OT: Sean Payton Planned to Step Aside for Belichick to coach Denver to Break Win Record

gobesmug said:

Just like when he had Ghostowski kick the FG in XLII? Oh no wait instead he went for it on 4th and 10 and the pats lost by a FG.

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gobesmug said:

Of the Denver game in the AFC Championship where he went on 4th down 3 times in a row in the 4th qtr when kicking the FGs would have resulted in a win.

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gobesmug said:

Dont assume Bill always takes the points because he hasn't in times past.

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Triumph said:

Typically, BB had a good reason to stray from the norm.

The game that I was referencing is only 180 degrees different than what you decided to drag up. Starting with a back up QB who saw virtually 0 action the entire 2025 season. See for yourself https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/StidJa00.htm Furthermore, the weather in the 2nd half of the 2025 AFCC impacted playing conditions, but Payton ignored the forecast.

Its easy to go back now and shoulda, coulda, woulda.

Was there a head wind? Pats Kicker dinged up or under the weather?

BB took the points the vast majority of the time.

Dont try to make it like he did not with BS.

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borisman said:

Well now, how fun would that have been....

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gobesmug said:

Just like when he had Ghostowski kick the FG in XLII? Oh no wait instead he went for it on 4th and 10 and the pats lost by a FG...

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Patriot Missile said:

Loved Bill and everything he did here but I think that would of been a disastrous circus. Favre giving Strahan the sack the record comes to mind from just the thought. Just dirty, as I much as I detested Shula and his holier than though antics, I wouldn’t want Bill getting the record that way.

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gobesmug said:

He didnt always take the points. You assuming he would is BS

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gobesmug said:

Just like when he had Ghostowski kick the FG in XLII? Oh no wait instead he went for it on 4th and 10 and the pats lost by a FG.

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Triumph said:

Its easy to go back now and shoulda, coulda, woulda.

Was there a head wind? Pats Kicker dinged up or under the weather?

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sb1 said:

Bill said he thought they needed TDs not FGs to win that game. I would have kicked anyway. To be fair if they kicked the FGs we can't assume the rest of the game would have played out like it did with the Pats scoring a very late TD.

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sb1 said:

If AV was still on the roster I have no doubt they elect to kick instead of going for it on 4th and 13.

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Bill Lee said:

Ya know, I considered saying **** You, Seth Wickersham.

And, ya know, I decided to say **** You, Seth Wickersham.

So here it is: **** You, Seth Wickersham!

Yes, I feel better now.

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ahmed said:

There is no way this was more than dumb drunken musings. Would have been a total clown show.

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Ian said:

I didn't realize this was buried in the Bill megathread. Since it's relatively interesting - given the period we're in currently - I'll leave this thread open.

H/T to @h0c2000 for the dead horse reaction, which helped me locate the other posts, which I've now moved those posts into this one.

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