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Originally Posted by paulemcrae
They don't need to take Brady out in the fourth to be sportsmanlike. Just don't go for it on 4th and 13 when leading by 40 points, like in the Buffalo game. That was when I lost all respect for Belichick and the Patriots. Everything since has just reinforced my opinion. I hope that the video guy sings like a canary.
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The choice was to go for a fieldgoal, which the Bills would have had pretty much no chance of stopping, so that would have been automatic points, or give the Bill's defense a chance to gain back a little bit of dignity by stop them on 4th and 13... They were too close to the endzone to punt. Try again.
The Miami one the Prof is talking about, I don't remember that play specifically, but the fact of the matter is that they only bought Brady back in the 4th quarter when the Dolphins ran back an interception for a TD making it a 21 point game. 21 points in 8 to 9 minutes is just not completely impossible... especially considering that as I remember it the Dolphins were not having that much trouble scoring points against the Pats in that game (28 points at the end).