I just made a wager with a co-worker, who said that Tony Dungy teams never run up the score by throwing touchdowns late in games. I thought I saw a thread with some specific details of this a few weeks ago, but could not find it.
Any and all help would be greatly appreciated (gets me a free lunch at The Captial Grill).
Week 10, 2004: 4th Quarter.
Indy 42
Houston 7
Houston turns the ball over on downs after after an incomplete pass from David Carr to Jabar Gaffney on 4th and 4.
1st and 10: Manning throws to Harrison; incomplete
2nd and 10: Manning throws to Harrison for 13 yards
1st and 10: Manning throws to Wayne for 12 yards
1st and 10: Manning throws to Pollard INTERCEPTED by Peek
There are several obvious differences between this and the 2007 New England Patriots.
1. New England would have taken Brady out of the game. (Peyton was never taken out)
2. New England would have considered running the ball.
3. Tom Brady would never have thrown that interception.
I don't have any problem with Indy trying to score points in this situation, but its funny how their fans claim that they never try to do this.
He Ban Me, who probably watched this game, is apparently claiming that because Peyton was intercepted, this doesn't constitute trying to run up the score. It wasn't a "4th quarter TD".
Perhaps we'll now hear about how Peyton deliberately threw that ball to the other team, thus clearly demonstrating his charitable nature.