Tuesday, November 17, 2009
4th and 2
Well this has been the hot topic of discussion since Sunday, when Belichick decided to try and get the 2 yrds on 4th down at his own 28 yrd line instead of punting the ball down the field. And I see where he is coming from obviously you have Tom Brady as your QB, who is very capable of making big time plays, but this decision was made off emotion at the last second, most teams who plan on going for it, know it and run the ball on the 3rd to get the clock down. You have to have confidence in your Defence, yes the drive before Peyton marched down the field but if I remember correctly Peyton already threw an interception in this game, so tell me why couldn't they stop him. In that situation there are so many factors that can go wrong, the ball can get tipped, someone can slip or even just get played so tightly that there is no room for anything to transpire. Belichick is still one of the best ever and this one decision will not define him, but it was a bad decision and if you saw his facial expressions after the game, he knew it!!!
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Bill Belechick has earned the right to make that decision. It comes back to the fact that he knows his team better than anyone else...even espn analists...and he knows what they're capable of. If the refs had gotten the call right, the Pats would have gotten the first down, ran down the clock, and won the game. Its EASY to say it was a stupid call by Bill...because it didnt work out. I think it was an aggressive, gutsy call. He had 2 choices, try to let his defense win the game (against the best QB in the NFL), or try to let his Offense win the game by getting 2 yds. He chose the latter and i dont fault him at all for that.
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