Going deep to Moss on the final two plays
 

Was the RIGHT call. Felger in his report card was criticizing it, and before anyone here criticizes it, I have to remind you that Moss is the greatest player in the history of the game at going up and just getting a ball in any kind of coverage.

I, for one, thought that when Brady released the ball to Moss on 3rd and 20 that we were about to witness the greatest pass in Super Bowl history. It was a matter of inches from being just that. Even with all the "what if" plays on defense, I think that's one that I keep replaying in my head the most.

So, question all the play-calling you want, and I do think McD struggled and didn't make adjustments soon enough in the game, but those last two bombs to Moss were the best way to give the team a chance to win.

It didn't work out, but man, I keep thinking about how easily it could've.

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He got open, the ball just need another couple of yards under it. The last 2 minutes of the game just keep playing out in my head over and over and over again. I can't stand it, I've never felt so sick in my life.

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at that point, it was 3rd and 20..not much else you can do with the clock ticking down. The first long pass to Moss on 1st down maybe can be questioned. Brady was sacked on 2nd down.

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I think he went to Gaffney actually on first. Yeah, I'll question that, I was fully expecting a screen to Faulk or dump off to Faulk let him run through the middle of the field.

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I was hoping for a Music City Miracle, River City Relay, Stanford-Cal Band Play type thing with rugby-like laterals. But that one pass to Moss was just oh so close. A matter of inches. But the inches were all on the Giants side in that game.

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Very few people are talking about those last 2 passes, but I'm amazed that it took what I thought were 2 outstanding plays by the cornerback to deflect both of them. The 3rd down pass in particular goes for a TD if it's either thrown 1 more yard, or the defender doesn't get his fingertips on it.

The 4th down pass gets them in FG range & out of bounds with a second left. Another fingertip deflection.

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29 seconds: Pats 26 yard line

1st down pass to Faulk 15 yards
Call time out

22 seconds: Pats 41 yard line

1st down pass to Welker 15 yards
Call timeout

15 Seconds: Giants 44 yard line

1st down pass to Welker 15 yards
Call timeout

8 Seconds: Giants 29 Yard line

Kick 46 Yard Field Goal
Win Game
Enjoy

WTF!

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The pass to Moss on 3rd down, if completed, would have been the longest completion in NFL history. Not SB history, NFL history. It was offically 78 yards - a gorgeous throw!

What p*ssed me off was Moss! He was open enough to make that catch. I watched that replay about 7 times last night and he could have attempted to catch that ball. HE DIDN'T go up for it! If he jumped for it, it was a possible catch. Sure a GREAT catch, but Moss is a great player - a freak athlete. Moss did not go above and beyond himself. We needed him to go for it there. Dive, jump, go after it. He has the ability to do just that and on that pass/play he didn't go for it. Brady put the ball where it had to be - he did his job on that play. Brady threw it just ahead of him so it would not be picked, Moss had his eye on that ball for a full 3 seconds, he followed it - I saw it in slow motion, but Moss did not go after it. WHY!?

Moss dogged alot of plays at the end of the season - there I said it! I have been thinking it for weeks now and I wanted to say it. To me Moss started the year on fire, going after everything Brady threw at him, but once Moss got his mojo back in place and people started to give him all kinds of props, he seemed to get complacent. No, he didn't seem to, he DID get complacent. Jaws called him out for it after the Philly game and everyone, including Brady stood up for Moss, but he was right! Moss dogged alot of plays at the end. Maybe, just maybe that is why Brady didn't go to him much in the playoffs - even in double coverage as he had done in the regular season. Maybe Brady sensed Moss would not go for it, try hard to grab the ball out of the air and make that signature Randy Moss catch. That is why we got him - because he makes sick, crazy catches. Moss, when applying himself is sick - SICK! ...but in the end, he didn't want it more than the other team. Why? What is up with Moss. Why would he make a statement on Friday before the SB saying he was happy the season was coming to end, he said he was ready to put the season to rest! Why say it? He gets lazy - he was lazy, he dogged it.

Hey, whether he caught the ball or not, he should have at least tried -he should have because he is Randy Moss. I hope when the Pats consider resigning him, they look at that particular play and many plays at the end of the season and reconsider breaking the bank for a lazy, complacent player with the best talent in the league - so fustrating!

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i think the offense and team got rattled after the giants TD and the pressure showed. They really didnt expect the giants to score. if we were playing any other game , Brady wouldve dumped the ball of 3 -4 times and at least got us in FG range. Those last few secs were a microcosm of how the team played the entire game -uptight and tense. Right from the moment brady showed disgust on losing the coin toss.

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I agree that he did NOT go up for that ball and if he did he may have had a shot at it...