I watched the game (colts-titans) and the announcers were questioning what was going on at the end. They were confused as to why Dungy wasn't calling a timeout. They pointed out that even though you are resting your starters, you should allow for any possibility to win. They thought it was strange.
Now, you add Collins saying 'there was an agreement', and what you have is different than when Belichick lost on purpose to the Dolphins so that the pats could play the jags. What you have is collusion between two teams coaches as to how the end of a game will play out. That crosses a line of integrity. Letting your team lose is one thing. Having an agreement with the opposing coach is another.
The reason the media won't dwell on this is because they don't have the anti-belichick agenda against dungy, plain and simple.
by the way, on nfl.com, at the end of the pats-giants game replay, it shows Kraft and his wife both warmly hugging Goodell. I think you all extremely underestimate how important that is. That tells you that whatever is going on behind the scenes - spygate, favortism, biased refs, noisegate, polian, rules, on and on and on - kraft is completely on good terms with Goodell, and vise-versa, which means all is not as it appears to fans. Remember, this is first and foremost, a business, and kraft is a shrewd business man. He is leading the charge to enter the global market. His team is becoming one of the most recognizable and marketable teams in the nfl. while us fans stomachs churn with every play, every perceived injustice, every slight, from any and all sources, the nfl and the patriots are actually completely happy and doing very well, thank you, and are apparantly good friends. So I'd let some back recess of your subconscious relax and know the pats are gonna be just fine. Kraft has everything under control. that's why he's kraft.
