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All I have heard is "if Marshall held onto the TD pass, the Jets might have won" today. What a crock.
First, on several drives earlier, Edelman dropped a TD pass and had to settle for three which evens out the dropped TDs.
Second, Marshall clearly committed OPI and got away with it. He pulled Ryan down by the collar.
Third, after that drive, the Pats scored 17 unanswered points. I don't know having a 8 point lead vs. vs 4 point lead the Jets had would have changed that. The Pats would have scored on the next drive no matter what and the Jets' strategy after that would be not that different if they had an one point lead rather than the 3 point deficit with a little over 7 minutes left. They were not going to milk the clock with that much time left with an one point lead facing Tom Brady.
Sure, any one play theoretically could change the entire game. But I would argue that the play was late enough in the game and the strategies by both teams would have been about the same whether the Jets scored that TD or made the field goal they did.
First, on several drives earlier, Edelman dropped a TD pass and had to settle for three which evens out the dropped TDs.
Second, Marshall clearly committed OPI and got away with it. He pulled Ryan down by the collar.
Third, after that drive, the Pats scored 17 unanswered points. I don't know having a 8 point lead vs. vs 4 point lead the Jets had would have changed that. The Pats would have scored on the next drive no matter what and the Jets' strategy after that would be not that different if they had an one point lead rather than the 3 point deficit with a little over 7 minutes left. They were not going to milk the clock with that much time left with an one point lead facing Tom Brady.
Sure, any one play theoretically could change the entire game. But I would argue that the play was late enough in the game and the strategies by both teams would have been about the same whether the Jets scored that TD or made the field goal they did.