Here come "running up the score" theories again - New England Patriots Forums

SVN · 10-19-2009, 11:26 AM

Pats' record-setting rout likely no coincidence - NFL - Yahoo! Sports

***BelichickFan*** · 10-19-2009, 11:28 AM

No-one really knows except for Belichick. I will say, though, I have no doubt that Belichick is very well aware of who said what and will not forget who said what for a very long time.

robertweathers · 10-19-2009, 11:28 AM

Gee. Why did I wake up this am and wonder which outlet was going to run a column on the Pats running up the score on the Titans..?

My answer is the same as it was 10 times in 2007- Play better and you won't get blown out.

***BelichickFan*** · 10-19-2009, 11:31 AM

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My answer is the same as it was 10 times in 2007- Play better and you won't get blown out.

Right but the 4 WR shotgun to open the 2nd half up 42-0 was a little over the top. Don't get me wrong, I loved it, I think Belichick is a *****ing bad ass and I love him as a coach. But . . . you know.

furry · 10-19-2009, 11:31 AM

"He did take Brady out in the middle of the third. And what exactly do you want a football team to do, take a knee on every play? He could’ve tried a field goal on a couple fourth downs if he just wanted points.

Sure, it was total destruction, but if Belichick chose, he could’ve gone for the NFL record, Chicago’s 73-0 win over Washington in the 1940 title game...."

So basically you don't think we did anything wrong and there is no point in your article

What were we meant to do, just give them the ball back?

JSn · 10-19-2009, 11:32 AM

Absolutely no complaints about this article. He's right:

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No one should have any problem with one professional football team running up the score on another professional football team. This isn’t high school or college.

These are grown men, all well-paid professionals, with huge coaching staffs and equal resources. The Titans may be winless this year, but they went 13-3 last season. In the NFL, if you don’t want to get embarrassed like that, you should do something about it.

NJPatsfan26 · 10-19-2009, 11:33 AM

Best line : "Belichick can go gangster like that. It’s what makes him the coach he is, the master of passive-aggressive paybacks, a guy capable of motivating his players against enemies real or imagined. They love him for it."

Gangster.....nice

SVN · 10-19-2009, 11:34 AM

the article is acutallly balanced .But i was surprised it took this look for some "running up the score" article to be written and posts to be created

Seacoast Fan · 10-19-2009, 11:38 AM

I agree that BB probably has a long memory, but I think it is silly to say that yesterday was a revenge game or that the Pats ran up the score. Yesterday, while Brady was in there, they ran the game plan, which was why they opened up the second half with 4 wide....if I am not mistaken, that is exactly they way they opened up the first half too. BB could have easily kept TB in there for another series or two. And, while Hoyer was throwing the ball some, they ran the ball up the gut alot on those last drives when they got into Titan territory, and in fact, the last TD was Hoyer on consecutive QB sneaks.

JMarr · 10-19-2009, 11:48 AM

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Right but the 4 WR shotgun to open the 2nd half up 42-0 was a little over the top. Don't get me wrong, I loved it, I think Belichick is a *****ing bad ass and I love him as a coach. But . . . you know.

Didn't read the article, but disagree with this comment. BB knows better than anyone that you take nothing for granted in the NFL [see '06 AFC Championship, SB 42 etc]. The 4 wide shotgun was what they were having tremendous success with--why shut it down to start the second half of an NFL game?

Even though a lot of other coaches in this league probably would have taken their foot off at that point, this is the kind of thing that I love about BB.