JSn

Let me first say that I have really enjoyed Wilcots calling the games. He doesn't go all nutty on TD's and such, but I love his approach.

Moreover, he makes a lot of good points in his NFL blog entry, quoted in part below. I have a lot of thoughts on how today's game went, but with the reactionary execution of the team and coaches going on here, I'll keep them to myself.

NFL.com Blogs Blog Archive There’s no room to second-guess Belichick

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holyredeemer

I remember him saying something to this effect during the game, and I fully agree. Just ****ty luck is all it is. I hope Welker has a speedy and healthy recovery. He has easily become one of my favorite Pats, if not my favorite, since the day he came to this club.

Im just broken hearted having to always watch our D get absolutely lit up by good passing teams. It really hurts my soul.

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"The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur."
-- Vince Lombardi on football

DarrylS

My issue with Wilcots is that he talks too damned much, and in each sentence he contradicts the one previous... do not care for him at all, find that after the top tier of announcers the talent falls off dramatically...

I found him maddening yesterday....

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Nikolai

As did I. He made some nice points here and there, but sometimes I found myself thinking "what the hell are you saying?" I'm not usually overly critical of game announcers because I usually tune them out, but for some reason he caught my ear and not necessarily in a positive way.

DarrylS

Maybe it had something to do with how freaking aggravated I was yesterday, am recovering from knee surgery.. and set a goal to get out yesterday for the first time, needless to say..... Kevin Harlan does not help.

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RhodyPatriot

Matt Cassel lead this team to a better record last year.
This team last won a Super Bowl in 2004. Spare me the endless "history" lesson on BB's resume. Don't care!!!
I do NOT blame Belichick for Welker's injury. I do blame Belichick for risking and already injured Brady, for not having an even remotely coherent game plan against the Texans and for not hiring a quality O coordinator.
PLENTY of room and plenty of reason to second guess Bill Belichick.

tuckeverlasting

second guess away. you just can't second guess him on playing welker. that idiot commissioner just reiterated his stance on the integrity of games. besides, that's football. players play. coaches coach, pats get hurt, i drink. it has a certain feng shui to it. it sure would have been nice to have edelman and welker, though.

what pisses me off the most is the other afc playoff teams and fans are inwardly cheering. that really chaps me.

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ausbacker

Well I blame simple types like yourself who lack the foresight to see the Patriots were experimenting on both sides of the ball yesterday in a dead rubber for the Patriots. The fourth quarter defensive collapse didn't bother me one iota. I had the feeling we had the Texans measure and really could have put them away had we really wanted too.

Welker could have done his knee at training in the same manner. It wasn't a footballing injury, it was a horrendous luck injury. It happens in Australia in our native football game to players all the time.

Deal with it and move on.

PatsFanSince74

Football in the NFL is full of risks, starting on the practice field. You evaluate a Coach by how he manages those risks over time, as one game or even one season is impacted by far too many variables. Belichick's track record shows that he has managed those risks quite well over time.

I have no idea what your "2004" comment even means, since of 32 NFL franchises, only 17 have ever even won a Super Bowl and six of those 17 only did so once; Belichick's Patriots have won three. So, that statement just shows a lack of understanding of the league and how hard it is to win consistently in it. A little more NFL history for you, only two HC's have taken teams to more SB's than has Belichick (Landry and Shula) and only one has won more (Chuck Noll). Like Belichick will one day be, they are all in the HOF, a place where no other HC actively coaching this season will reside unless they accomplish remarkable things in the next few years (exception, perhaps, of Andy Reid if he ever wins a SB).

Second guessing one game or single season decisions is easy.

Personally, I think he did the right thing in playing Brady but would tend to agree with you on the need for an Offensive Coordinator, which I suspect he will remedy in the offseason. But that doesn't change the trajectory of his accomplishments.

As for yesterday's "game plan," I think it went out the window after Welker's injury and that, once he knew the extent of the Welker injury, he wisely brought Brady back to give him time with the receiver corps with which he'll have to work next week.

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Bella*chick

And what was the schedule like last year? As I recall that record meant JACK because they were sitting at home watching the playoffs as opposed to being the 3 seed.

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