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1. Blakeman says "You want to kick", planting the idea in Slater's head that he would want to kick.
2. Slater says "OK we will kick that way" since the kicking team chooses direction.
3. Blakeman then asks Cromartie which way they want to receive which is wrong.
4. Slater says "Hey man WTF, we won, we get to choose" -- this could go either way though, he could have just realized he screwed up about kicking/receiving or he could just be arguing about the fact that the kicking team is who chooses the kick direction, which is correct.
Slater wanted to determine the direction to kick not to get the ball. BB decided to kick off its on him. Worst coached worst prepared game of the year. Maybe ever. Just dumb
Nope. It was actually a understandable decision given how our D was playing in the final quarter.
Stop the Jets and get a maybe a shorter field to help our barebones offense to go for a FG. BB had more trust into our D than in our O and I dont think this should be controversial.
You are judging the decision on the mistakes that happened minutes later on unrelated plays.
Iam sure BB wanted to kick. he saw his offense having to convert 3 4th downs to get a TD so put faith in his defense to get a stop or a FG. The defense just **** the bed.
What a miserable day. Volmer gets injured and the jests are one win away from making the playoffs and i doubt they blow it. I can't believe all the squealers fellatio here. The last team i wanna see in the playoffs' s the jests. Even when healthy they always make our offense tough. I got a feeling we will see them again and they will have a tough one in their hands. Now they face a game where they have to win on the road against a dirty team. Pray for no injuries.
Not that you don't already, but you guys should be confident. I've said many times Edelman is the team's MVP short of Brady. At home in the playoffs vs anyone, you guys are in great shape once he's back.
Thanks for letting me post in game thread w/o gettin torn apart.
Look forward to a possible 3rd matchup. Good luck in meantime.
1. Blakeman says "You want to kick", planting the idea in Slater's head that he would want to kick.
2. Slater says "OK we will kick that way" since the kicking team chooses direction.
3. Blakeman then asks Cromartie which way they want to receive which is wrong.
4. Slater says "Hey man WTF, we won, we get to choose" -- this could go either way though, he could have just realized he screwed up about kicking/receiving or he could just be arguing about the fact that the kicking team is who chooses the kick direction, which is correct.
Our coaching staff has been ****ing up as of late. Conservative play calling, not pushing the ball down the field before the half, sticking with the run when it clearly isn't working, Ansonia electing to kick in OT. Dumb dumb dumb
Iam sure BB wanted to kick. he saw his offense having to convert 3 4th downs to get a TD so put faith in his defense to get a stop or a FG. The defense just **** the bed.
I agree...no mistake..people are really thick...Pats D was holding the jets most of 2nd half. Just have to hold to 3 at minimum..then you have 4 downs to pick up a first down knowing you need at least a FG. With a depleted offense, it's the right call. So sick of the boneheads that don't get it. Just because it didn't work out, doesn't mean it wasn't the smart move.
1. Blakeman says "You want to kick", planting the idea in Slater's head that he would want to kick.
2. Slater says "OK we will kick that way" since the kicking team chooses direction.
1. Blakeman says "You want to kick", planting the idea in Slater's head that he would want to kick.
2. Slater says "OK we will kick that way" since the kicking team chooses direction.
3. Blakeman then asks Cromartie which way they want to receive which is wrong.
4. Slater says "Hey man WTF, we won, we get to choose" -- this could go either way though, he could have just realized he screwed up about kicking/receiving or he could just be arguing about the fact that the kicking team is who chooses the kick direction, which is correct.
Mike Reiss ?@MikeReiss 34s34 seconds ago
Matthew Slater says coach instructed Patriots to kick off at start of overtime. The only confusion was which direction they were kicking.
Nope. It was actually a understandable decision given how our D was playing in the final quarter.
Stop the Jets and get a maybe a shorter field to help our barebones offense to go for a FG. BB had more trust into our D than in our O and I dont think this should be controversial.
You are judging the decision on the mistakes that happened minutes later on unrelated plays.
Winners want the ball... period. There is no second half to get the ball first. Dumb mistake... IMHO. This along with the numerous missed tackles and poor clock management makes me think, for once, that BB is looking beyond the next game and focused on the playoffs.
This is my interpretation of what happened at the coin flip. After the coin flip came up heads Beikman asks Slater, "do you want to kick?" Slater answers with "we want to kick?" questioning what Beitman said. It wasn't what the Pats wanted to do, but merely a rhetorical question. Beikman opening response was inappropriate. So, IMHO was his inflexibility to let Slater amend his response, since clearly it wasnt' what he he wanted to do. He was responding to Beikman's out of the box comment. As far as he was concerned he never had a chance to take his option.,
That being said, The Jets moved the ball 80 yards for the winning TD. There is no excuse for the by the defense. Pats fans may go nuts and cry conspiracy if they want. The fact is all they had to do is keep the Jets from scoring a TD and they'd get their chance at the ball Their defense had stopped the Jets 3 straight times with either 3 and outs or one first down. So that made the decision reasonable even if they didn't get the ball first
