This was such a winnable game. The Patriots shot themselves in the foot so many times. So many stupid penalties such as two men in motion or the holding penalty on the punt before the Pats began their last drive, or the intentional grounding call to set up a 3rd and 20. So many dropped passes by Givens and Branch. So many innacurate throws made by Brady. An inability to stop the run at the line of scrimmage. An inability to put consistent pressure on Plummer. An inability to defend against the deep ball. Nobody stepped up and made a big play, except Patrick Pass, perhaps. An inability to score touchdowns when we drove the ball down field. Think about this, if we had gotten 2 TDs instead of the 2 field goals we got, we would have had 28 points. Then again, Denver wasn't exactly playing very aggressively in the 4th quarter and probably could have put up at least a field goal on our very bendable and breakable defense.
More on this game later. I'm too pissed to continue writing about this. Thank God Tedy is trying to come back.
At least the Pats aren't my Jets. I don't ever want to hear a Patriot fan complain again. 3 championships in 4 years=at least 15 years of not bitching.
ReplyDeleteAnd as for Brady he was 24/46 for 299 yds, a TD, and 0 INT. Thats with no Corey Dillon, and down 28-3 at half. He played a pretty good game.
Good blog though, I'm a Medford native stranded down south.
pretty good blog, enjoy reading it.
ReplyDeleteso disappointed with that game and the pats. they definitely could've played better. pretty bad pretty bad.
so, in case you haven't heard of the city of champions dvd, thought i'd put it out there for all you sports fanatics like me. tom brady, doug flutie, etc. thought it was a pretty good showing of all our sports moments in Boston. It goes all the way back to the 1967 impossible dream season. go to www.cityofchampionsdvd.com to get it.