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The call that’s more underrated and not talked about more was Bill not challenging Pierre Woods clearly recovering the fumble in Giants territory before Bradshaw wrestled it away in the pile.Aside from the Butler debacle, the first thing I'd ask is why did he go for it on 4th and 13 in Super Bowl 42 instead of letting Gostkowski try 48 yards in a dome.
The entire game was a total s*** show and the Pats D had many chances to put the offense in a position to kick field goals at worst to put the game out of reach.
As @RobertWeathers said, it was to get more speed on the field to match up with Clark. But I think he would’ve started regardless of Harrison’s availability.this is not the first time.....even though he eventually got to play, Tully Banta Cain was benched in the 2006 AFCC and ERic Alexander got his only start in his entire NFL career.
Poor Alexander, he got abused by every TE on that depth chart that day. Manning found a massive weakness on the field and kept going after him like we would do playing Madden Football.
That only started after the momentum swinging face guarding call which was the turning point. The Colts looked dead to rights until they got that bail out call on 3rd and long with Hobbs providing perfect coverage. Now they had the ball in the Pats territory, the crowd went nuts and the Colts were given new life.
Yep. Look what happened to Doug Pederson. Inexplicably benches the QB who was playing okay for a worse player. They lose the game and don’t make the playoffs. The Super Bowl honeymoon wore off, so his bags were packed.Both that and the Butler benching were fireable for any other coach.