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Third String But Playing on Special Teams
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Just caught Inside the NFL on HBO, where they played the NFL Films clips from the Chargers game.
It was immediately after the D's three-an-out stop of the Chargers, and just before Brady started the march down the field for the winning FG. Colvin is sitting on the bench and shouting out to Belichick off-camera.
He says: "Drop back and throw it Bill, they ain't got no rushes no more - they're tired".
I found this clip interesting for three reasons:
1. It confirms my impression that the Charger D was smoked, having endured the long game-tying TD drive and subsequent successful 2-pt conversion - and THEN having to go right back on the field after a three and out. And it is certainly the approach the Patriots took on the ensuing drive.
2. It seems Colvin is one of the few players who can actually call Belichick by his first name. Even Brady doesn't do that, as he revealed in a recent press conference.
3. It implies that Belichick has perhaps retained much more control over the playcalling than many of the usual anti-Josh (fill in your expletive) on this board think. And certainly more than what the tin-foil-hat theorists think Vinny Testeverde has - despite his secret microphones / handsignals.
R
It was immediately after the D's three-an-out stop of the Chargers, and just before Brady started the march down the field for the winning FG. Colvin is sitting on the bench and shouting out to Belichick off-camera.
He says: "Drop back and throw it Bill, they ain't got no rushes no more - they're tired".
I found this clip interesting for three reasons:
1. It confirms my impression that the Charger D was smoked, having endured the long game-tying TD drive and subsequent successful 2-pt conversion - and THEN having to go right back on the field after a three and out. And it is certainly the approach the Patriots took on the ensuing drive.
2. It seems Colvin is one of the few players who can actually call Belichick by his first name. Even Brady doesn't do that, as he revealed in a recent press conference.
3. It implies that Belichick has perhaps retained much more control over the playcalling than many of the usual anti-Josh (fill in your expletive) on this board think. And certainly more than what the tin-foil-hat theorists think Vinny Testeverde has - despite his secret microphones / handsignals.
R