stevedogc
Third String But Playing on Special Teams
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.I dont understand why the Pats would take Brady out, only to put him back in for most of the 2nd half. The only reason I can think of is that the Pats coaching staff feel Welkers injury will keep him out of the playoffs and that they were trying to get Brady some game time with Edelman, Aiken, etc.
Either that, or they just wanted to get Hoyer some experience when he didn't know he was going to be coming in to the game. . . .
Heck, I honestly think that if Hoyer had somehow made it in for the TD, that we would have seen another botched two-pointer to end the game.
Or, more generally, Belichick was trying to decide what to do in terms of the playoffs (since he has some control over which teams get the wild cards), and was hedging his bets based on other teams' performances.
Another point, as someone noted: if the Patriots were seriously trying to win the game in the fourth quarter, why have Brace and Alexander in?
I dont understand why the Pats would take Brady out, only to put him back in for most of the 2nd half. The only reason I can think of is that the Pats coaching staff feel Welkers injury will keep him out of the playoffs and that they were trying to get Brady some game time with Edelman, Aiken, etc.
I am completely confident that other teams in the playoffs has NO bearing whatsoever on what BB decides or is thinking. He doesn't throw games to attempt to pick ONE opponent.
There's a difference between trying to win at all costs, and trying to win while resting players. It is beneficial to the team to get guys rest at some point in the game because there is no bye.
Cassel was NOT instructed to botch that play against Miami BTW. Just no way.
I dont understand why the Pats would take Brady out, only to put him back in for most of the 2nd half. The only reason I can think of is that the Pats coaching staff feel Welkers injury will keep him out of the playoffs and that they were trying to get Brady some game time with Edelman, Aiken, etc.
The scenario was eerily similar. CIN and NE competing for the 3 and 4 seeds. 3 seed was guaranteed to play the Steelers, and Cincinnati quickly pulled all of its starters. In other words, Bengals were saying, "You want the 3 seed? Be our guest."
I dont understand why the Pats would take Brady out, only to put him back in for most of the 2nd half. The only reason I can think of is that the Pats coaching staff feel Welkers injury will keep him out of the playoffs and that they were trying to get Brady some game time with Edelman, Aiken, etc.
That came to mind as well...made sense..but who knows..sure looked like it to me.