Armen Da Pats Fan

The Giants played a great game and their defensive gameplan was excellent. They agitated and frustrated Brady all night. I don't want to take anything away from them. They earned and deserved the Lombardi.

But, that said, up 14-10, with under a minute left, and the Giants out of timeouts, why blitz on 3rd down and leave Hobbs on an island against Burress?

I would have had 6 DBs in and told them all the same thing: "Keep your men in front of you and on the green part! Two stops and you're World Champions, gentlemen!"

Letting Burress get so open behind Hobbs was ludicrous. We shut Plaxico down all night by double- and triple-teaming him. Why did we stop when it counted most?

All that said, it was a great season. Our beloved Pats gave us 5 straight months of pure joy!

Can't wait until next year!

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PrairiePat

Between that and the 4th and 13 pass attempt, there were certainly some questionable coaching decisions from a staff that is normally at its best in big games. Very odd, and disappointing.

Bobs My Uncle

Our coaching staff chocked last night. Simple as that.

newton_tom_cat

i agree, i wasnt happy when i saw so many pats at the line. even manning said he was happy when he finally saw pats bringing an all out blitz as it meant single coverage on plax

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frankiesfly

How great BB is and his coaching staff. I have to say that was a horribly coached game. You're right. That was many bad decisions and play calls that were abnormal for the Pats. It was all the distractions leading into the game.

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BelichickFan

I wouldn't have blitzed as much as we weren't getting a lot of pressure that way (some, not a lot) but if we'd have hit it and slammed him to the ground everyone would have loved the call.

newton_tom_cat

it wasnt a calculated decision no matter. even if someone broke free all manning had to do was get the pass off in a second or two because of how close they were to the goal line. and w/ plax's size advantage it was too great a risk he would come down with it.

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JoePats

Don't overthink it. If Manning was sacked on that 3rd and 10 play, game over.

BelichickFan

Yeah, by the time of the TD we'd blown our chances. No pressure, maybe we get good coverage but it's tough going to stop them there. We had two chances on the drive - the INT Samuel almost had (would have been a great catch), the 4th and half a yard (tough to stop but it was a shot) and, of course, the almost sack which was the real chance as not only did we not get the sack but just an incomplete pass would have resulted in a 4th and 10.

Once those chances were gone we were seriously up against it.

Spiral

I'll be the first to admit that I'm not a coach, but one thing I hear and read a lot is that the Patriots are always changing their defensive looks. Having said that, they almost never switch their cornerbacks from one side of the field to the other. The Patriots have one good cornerback and Giants have one good WR. Not switching the CBs allowed the Giants to dictate the matchups, resulting in Hobbs being all alone vs. Buress at the 13-yard line.