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SVN · 10-14-2007, 08:15 PM

brady was asked about this when they went for it with 20 secs left and he showed a lot of emotion on the TD and why the cowboys shouldnt take this an insult.he said asked the cowboys.
now i want ask this. is it more respectful to kick a FG or run it up the middle giving their defense a chance to stop them ?
BB always has said this when teams did this to us occasionally that its the job of the defense to stop and offense to score. even romeo said this last week so why does hitting a FG make it more sportsmanlike. ?
i guess they couldve taken a knee but iam sure they wanted to piss wade off.

letekro · 10-14-2007, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by SVN

brady was asked about this when they went for it with 20 secs left and he showed a lot of emotion on the TD and why the cowboys shouldnt take this an insult.he said asked the cowboys.
now i want ask this. is it more respectful to kick a FG or run it up the middle giving their defense a chance to stop them ?
BB always has said this when teams did this to us occasionally that its the job of the defense to stop and offense to score. even romeo said this last week so why does hitting a FG make it more sportsmanlike. ?
i guess they couldve taken a knee but iam sure they wanted to piss wade off.

the FG is unsportsmanlike - it's piling on points for no reason other than for stats. The patriots lined up and ran a simple running play and the cowboys couldn't stop it - what's unsportsmanlike about that?

emoney_33 · 10-14-2007, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by SVN

brady was asked about this when they went for it with 20 secs left and he showed a lot of emotion on the TD and why the cowboys shouldnt take this an insult.he said asked the cowboys.
now i want ask this. is it more respectful to kick a FG or run it up the middle giving their defense a chance to stop them ?
BB always has said this when teams did this to us occasionally that its the job of the defense to stop and offense to score. even romeo said this last week so why does hitting a FG make it more sportsmanlike. ?
i guess they couldve taken a knee but iam sure they wanted to piss wade off.

First off, they could NOT have taken a knee as that would just be a turnover... no one ever does that.

As for the FG. IMO a FG is always a last resort of a drive for when you NEED points. You ONLY kick a FG when you NEED points, you ONLY knee when you can run out the entire clock. Neither was the case, so you run it with your last RB on the depth chart.

Kdo5 · 10-14-2007, 08:18 PM

Running up the middle wasn't unclassy. Kicking a FG would be stupid. The Pats have done this a couple times this year at the end of games. They run it up the middle. Too bad Dallas couldn't muster up the strength to stop a play right up the gut. I believe we played another team and they stopped us on fourth at the end of the game preventing us from scoring again.

emoney_33 · 10-14-2007, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Kdo5

Running up the middle wasn't unclassy. Kicking a FG would be stupid. The Pats have done this a couple times this year at the end of games. They run it up the middle. Too bad Dallas couldn't muster up the strength to stop a play right up the gut. I believe we played another team and they stopped us on fourth at the end of the game preventing us from scoring again.

Buffalo I believe. They actually stopped us.

LaBrady · 10-14-2007, 08:20 PM

Yeah I am sure BB thinks Phillips is a loser so thats why Pats went for it!

The 12th Man · 10-14-2007, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by SVN

brady was asked about this when they went for it with 20 secs left and he showed a lot of emotion on the TD and why the cowboys shouldnt take this an insult.he said asked the cowboys.
now i want ask this. is it more respectful to kick a FG or run it up the middle giving their defense a chance to stop them ?
BB always has said this when teams did this to us occasionally that its the job of the defense to stop and offense to score. even romeo said this last week so why does hitting a FG make it more sportsmanlike. ?
i guess they couldve taken a knee but iam sure they wanted to piss wade off.

If they take a knee on 4th, the ball is turned over to Dallas and the clock doesn't keep running. That would have been stupid. They had to either go for it or kick a FG.

***ALP*** · 10-14-2007, 08:23 PM

the last call was called simply so eckel could get an NFL td...that is the only reason...

bb has a lot of respect fo rthe kid, but hes not too good, and may not be on the team for too long...so why not make it fun for him while hes still here?

questionman · 10-14-2007, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by emoney_33

First off, they could NOT have taken a knee as that would just be a turnover... no one ever does that.

As for the FG. IMO a FG is always a last resort of a drive for when you NEED points. You ONLY kick a FG when you NEED points, you ONLY knee when you can run out the entire clock. Neither was the case, so you run it with your last RB on the depth chart.

You could easily take a knee, teams have done it. Being up more than 1 TD with 20 seconds allows you to do that if you choose to do so.

PatsFanSince74 · 10-14-2007, 08:25 PM

"Taint this!, Wade"