely on the offense and not being able to close out the game and score points in the second half (again). I mean they had a 13 pt. lead with 4 min. left and took their foot off the gas and couldn’t close it out. This is just another collapse by the Patriots on the road this year; in all three games in other team’s stadiums, the Patriots had the lead at halftime and generated little to no offense in the second half and lost. Last night was no exception as they scored 24 in the 1st half and only 10 in the second half.
So all the second-guessers can do their thing and blast Belichick, but that only masks the fact that New England isn’t an elite team and can’t win away from home. So, yes they may still win their division and win a playoff game, but they ARE NOT championship material……
Football-Night-in-America- Is there ever been a worse football show than this piece of crap on NBC? I mean I can’t stand everyone on the show from the little dweeb Bob Costas, Peter “I know-nothing-about-football” King, Saint Dungy, Rodney “Steroid Boy” Harrison to Dan “washed up” Patrick.. god are these guys B-R-U-T-A-L or what? And if that roster of tools isn’t enough, for the main course they give you the “Liberal-Rumpswab-Himself” Keith Olbermann….. I’m telling you when I hear his patronizing sarcastic voice, I want to throw something at the TV… It’s easily the worst NFL studio show in years….