On Running Up The Score

Ice_Ice_Brady · Sep 28, 2015

I remember back in 2003, the Boston Red Sox beat the Florida Marlins 25-8. After the game, Marlins manager Jack McKeon whined to the press that the Red Sox "ran up the score" in a sob party. Instead of being angry with his own players, professional athletes who were somehow no longer able to compete against other professional athletes, he had a wonderful pity party with the press.

The next night, the Red Sox took a 9-2 lead into the 8th inning before surrendering 8 runs and lost the game 10-9, in shocking fashion.

That dolt McKeon didn't have much to say after that game.

It is especially funny to hear that anti-Patriots bandwagon gather momentum once again that the Patriots are "running up the score." Just ONE week earlier, the Patriots watched a 25 point advantage evaporate in minutes during the fourth quarter of the Buffalo game. They were a Tom Brady interception away from one of the worst collapses in regular season history.

This is pro sports, folks. It amazes me that you truly have people out there who believe you should purposefully not try as hard in order to have "mercy" on the other team, who are multi-million dollar athletes paid to compete in the same sport. How many times have you seen unlikely comebacks as soon as that "poor other team" gains a little confidence?

But it's about injury risk, right? Oh, I remember this controversy from yesterday, don't you: What the heck is Jacksonville doing playing Blake Bortles in the fourth quarter of a 30-point blowout?!?! Remember all of that outrage? Putting their franchise QB in the game when it is out of reach. Why? Why? Why?????

If the game is really, truly out of reach, then shouldn't the loser be the ones to pull their starters? But the Patriots are evil because they are not keen putting their second stringers against the Jaguars first stringers? Oh, they are just so arrogant! So arrogant!!

So silly, so idiotic. I truly believe that people who criticize the Patriots - of any professional sports team for "running up the score" - is too dumb to watch sports and should find a new hobby.

FourierSeries · Sep 28, 2015

I was disappointed we didn't put up 60 yesterday.

I have high hopes for the Indy game, however.

upstater1 · Sep 28, 2015

Ice_Ice_Brady said:
I remember back in 2003, the Boston Red Sox beat the Florida Marlins 25-8. After the game, Marlins manager Jack McKeon whined to the press that the Red Sox "ran up the score" in a sob party. Instead of being angry with his own players, professional athletes who were somehow no longer able to compete against other professional athletes, he had a wonderful pity party with the press.

The next night, the Red Sox took a 9-2 lead into the 8th inning before surrendering 8 runs and lost the game 10-9, in shocking fashion.

That dolt McKeon didn't have much to say after that game.

It is especially funny to hear that anti-Patriots bandwagon gather momentum once again that the Patriots are "running up the score." Just ONE week earlier, the Patriots watched a 25 point advantage evaporate in minutes during the fourth quarter of the Buffalo game. They were a Tom Brady interception away from one of the worst collapses in regular season history.

This is pro sports, folks. It amazes me that you truly have people out there who believe you should purposefully not try as hard in order to have "mercy" on the other team, who are multi-million dollar athletes paid to compete in the same sport. How many times have you seen unlikely comebacks as soon as that "poor other team" gains a little confidence?

But it's about injury risk, right? Oh, I remember this controversy from yesterday, don't you: What the heck is Jacksonville doing playing Blake Bortles in the fourth quarter of a 30-point blowout?!?! Remember all of that outrage? Putting their franchise QB in the game when it is out of reach. Why? Why? Why?????

If the game is really, truly out of reach, then shouldn't the loser be the ones to pull their starters? But the Patriots are evil because they are not keen putting their second stringers against the Jaguars first stringers? Oh, they are just so arrogant! So arrogant!!

So silly, so idiotic. I truly believe that people who criticize the Patriots - of any professional sports team for "running up the score" - is too dumb to watch sports and should find a new hobby.

You can't use logic.

The Bills came back on the Patriots BECAUSE the Patriots tried to run up the score.

That's the storyline.

RobertWeathers · Sep 28, 2015

FourierSeries said:
I was disappointed we didn't put up 60 yesterday.

I have high hopes for the Indy game, however.

If there was ever a lock of a game to pick the over- its that one.

Ice_Ice_Brady · Sep 28, 2015

upstater1 said:
You can't use logic.

The Bills came back on the Patriots BECAUSE the Patriots tried to run up the score.

That's the storyline.

I've heard for years and years and years that good teams can kill the clock by running it with a lead. I've found that to be true about 5% of the time. The other 95% of the time, they are just wasting valuable opportunities to gain additional first downs and keep the clock running, and they often lose the game because of this stubbornness. This is yet another reason why the Patriots are smarter than the other teams out there because they understand the actual real-world challenges of "running the clock out" and opt to be smart and continue to utilize the offense in the ways to best attack a defense, which often does not involve running the ball into the line.

Palm Beach Pats Fan · Sep 28, 2015

6 TDs and 3FGs...

Tighten that up a little vs. Indy & I'd be happy with 9 TDs.

A little more hurry-up could help too. I'd like to make a run at that 73-0 record victory margin by the Bears in 1940.

farn · Sep 28, 2015

"Running up the score" in professional sports is one of the stupidest things ever discussed.

You are paid to stop them. If you suck too much to stop them, that isn't our concern. Get better, losers. Otherwise - enjoy the thrashings. I hope we go for it 24/7 on 4th down when up big. And if you don't stop it, improve losers.

This isn't 3rd grade.

Kontradiction · Sep 28, 2015

I do worry about some whiney ***** of a player putting a helmet into Brady's knee over it, but Belichick's job is to coach his team and keep them competing. His job is not to worry about keeping the score low for the other team. Further, if Jax really wasn't ready to stop competing then why attempt the fake punt?

MitchKumstein · Sep 28, 2015

It will not surprise me when the team that hangs participation banners cries about the Pats beating them by 60+ points in a few weeks

Gwedd · Sep 28, 2015

farn said:
"Running up the score" in professional sports is one of the stupidest things ever discussed.

You are paid to stop them. If you suck too much to stop them, that isn't our concern. Get better, losers. Otherwise - enjoy the thrashings. I hope we go for it 24/7 on 4th down when up big. And if you don't stop it, improve losers.

This isn't 3rd grade.

Indeed. I remember the Patriots going 1-15, the year before we drafted Bledsoe. I remember many lopsided games there, where New England didn't whine and ***** and go all nancy-boy in the press. You have to wonder about what kind of families these whiners were raised in, if they went to schools where every kid got a trophy, because feelings.

Lace 'em up and play. Good lord, NO ONE on the team whined after the loss to KC last year. It's part of being a man. Part of being a professional. If you can't do that, turn in your man card and get some guy liner and skinny jeans.

/rant off

scott99 · Sep 28, 2015

There's a double standard in the NFL. When Peyton Manning and the Colts/Broncos were doing it, or if Tony Romo and the Cowboys did it, it was always "wow look at that incredible offense, unstoppable ! " But when the Pats do it, it's "look at those scumbags running up the score, why don't they stop."

We just have to live with it, and I hope I hear it all season long.

mgteich · Sep 28, 2015

Say what you will. The fact is that Brady risked injury with the unnecessary reps. When he was sacked, everyone waited, and sighed with relief.

So, sure, go for 50 or 60, and maybe, just maybe, Brady will survive to play another day.

This is a matter of risk and reward. Personally, I don't see the benefit to the team. Surely, the New England Patriots are not trying to put up in-season records. We certainly don't care about those, do we?

NormZauchin · Sep 28, 2015

MitchKumstein said:
It will not surprise me when the team that hangs participation banners cries about the Pats beating them by 60+ points in a few weeks

At the team's end of season banquet, I think Irsay gives each Colt player a trophy for participation.

raduray · Sep 28, 2015

As a fan, you pay for 60 minutes of football. Not our team's fault if the opponent can't deliver their end.

Patsrock · Sep 28, 2015

Gwedd said:
Indeed. I remember the Patriots going 1-15, the year before we drafted Bledsoe. I remember many lopsided games there, where New England didn't whine and ***** and go all nancy-boy in the press. You have to wonder about what kind of families these whiners were raised in, if they went to schools where every kid got a trophy, because feelings.

Lace 'em up and play. Good lord, NO ONE on the team whined after the loss to KC last year. It's part of being a man. Part of being a professional. If you can't do that, turn in your man card and get some guy liner and skinny jeans.

/rant off

Agree 100%. But just a little nitpick because I like history to be accurate. The year before Bledsoe was 2-14. The 1-15 year was 1990. Sandwiched in between was a surprise 6-10 year in 1991.

fgssand · Sep 28, 2015

robertweathers said:
If there was ever a lock of a game to pick the over- its that one.

And that's exactly why smart money bets the under......

Nordberg · Sep 28, 2015

I love it when someone brings up the running up the score thing.....

Wait a minute.....they can't film signals or deflate the footballs. How are they able to run up the score then?

I mean really....according to most haters the Pats were only good because of "Cheating".

Which is it?

Running up the score.....go *uck yourself. All you haters that dragged Tom Brady and this team through the mud for seven months can go *uck yourself. You all deserve to have your teams face smashed in......

Rant over

meatface · Sep 29, 2015

If a team is going out there and throwing it deep every play, I guess I can get why a team would be annoyed but are the pats supposed to take a knee every play or something?

meatface · Sep 29, 2015

mgteich said:
Say what you will. The fact is that Brady risked injury with the unnecessary reps. When he was sacked, everyone waited, and sighed with relief.

So, sure, go for 50 or 60, and maybe, just maybe, Brady will survive to play another day.

This is a matter of risk and reward. Personally, I don't see the benefit to the team. Surely, the New England Patriots are not trying to put up in-season records. We certainly don't care about those, do we?

I get where you are coming from but Brady has always wanted to be in on every snap and you can't be too worried about a guy getting hurt. I remember people were so missed when gronk got hurt on an extra point, but something like that is a total fluke.

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