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The players execute the plays. The fake punt was EXACTLY the kind of shot in the arm that wins games that you ain't otherwise winning. See, Chung isn't supposed to DROP THE BALL there.

The Pats didn't choke--although Brady was off--and they weren't outcoached. The Jets' D played outstandingly well. That's all folks.

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Maybe but the fake punt was HORRIBLE. They didn't need to score there, they needed to manage the possession so the jesters wouldn't score again in the half. 7-3 would have been OK. And, yes, I did say that before the fake punt. Belichick pulled a Matt Ryan there.

alvinnf

Moron here. The staff was terrible today. All three phases. The plan was to reroute the recievers and make Brady hold the ball. So you should run the ball. Patience, and run the ball. The staff had no answers. Tons of zone and coverage sacks. No answers.
Rex Ryan and Shotty outcoached these guys by a mile. Sad but true.

JFK

How about we put Welker or an Edelman or a BJGE there instead of Chung who isn't used to recieving snaps/direct snaps

basement zombie

My guess is that the presence of a skill/hands player who usually isn't in that position would tip our hand.

Uncle Rico

The fake punt was a good call, the play was there, probably a long gainer, and Chung dropped it.

By the way -- Simms made a big deal about snapping the ball to people who don't usually take snaps then, but had no comment on a couple of direct snaps (2-pt play, direct to Woodhead) that worked.

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The coaches chose to put the ball in Chung's hands in a situation that he's never been in in his career, on our side of the field, on fourth down. That play was a ton of risk, and not a whole lot of reward. If we play that safe, we go into halftime in a one-possession game, but instead we all but handed the Jets their second touchdown. Of course that's on the coaches.

PATSYLICIOUS

Dude, the coaches were bad today. Yeah they weren't the whole problem, they weren't a majority of the problem, but they were bad.

- Benching Welker. This was completely unnecessary and just a stupid move. In the playoffs, each play counts, let alone each drive. We'll never know how different the first drive would have played out, if at all, but it remains a stupid move that put the team at a disadvantage.

- Wasting an early challenge/TO. Yeah it didn't come back to haunt us, but still another stupid decision. No proof whatsoever that ball hit the ground and really could have bit us worse than that.

- The fake punt was a BAD CALL. I could care less what it should/would do, this was an act of desperation when the game was 7-3. When you're a 14-2 team playing at home and getting the ball to begin the 2nd half, why are you risking giving the ball away at MIDFIELD when you're defense is already being hung out to dry for most of the quarter. Bad call.

- We finally get some offensive momentum going throwing from the gun and upping the tempo a little so what do we do on the following drive? Come out with a ridiculously slow tempo (not sure if that was on the players or coaches, but the complete lack of urgency you would have to assume a coach would say "get your ass up to the line and snap the ball")

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Haley

I agree with you on the fake punt. I do think the Patriots suffered from some nervousness and it affected their play, however the Jets did play some outstanding D. Far better D than they have played all year long I'd wager.

RayClay

The play worked, the player dropped the ball. When these aggressive plays are executed, he's Norman Einstein.

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