PatsFaninAZ

We had 3d and 4 on the 16. If we get the first down, we either score a TD or run down the clock. Brady throws into double coverage in the end zone, albeit a mismatch, and we kick the field goal and leave 2:00 on the clock.

I can't believe we don't have a play that can get 4 yards.

Fencer

Oh no! We don't have a play that's a lock for 4 yards on a short field against a good defense!

RhodyPatriot

Agree 100%. Pursuit of these damn records has Brady making really dumb decisions. He kills a drive deep in Giant territory because he refuses to look underneath for the 1st down and forces a ball to a double covered Moss in the endzone. How about getting the 1st down and THEN look for Moss in the endzone Tom? This is a pattern with Brady over the past month or so (killing drives and putting the defense back on the field by forcing the ball to a well covered Moss) thats going to kill this team at a critical juncture in the playoffs he doesn't get his head out of Randy's a%^.
Worse thing to happen to the continuity of this offense is pursuit of these records.
The lost Patriots momentum of that 1st half sits squarely on the shoulders of Tom Brady. Very poor game management that's happening for all the wrong reasons.

PatsFaninAZ

I'm just saying I didn't like throwing into the end zone. If you don't pick up the 4, fine, just kick. But a first down there was worth 7 points. Maybe 11.

jman924

Moss had 1 on 1 coverage with a linebacker with the safety coming over to late. It bounced off the LBs head.

Fluke.

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Kevin Faulk supporter.
Woo-hoo! Second Team baby!

Truck

Maybe they were expecting the Giants to play a run as the Giants would also assume they'd go for a 4 yard rush and therefore they decided to go for a game-over TD instead?

captain stone

It is impossible for me to agree with this post any more than I already do. Very, very well said. Moss gave the NJG a TD because of his stupid, selfish spike, and TB gave them another TD because of his blind greed.

This Indy Dolts/STL Rams pass-fest will not cut it in Foxborough in January. Do you understand that, too, Skippy?

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ctpatsfan77

Many levels, all of them dubious and/or wrong:

(A) The celebration penalty was on Maroney, not Moss. [Spiking the ball is 5 yards, not 15, and spiking is specifically allowed on touchdowns.]
(B) It was not greed on Brady's part. It was Brady trying to get Moss the reception record. I am absolutely, 100% convinced that if Brady had to choose between breaking Manning's record OR having Moss break Rice's, he'd gladly take the latter. [Yes, I know that he couldn't do it without getting the record himself. But I'm talking about a hypothetical situation where he could have one without the other.]
(C) I would think that Brady knows there's no style points, so to speak, in the playoffs. Don't expect to see Brady forcing it to Moss then.

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MoLewisrocks

Arrogance and ignorance, the deadly duo... It never ceases to amaze me how many of these duos we still have here. You'd think following a BB team for any length of time they'd have at least learned some basic fundamentals of how the pro game is played by sheer osmosis...