Re: 2 Consecutives years the vaunted Patriots defense lost Chasmpionships
No they didn't.
Tom Brady and the offense had a 3rd and 4 with just over 2 minutes left to win the Indy game and didn't convert. Putting a game away by grinding out first downs late is the offenses job. Getting the ball back with 3:20 left and going 3 and out is a disaster and one Brady said haunted him all offseason.
Also, the longest drive the offense put together the last 3 quarters of that game was 34 yards. Had they been able to win the Indy game it actually would have been the special teams that deserved a great deal of the credit as Hobbs and Troy Brown continually set up the sputtering offense in great field position in the second half allowing them to get field goals and a 20 yard TD drive.
The Super Bowl failings have been talked about endlessly in this thread and others.
Football is a team game. The offense and defense both had chances to win each of those games and failed to execute.
Tom Brady and the offense did their job both years, they got their team in position to win both years.
No they didn't.
Tom Brady and the offense had a 3rd and 4 with just over 2 minutes left to win the Indy game and didn't convert. Putting a game away by grinding out first downs late is the offenses job. Getting the ball back with 3:20 left and going 3 and out is a disaster and one Brady said haunted him all offseason.
Also, the longest drive the offense put together the last 3 quarters of that game was 34 yards. Had they been able to win the Indy game it actually would have been the special teams that deserved a great deal of the credit as Hobbs and Troy Brown continually set up the sputtering offense in great field position in the second half allowing them to get field goals and a 20 yard TD drive.
The Super Bowl failings have been talked about endlessly in this thread and others.
Football is a team game. The offense and defense both had chances to win each of those games and failed to execute.
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