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I know everyone wants to dump on Goskowski, but.......the hold was piss poor, the ball angled at about 60 degrees instead of being straight up. Gosk didn't have a chance
Agree that the decision to sit on the ball was horrible. You have two chances to win, why settle for one? Inside the 10 yard line, maybe the chance of a turnover exceeds the chance of a miss, but a 40 yarder is different. Not a gimme.
Just left the game. We left early. Still glad we did hope they dont start 1-2 but i feel like we will. Oh well. Hopefully its a nice wakeup call for them
Yes, we lost this game...but it seems like we have a game like this every season, where the offense plays horrible, then turns it on in the 4th only to lose..
I remember last season after the Buffalo game(and the steelers game) this whole site was in panic about how horrible we were, we had no chance...and we seemed to do just fine after that game.
losing Hernandez sucks, but it was bound to happen at some point....this will be the 3rd season in a row he has been injured....at least it looks like Edelman is serviceable as the 3rd WR until he gets healthy...5rec, 50yards
The refs were letting the players play for the entire game.
Then Woodhead scores a touchdown that wouldve sealed the game in the final minute. Suddenly the ref becomes active and calls a holding on Gronkowski for something that should have never been called. You know holding happens on EVERY play, so why choose the most important play of the game to call it? And on top of that, the replay showed Gronk didn't even hold!
It's mind baffling and pathetic. Weather its personal bias or the fix was in, there is NO DOUBT that referee didn't want the Patriots to win the game.
Now everyone will say "its our own fault, the game never should've been that close anyways. We're lucky we even got that fumble recovery" Yadda yadda yadda..... whatever. We should've won fair and square. The Patriots were robbed.
Time for NFL to bring the real refs back. These replacements are costing teams games, costing playoff standings, etc.... Its a disgrace to the NFL.
If the Pats won by 1 point or 5 points, how is that any different. You don't go for a TD. If you get a TD like that Woodhead run should have been, then so be it. But you risk turning over the ball going for more than anything more than extra yards.
I think the Pats could have picked up a few more yards by running it another time or two, but it was academic because Gostkowski would have missed the field goal from 32 yards or 22 yards.
The risk of turning it over is greater than a kicker missing a bigtime pressure kick from 42 yards out or a bad snap? I don't buy that at all. BB should've learned from other coaches who failed miserable by employing the same strategy.
It's amazing how a loss sends this place into meltdown. The team played a horrid game of football today and still had a chance to win it. How many teams can say that?
If the Pats won by 1 point or 5 points, how is that any different. You don't go for a TD. If you get a TD like that Woodhead run should have been, then so be it. But you risk turning over the ball going for more than anything more than extra yards.
I think the Pats could have picked up a few more yards by running it another time or two, but it was academic because Gostkowski would have missed the field goal from 32 yards or 22 yards.
I think the confidence factor between a 30 yard field goal to win and a 43 are a huge difference. Like the difference between needind 6" for a first down or a couple yards.
