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"The true shame of the Bill Belichick controversy is that his much-discussed fourth-down call gone bad has distracted us from noticing how much of the game the Patriots dominated at Indy."
This is true. Some relevant numbers:
Total Yards
- NE: 477
- Ind: 407
Time of Possession
- NE: 35:02
- Ind: 24:58
# of times into the opponents' Red Zone
- NE: 6
- Ind: 3
3rd down efficiency
- NE: 7 of 14 (50%)
- Ind: 5 of 12 (41.7%)
Obviously, these stats mean nothing in terms of the final score, but it does show that the Pats are every bit as good as the Colts, dominating them for the first 57 1/2 minutes of the game (Indy outscored NE 14-0 in the last 2:30). And they did it in Indy.
The league should be served notice: the Pats are back in a very big way, the final score notwithstanding.
"The true shame of the Bill Belichick controversy is that his much-discussed fourth-down call gone bad has distracted us from noticing how much of the game the Patriots dominated at Indy."
This is true. Some relevant numbers:
Total Yards
- NE: 477
- Ind: 407
Time of Possession
- NE: 35:02
- Ind: 24:58
# of times into the opponents' Red Zone
- NE: 6
- Ind: 3
3rd down efficiency
- NE: 7 of 14 (50%)
- Ind: 5 of 12 (41.7%)
Obviously, these stats mean nothing in terms of the final score, but it does show that the Pats are every bit as good as the Colts, dominating them for the first 57 1/2 minutes of the game (Indy outscored NE 14-0 in the last 2:30). And they did it in Indy.
The league should be served notice: the Pats are back in a very big way, the final score notwithstanding.