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DALLAS -- Patriots owner Robert Kraft addressed reporters here at the Super Bowl and he was asked what he felt was missing in the team's playoff loss to the Jets.
"I don't know, a good game-plan," he said. "I mean, you have to hand it to the Jets. They came in and they did a good job. And actually, if you think about it, we drove down the field those first two drives. Tommy [Brady] was unbelievable -- he had [11] games without an interception and then threw that lazy interception. They go down and they miss the field goal and then we come drive right down again, and we throw one in the end zone and it gets dropped, we get three points.
"We get the fake punt, which we hadn't done all year, and it gets bobbled. It was wide open, by the way, if we had executed. Matthew Slater tries to down a ball at the 1 [unsuccessfully]. We didn't get the breaks and the Jets did a great job. We're very sad, I'll tell you."
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Well, he signs the paychecks, and he didn't say anything that I (and probably most) don't agree with. I couldn't believe my eyes when Brady threw that INT. There is no way he could see where it was going, so he shouldn't have thrown it. The fake punt was unreal. Hadn't they seen the Jets try the exact same thing (with the exact same results) a few weeks previously!?
My one consolation is that everyone seems to be having a lousy time in Dallas because the city was unprepared for the weather (see how I can rationalize things?). So maybe it's good (HA-sarcasm) that the Pats aren't there.
Last year in the offseason whenever Kraft was asked about that playoff loss to the Ravens, Kraft would say how humiliated he was and never again, etc, etc.He practically said this will not keep happening and I think I was the only one who thought he was calling out Bill Bellichick. i know if I was the coach I'd be cringing and taking his comments personally.This seems to be the same thing again. He's calling out Bellichick. I don't know what the playoff breakdown is all about.
Reading Kraft's comments, several thoughts come to mind. Kraft sounds like the true fan at the core that he is, his most likeable aspect. As with last season's one and done debacle, Kraft's comments reflect some criticism of both the team's preparation and players' execution. While I think that criticism of the coaching and player execution is warranted, Kraft needs to look in a mirror and do his job - take concerted action with Roger Goodell. Spygate was in 2007 and the Patriots org was prohibited from commenting about it. Years later pre-Super Bowl we have the Commish suddenly raising the issue out of nowhere again. Whats up with that? DO SOMETHING Kraft; that's the job of the owner.
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Bob Kraft is saying what many of us have been saying all along. The loss was a bitter disappointment to all of us. But the Patriots lost the game, and the Jets were fortunate on that day.
I think he was too kind to the Jets. That's why he's the owner and we post on a message board.
Last year in the offseason whenever Kraft was asked about that playoff loss to the Ravens, Kraft would say how humiliated he was and never again, etc, etc.He practically said this will not keep happening and I think I was the only one who thought he was calling out Bill Bellichick. i know if I was the coach I'd be cringing and taking his comments personally.This seems to be the same thing again. He's calling out Bellichick. I don't know what the playoff breakdown is all about.
Well, the game plan is kinda BB's responsibility, and it's become a pattern of losing when we most need to win.
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The guy wants to win and is dissapointed.Cant blame him.I thought it was an awful loss.I do feel the slow start doomed this team.
If he really wants to win then he can grow a set and start fighting back against the Omissioner and the NFL's constant trashing of the Pats reputation.
Why don't you start by showing that you give a **** Bob?!
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Kraft's Comments on Patriots Playoff Loss
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