So here's what I don't get.
I know the Pats defense looked lousy Sunday night. And truthfully - Tom Brady made some not so great plays -- yet statistically, he did okay.
For most other teams - that game would've been a loss. (Despite the fact that we were robbed of a touchdown…but that's a refereeing issue, which is a whole different subject in of itself. But I digress...)
Here's why it's almost impossible to have a perfect season: on any given Sunday - it can be anyone's game, no? And the teams that are coming in to play the Pats now, they're not coming in with their tails between their legs admitting defeat before the toss of the coin. They're going to pull out all the stops and play crazy ball against the Pats -- sort of what happened Sunday night, right? Everyone wants to be David, slewing Goliath.
On one hand, people (including NE fans) have been crying about how easy the games have been; on the other hand…we have an "off" night, don't look "perfect"….and everyone's on their case saying "it's a win, but…." and they're being pulled apart. Call me crazy, but seriously… they won. Isn't that really all that matters? Now it's time to focus on the future. And let's be honest - no one adjusts a team like Belichick in the middle of a game - let alone within a week.
This is what it's like in the Boston market though.
To coin an old phrase, "you can't win for losing!"
2 comments:
Yeah, pretty crazy. Philly came in with a good game plan. They smothered Randy Moss most of the night. The thing is, Philly's strength is their pass coverage. They have very good corners.
The Eagles played about as perfectly (outside of the Feely interceptions) as possible. But the Pats still won.
I, for one, am not worried about them.
You get a lot of talk about "blueprints" for beating teams, but the fact is that every coach/gm builds their team differently, and teams might try to emulate philly, but if their personell can't do the same things that philly's could, then it doesn't really matter.
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