By now, I am sure most sports fans have seen the ending to the Pats/Colts game. Sorry again Steve Boyle. Anyway, a lot of people are questioning Belichick's call on 4th and 2 from his own 28. I am going to step up and defend him here. The Colts scoring drives in the 4th quarter were of 79 and 79 yards. One took 2:04 and the other took 1:49. Peyton Manning was firey hot and I think going for it is the right call. To be honest, is there much difference between giving Peyton Manning the ball 28 yards away or 80 yards away? To be honest, there isnt much of a difference. Peyton showed that he had the offense moving and Belichick simply didnt want to put the ball in his hands again. Cant blame him for that. When Peyton is hot, the Indy O operates like a machine. If they make that fourth down, worst case scenario is Indy gets the ball back with anywhere from 15-30 seconds left with no timeouts and Peyton deep in his own territory.
And
I dont think Belichick dissed his defense by going for it (contrary to Bruschi's belief). If the Pats had the ball, the Colts cant score. Dont be dicks (Bruschi is clearly suffering from Schizophrenia from all his concussions) and take offense to that. Its smart coaching. Granted some people didnt like the and 4th and 2 call, but I want to credit Belichick for at least having the balls to want to ice the game away without any real threat.
I thought it was pretty funny that
Rodney Harrison ripped Belichick, too. Some real loyalty there, Rodney.
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