{"id":12732,"date":"2017-09-20T20:03:23","date_gmt":"2017-09-21T00:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/?p=12732"},"modified":"2018-07-02T12:04:00","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T16:04:00","slug":"how-the-patriots-successfully-executed-a-field-goal-with-no-timeouts-remaining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2017\/09\/20\/how-the-patriots-successfully-executed-a-field-goal-with-no-timeouts-remaining\/","title":{"rendered":"How The Patriots Successfully Executed A Field Goal With No Timeouts Remaining"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the seventeen years Bill Belichick has been head coach of the New England Patriots<\/strong><\/a>, a key piece to the teams sustained success has been the way Belichick continues to have his team prepared for nearly every type of in-game scenario before it happens or what he refers to it as, \u00a0“situational football”.<\/p>\n

On Sunday against the Saints, another example of his teams extra preparation showed when they found themselves in a difficult position with just 14 seconds on the clock and no timeouts to use while in field goal range 28 yards out just before halftime.<\/p>\n

The previous play was a Tom Brady scramble on a third and nine that setup fourth down while also taking seven seconds off the clock, what resulted was Brady quickly getting to his feet and signaling the field goal unit to get onto the field.<\/p>\n

In that short time span the offense swiftly departed the field as the field goal unit came out, they setup, snapped the ball, and Stephen Gostkowski kicked it through the uprights as time expired on the half. Three points.<\/p>\n

Precision.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/Patriots\/status\/910284505314979841<\/p>\n

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The fire-drill field goal the Patriots ran at the end of the first half took a total of 14 seconds from tackle to snap. Impressive. pic.twitter.com\/zufhntpQ6S<\/a><\/p>\n

— Zack Cox (@zm_cox) September 18, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n