condon84

We can question Bill's call to go for it on that 4th and 2 and Bill deserves criticism for the way that drive transpired, but what really is troubling is that we gave up a 17 point lead in the fourth quarter to a depleted Colts team.

The main issue is that we again started playing soft and gave the Colts easy completions underneath and let them march down the field. Why didn't we stay aggressive?

BelichickFan

No clue, we had the game all but wrapped up then started giving up 15 yard chunks - consistently. It was sad and predictable and once it started you knew it wasn't going to end.

mayoclinic

Absolutely. BBDB broke again.

And we also reverted to the shotgun and got predictable on offense after mixing it up on offense and dominating in the first half. We ran for 51 of our 113 yards in the first quarter. We ran 6 times for 5 yards in the 4th quarter.

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SoCalPatsfan90

Too many teams go into a prevent, keep the ball in front of us, type of defense... And I'm sure statistically it works, and that's why they use it. But the Colts kept coming when they were down... They were hungry on D, and it showed. NE's defense needs to keep the foot on the throat when they have the lead.

condon84

That's what sucks about it. I knew it, you knew it, and a lot of people knew it.

Bobs My Uncle

Not sure why the offense didn't go for the knockout when it could have (the Colts D wasn't exactly stopping the Pats O throughout the game) but the D went kaput due to it not having any capable legs left on the DL.

Willie55

27 of those 51 rushing yards came on one carry (Faulk I believe).

What I don't understand is how everybody is talking how worn down the Pats D was at the end. If the Pats D is so worn down, why isn't the Colts D worn down - they were on the field just as much as the Pats D.

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jbb9s

Can the original poster be more specific? If he talking about the 2002 SB, the 2004 SB the 2005 SB or the 2007 AFCCG or the 2008 SB?

DarrylS

These threads can be reframed in a number of different ways, the reality is that Peyton got hot, our D could not contain their O, the Pats made a gamble and they lost...

There is only so many ways you can frame this issue.. it is what it is, NY next SUnday..

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condon84

We had 2 downs to get 2 yards and we are in shotgun formation for both downs. Brady could have sneaked it twice for two downs to get those 2 yards.

Still though, it shouldn't have come down to that sequence.

Colts scored 3 TDs in the fourth quarter. The two touchdown drives of 79 yards for only 2:04, 79 yards for 1:49 were prime example of what this team's defense has now become late in games. Championship teams don't allow that to happen.