Comments on: WTF Was Belichick Thinking? Worst Decision Ever

By: SpinMax

SpinMax — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:06:28 +0000

Peyton Manning the NFL poster boy? hardly. The Stoolers are the NFL’s poster boy. Just wait until they
get to the playoffs and Holmes scores a touchdown, then does a one man 2hour long re-enactment of the
sound of music as a TD dance and doesn’t get flagged.

By: Larry Brown

Larry Brown — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:07:02 +0000

I agree with what Eric said about the spot on the 4th down play. Another analogy: would the Pats go for two if they were up 24-22 in the 4th with 30 seconds left when an extra point guarantees a tie if the Colts kicked a FG? Why take that risk when you can make the Colts beat you.

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:26:50 +0000

The 4th and 2 call was definitely all or nothing, I don’t mind the call Belichick made. I don’t think it was lack of confidence in his defense as much as more confidence in his offense. And it is Peyton, he would’ve went 65 yards as easy as he went the 30 or so.

Hope they meet again in the playoffs.

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:09:26 +0000

Ryan, I’m a non-bias football fan – Faulk was bobbling the ball and didn’t gain possession until he was too close to the line to make a clear determination on the field. IF they had a timeout in which to use for a challenge, they may have determined that though he did bobble it, he caught it before being forced behind the 30 yard line. Is not managing the timeouts a coaching aspect? Even if the players on the field called the timeouts, isn’t it the coach’s responsibility to prepare them to use them wisely? Had they not blown their time outs, they could have challenged it; yet another element added to the mosaic of bad coaching on Belichick’s part. I’m not even addressing the idea of going for it on 4th and 2 from their own 28 yard line. Don’t care who your quarterback is, that’s just plain arrogant. Thus, STUPID.

By: jose shwadsky

jose shwadsky — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:48:44 +0000

what would have happened if pats made the first down? at this very minute everyone would have said that Billichik was very smart to go on fourth domn….

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:00:02 +0000

Yes it was a horrible call on Belichick’s part, but at the same time it looked like to me that Faulk got the first down and it was a shitty spot by the Refs.

By: Gene

Gene — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:57:07 +0000

Horrible decisions made by Belichick and the team definitely doomed the Patriots, as you described above. The NFL must be very happy with the outcome, as they appear to have a conspiracy in place for Peyton Manning to succeed, since he is their poster boy. That is why they scheduled New England to play at Indianapolis three straight years. There is no excuse they can give us for not having at least one of those games in New England.

By: Jeff J

Jeff J — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:23:55 +0000

I agree, worst call I have ever seen. What makes it the worst call ever is because of who it was that made the call. He knows better, but his boner for wanting to beat the colts got in the way of his head. It does seem funny that they let up with 4 minutes left, then decided to go for the jugular with just over 2 minutes left in the worst possible field position. The worst part was listening to his players having to lie to the media and say they thought it was a good call.

By: Evan

Evan — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:08:53 +0000

Kill. Me.

Signed,
Patriots fan.