PatsFaninAZ

The list of people to blame is long, but I think you also have to kind of tip your hat to our former kicker too, as nauseating as it is. Guy made a 52 yarder to beat us for the first time in 7 years.

As for Gaffney v. Thomas, improper execution happens all the time. It sucks, but it's part of the game. Mental errors are another category, so Thomas is my goat. I can't agree it was ticky tack. He went headhunting after the play. The coaching staff's indecision and management were also a problem -- the challenge was classic hubris and way too cute by half. Still, it's hard to get too down on the coaches, because they also put a brilliant game plan in that almost got it done.

Just a comedy of errors, and the bad luck that our success in prior years makes it so this freaking game is always on the road. The solace is that we rarely if ever play well enough to win but lose due to mental mistakes. It's bound to happen once in a while. Hope we got it out of our system. The good news is that there is much to be encouraged about.

Rob0729

Yeah, the McDaniels bashing is ridiculous. I don't know how you can draw up a much more effective gameplan than the one McDaniels had tonight.

brdmaverick

That Dave Frickin' Thomas, I am so frickin pissed at him right now. Damn, I can't believe how unbelievably stupid he can be. HE LOST THE GAME! He lost it for his team and for the fans. This loss stings, and mostly because we (ahem, Dave Thomas) shot ourselves in the foot.

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AFPatsFan12

That was so blatant though... the play's dead for a full second, everyone is standing around, and the umpire is 2 feet away... when you look up and see the ball carrier on the ground, already starting to get up, that's a pretty good indication the play is over...

BB's game management was stunningly bad, but in terms of just an absolute killer, Thomas's play is at the top of the list. Awful, awful, awful....

Danny

Lost in the horrible decision making tonight is how good Matt Cassel looked. Props to him, hopefully he can keep this up.

CheerforTom

If Thomas doesn't commit the terrible penalty we get a field goal to tie at least. We were inches from a first down and could have taken the lead. Instead, we got nothing and lost.

Just terrible.

dtbrks

Let's hope so.. lots of divisional games left..

NovaScotiaPatsFan

I noticed that too, I mean Madden isn't right often, but go deep at least a few times to open things up, and there was barely any play action, God the way we were running it down their throats at times they would have bit on that like a hungry fish.

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Patjew

That's right. We would have won it w/o our top 3 RBs, our all-universe QB, and the heart and soul enforcer of our D.

And yet the Pats still only lost by 3 and were in it to the end.

That = Colts suck.

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ChoWZa

Dave Thomas and Jabar had equal shares of blame.
Belichick going for 2 point conversion was a bad decision. Poor use of all 3 2nd half time outs.
Josh Mcdaniels sometimes great, sometimes very questionable play-calling.
The lack of pass rush.

We knew this season would be like this.

I wish they'd give up on the short-pass game and stretch the field more. Cassel's playing well enough to let him throw the ball. He played good today too. Blah