emoney_33
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.PP (or anyone else with insights) to share. Any thoughts on why they didn't go for a fieldgoal near the end of the game? I was thinking that they were worried about a kick return for a TD, but the FG would have made it a three possession game again. Was he just giving the special teamers a break (they saw a lot of action today with all the scoring we did).
First TD: Here you see a boneheaded defensive alignment. On the top you see trips left with Gronk, Crump, and Welker and you know this is screaming bubble screen, but they only have the CB and Sam to cover their default assignments (this one is on the Bengals DC). But we have to credit Brady here for throwing a lot of fake audible out there and "pointing out the mike" (for effect) and this initially causes the FS to freeze, unsure of what is coming next and you can tell because he then spies on Brady for the read. By the time he figures out what is happening, it is too late to engage. Both TE's have effectively walled off Welker's route into the EZ.
This came up repeatedly in 2007 when the Pats were blowing teams out and going for it sometimes on 4th down intsead of kicking FGs. When the situation makes it obvious that a FG is not needed to win the game, he thinks its stupid to just pile on points that aren't needed. Instead, he'd rather give the other team the chance to stop the drive and get the ball back.
In other words, he thinks its MORE insulting to the other team to kick the figgie than give them the chance to make the stop on 4th down.
I'm not sure he gives a damn about giving the other team a chance to stop the drive. The 1st down (seconds off the clock) is more valuable than the FG (3 points) when you have a large lead. It's actually quite basic strategy when you think about it. The media just sees it as an opportunity to pile on (see: 2007)
I disagree about passing up the FG in that situation. That's a chip shot, no way should it be blocked. Game is over with a 17 point lead, not so with a 14 point and 3+ minutes left. I was shocked we didn't take that FG and tried a 4th down play (which failed).
This came up repeatedly in 2007 when the Pats were blowing teams out and going for it sometimes on 4th down intsead of kicking FGs. When the situation makes it obvious that a FG is not needed to win the game, he thinks its stupid to just pile on points that aren't needed. Instead, he'd rather give the other team the chance to stop the drive and get the ball back.
In other words, he thinks its MORE insulting to the other team to kick the figgie than give them the chance to make the stop on 4th down.
Heh. I saw this. I was so relieved when Brady "audibled" out of it because it was so obvious that the play was a bubble screen.