Is Bellichick still cheating?
by N Colter on Jan 3, 2008 12:12 AM EST
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PrintBy that I mean he somehow nullifies other teams' ability in the fourth quarter to pressure Brady, not give up the home run to Moss, and hold on to the lead.
All of their improbable comebacks this year are nauseatingly familiar, and it's like every opponent plays in a vacuum and never learns from other teams' prior mistakes or devises an effective fourth quarter strategy to preserve the lead until the game's over. (e.g., how about hitting Moss at the line of scrimmage, double-covering him, and forcing Brady to beat you with Welker, who, while great, is not the home run threat that Moss is.)
Christ, is Bellichick drugging other teams' Gatorade? Is Lamont Cranston in his coaching staff? WTF?
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Though it pains me to say this ...
Manning is still better though.
Umm...
Second, it is funny you are going on about that when Brady was LUCKY Bethea dropped INT #3 in that game that no doubt would have sealed the game and then was able to hit Moss on blown coverage (yes, the Colts D screwed up not Brady being magical) on the next play. The guy made one great throw and it was more Randy than him anyway. Am I trying to imply Brady isn't great? NO...he's the 2nd best QB in the NFL. But to act like it was all him is ridiculous.
Oh and don't make a lame comment that Bob and Dwight were there:
A) they both actually missed some plays in that 4th qtr
B) Who cares? The Colts were without 7 starters by halftime. If you don't think injuries mattered then hey, all the power to you. The fact that Indy should have won with 1/3rd of their starting squad out speaks more volumes than the supposed greatest team handed down by God barely winning vs them.
Also amuses me you squirt on Brady having one good qtr vs Indy and ignore the other 3 qtrs where he was doing nothing and ignore the afc final and reg season game from a year ago. Hey, all the power to you for being the kool-aid drinker.
I also disagree with the person who said it is just Brady being clutch in the 4th of why they came back in each game...no it is actually the OL stepping up their game to give him all day (ANY QB CAN HIT OPEN GUYS WITH A YEAR TO THROW) and the other team fugging up. In every comeback win the other team's O or D SCREWED UP to kill their chance. Eli throwing into double coverage, Feeley throwing a game ending INT right to a Pats player with nobody around, the ravens TO on 4th down fiasco, and the aforementioned dropped INT and blown coverage of moss in the indy game. These aren't examples of "Brady magic"...they are examples of the other team screwing up. I am so sick of this Brady 4th qtr/clutch crap.
It is illogical for people to act like he/any qb just turns up his game in the 4th when logic clearly says a qb/player should be playing at their top level ALL GAME and not being mediocre for 3 qtrs then suddenly being good in the final qtr. This is why the 4th qtr comeback stat annoys me because I'd rather be playing well and leading big going into the 4th than struggling and most of the time the 4th qtr comeback is when the qb was struggling for 3 qtrs.
As for Belichick winning COY...lame but it's what one expects from the Pats heavy media. Dungy clearly should have won not because he is the Colts coach but because the team got killed by injuries yet was (at worst) the 2nd best team in the NFL. No way the Pats could deal with similar injuries and have done as well. Look at 05-they got hit by a lot of injuries and they were avg at best.
If Indy wee to go 16-0 next season and ANY OTHER team with 4-7 starters out basically every week went 13-2 in REAL games and barely lost those two then I'd say that coach would be the easy choice for COY.
Poor Dungy....got screwed but what else is new.
by Rob L on Jan 3, 2008 3:38 PM EST reply actions
Last time it should have been Bethea
Also the Manning fumble was pressure against Charlie Johnson at LT and recovered by the now IRed Colvin. A guy came from the blindside and knocked the ball out of Peyton's hand as he was bringing it back to throw to an open reciever. Great play by Green, way more Charlie Johnson's fault (who won't start in the playoffs now that both starting tackles are healthy).
If you had an argument...
hmm....
teasing?
That just summerized you as a person.
Ciao.
Patriot Nation
Let's put this in a reverse perspective
The game opens, and Tom Brady is down Matt Light and Randy Moss, and Wes Welker goes out on the first series. Also, your defense is out Vrabel and Colvin.
So, here's the question: in identical circumstances as the Colts were in, are the Patriots even in this game? Who's stopping Dwight Freeney (still active at this point) from introducing Tom Brady to the RCA Dome FieldTurf repeatedly? Who's catching those long sideline bombs? A double-covered Donte Stallworth? What about those 3-5 yard hitches and slants? Jabbar Gaffney, who's getting rocked by the Colts secondary on every hit?
If it weren't for a dropped interception and a single blown coverage, the Pats would be the second best team in the league, no question.
Before you crown the Pats, let's not forget about Reche "Crazy Eyes" Caldwell.
http://thesportshernia.typepad.com/blog/images/reche_caldwell_insane_1_1.jpg
My point? Reche Caldwell has crazy eyes. Which has nothing to do with the facts, which is exactly the same as your argument. Therefore, you, like the Pats, choke big in the fourth quarter without Vinatieri to bail you out.
Watch it...
The Colts got beat in Nov. at RCA... no excuses for that. We sound like Pats fans with all our whining about injuries. All NFL teams have injuries, the best teams win while dealing with them, simple as that.
Hopefully the Colts will get another chance to beat New England only this time, we gotta win up there.
by horseofadifferentcolor on Jan 4, 2008 5:49 PM EST up reply actions
oh wow That's awful
First time I saw the Wlifork eye poke. How can he say he was doing anything else? They are just standing there jawing back and forth then Wilfork just reaches up and sticks a finger into an opening in Jacob's facemask.
He deserved more than the $15,000 fine for that. Suspend him. He's obviously not deterred by fines. He was fined for taking out Losman's knee and for a hit after the whistle on a blocking Jason Whitten both this season.
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