I will admit, though I never hope for or delight in injuries, that I did breathe a bit easier once I knew he couldn't return. But I'll also say that it looked as though that D was fully prepared to stop him. The gameplan was awesome and it was executed very well before he left.
This.
They were well prepared for Bell's stutter step with dicipline and gap control. Maybe that's why he came up with a case of "the cramps".
In celebration of his comments I rewatched the game. They still lost. It never gets old.
I love how Belichick works the math:
"Since the shutout is blown and there's 8 minutes left in the game....we're gonna give you the underneath stuff and let you score, however, it will take you at least 5 minutes. We make one first down and mathematically you just lost the game." The game ends with the patented Brady victory formation.
The coaches feel good about staging a comeback, but just ran out of time.
The players feel they "Were the better team/could have won if only.../win 9 out of 10 times."
The organization makes no adjustments because they have no idea they were just owned...toyed with like a cat with a mouse.
This is the Ravens and Steelers.
This is why statistics are misleading. How many times this season alone did Belichick let the opposition have that final junk TD and then run out the clock?
The one exception I can think of is the jets game where they were content to burn off the clock at the half and the dipshit coach decided to call time outs. I think the Pats scored in like 3 plays.
BURN!!!
That was an amazing display.
