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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Interesting how last night's game might be viewed as coming down, among other things, to two plays, both on balls that were a little misthrown.
Brady makes Welker rotate his body just a little more than he normally would so it's hard for him to secure the ball as he falls to the ground; he doesn't.
Manning makes Manningham catch a ball a little out of stride and a little too close to the OB line so its hard for him to secure the ball and keep two feet in bounds; he does.
As Belichick is fond of saying, big games come down to a few plays.
This is what it basically came down to between two evenly matched teams. Welker couldn't hold on to a tough pass that Manningham was able to complete. Both teams played evenly up to this sequence of events. This is what is different about our recent Patriot teams compared to the teams we had winning SBs. Those teams made the critical plays to win the biggest game that we haven't been able to make since 04.
No you didn't Wes. That required a circus catch because the ball was poorly thrown.
The Patriots will win another Super Bowl when they go back to running a traditional offense. When the Patriots can put their QB under center, put one or two RB's in the backfield, huddled up after every play and march down the field eating up clock and getting at least a FG they will win another SB.
This current offense is INCAPABLE of playing traditional hard nosed offensive football. INCAPABLE. They will not win another SB untill they change their current philosophy.
It's a sad commentary that the only time this current offense is effective is when they go hurry up no huddle. It's a gimmick offense and it's why they struggle against good defenses.
In case you hadn't noticed, 50% of the playoff teams this year were in the bottom half of the league in rushing. The team that just won the Super Bowl ranked dead last in rushing this year and had a whopping 109 yards rushing yesterday.
A little OT, but you're a new poster and I have to decide whether to take your posts seriously or just blow by them with a passing glance.
Why do you have to use the word "midget?" You actually use it twice.
I'm 6'4" (though I'm sure you're taller, otherwise I might think you're a...well, you know...), so this isn't a result of any insecurity I might have in that regard, but I find that posters who feel they have to denigrate someone in addition to making what might be legitimate comments on a player or game usually don't have that much to say and are masking a lack of understanding of the game and its finer points with insults.
Well, he's not wrong. However you guys felt about Asante after SB42, the consistent thing would be to feel the same way about Welker now.