2009-10 NFL Thread

#91 Reply
Posted by Vassillios on 16 Nov, 2009 14:45
and he trusted brady and the offense. the spot of the ball they gave them is questionable, i thought it was a first down, but you can\'t blame it on the refs. belichik **** up here.

#92 Reply
Posted by zuke583 on 16 Nov, 2009 15:47
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and he trusted brady and the offense. the spot of the ball they gave them is questionable, i thought it was a first down, but you can\'t blame it on the refs. belichik **** up here.

i don\'t think that\'s really fair. it was a gutsy call and it didn\'t work out. he would have been just as wrong if they had punted and the colts scored...the only difference is he wouldn\'t be killed for it because it\'s the safe move. i think he deserves some credit. of course, few coaches in the nfl have the kind of job security that he does, so he can afford to take a risk once in a while

#94 Reply
Posted by Yoda on 16 Nov, 2009 15:57
The thing is, if he kicked it, the colts would have had to go 50-70 yards for a TD rather than 20+... I give him credit for having the guts to make that call, but it was the "wrong" call...

#95 Reply
Posted by zuke583 on 16 Nov, 2009 16:02
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The thing is, if he kicked it, the colts would have had to go 50-70 yards for a TD rather than 20+... I give him credit for having the guts to make that call, but it was the "wrong" call...

hindsight is 20/20. and keep in mind that they had two previous touchdown drives of 80 yards in the fourth quarter...both lasting about 2 minutes.

#96 Reply
Posted by Yoda on 16 Nov, 2009 16:14
So you\'d rather give your opponent 20+ yards with 2:00 to go as opposed to 60+ yards?

That being said, my team is sucking wind... Aside from losing to New Orleans by 14 points, we\'ve lost four games by 5 or less points after leading at some point in the 4th quarter... The Jets could easily be 8-1 or 7-2, yet we\'re essentially done at 4-5... Same old Jets...

#97 Reply
Posted by Vassillios on 16 Nov, 2009 16:19
they should have either made peyton earn that last touchdown by punting or let them score easily so there would be time on the clock for brady to march down the field and at least get in field goal range. poor clock management.

also awful pass interference call during the first colts touchdown drive of the final 4 minute run.

#98 Reply
Posted by zuke583 on 16 Nov, 2009 16:19
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So you\'d rather give your opponent 20+ yards with 2:00 to go as opposed to 60+ yards?

those weren\'t the options and you know it

#99 Reply
Posted by Drew_Kingsley on 16 Nov, 2009 16:43
As a football fan, I love that the Patriots go for it on 4th and short with regularity. However, there is no sane way to give Belichick "credit" for being ballsy in this situation. Sometimes convention is convention for a reason. Why do you think teams don\'t go for two after taking a 6-0 lead in the fourth quarter? I was just talking to somebody who watched the game with Rodney Harrison and Tony Dungy (yes, really), and they were both absolutely baffled by the decision.

Punting the ball away tells the Patriots\' defense, "I trust you to win the game". Going for the first down not only tells the defense, "I don\'t trust you", but it also tells Peyton Manning, "You have our number". Peyton Manning doesn\'t need extra confidence boosts.

#101 Reply
Posted by wildcoyote on 27 Nov, 2009 00:32
The Giants are disgraceful.

Charles Woodson is the man. Not for making the Lions his **** today, but he donated $2 million to the University of Michigan\'s childrens hospital. I don\'t care how much money he\'s made. That\'s a big check to write.

#103 Reply
Posted by skalnbyc on 30 Nov, 2009 15:00
Went to my first NFL game yesterday - got hooked up with a Niners ticket. Weird weather at Candlestick: very warm, sunny and no wind.