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Please put my fears to rest. Tell me you've taken the fake punt keys away from Chung and got Doug Flutie to drop kick them into the Charles River.
The fake punt is a big detail of that game, but your point still stands. Maybe it's because people find HOU to be a lot more talented than DEN last year, therefore more of a threat? I'm confident the Patriots will win and I'm not going to delve into any playoff rematch game they've lost (DEN 2005, BAL 2009, NYG 2007, NYJ 2010). This year is this year and if the Patriots play like they're capable, they will win.Funny how no one seems to remember the Denver (rematch) Divisional romp last year, but every last details of 2010 sticks.
Seriously?!? This deserves a thread?
The play was there for the taking, he just screwed it up.
That being said, I do not think we will need any gimmicks. Houston will, and we need to be ready for THOSE.
It was a too big moment for a rookie
I thought I read that Chung made the wrong call. That's why he wasn't ready for the snap: he was expecting the ball to go to Mesko.
Patrick Chung was quick to take full responsibility for mishandling Sunday's fake-punt attempt, but he may have simply been doing so to protect his teammates and coach.
According to Dennis and Callahan, there could be another explanation for the broken play. If one examines the replay, it is clear that Chung's hands were not in position to receive the ball and that most of the linemen were blocking backward, not forward — indicating that nobody knew that the fake was coming except for long snapper Matt Katula. The fake-punt call should have been at Chung's discretion, but it seems as though Katula thought that he heard Chung call for it, when he had not.
Yup.
Patrick Chung May Not Have Been at Fault for Fake-Punt Mishap, Despite Taking Blame | Dennis and Callahan | NESN.com
Between Katula and Chung, Chung is the one still on the team.
Funny how no one seems to remember the Denver (rematch) Divisional romp last year, but every last details of 2010 sticks.
Please tell me that Patrick Chung will no longer see the field is more like it...
Seriously?!? This deserves a thread?
Who will be his replacement? And I do agree. Just need a better replacement first.