Monday, November 23, 2009

POB Exclusive Update

It seems that, following Bill Belichick's ruinous 4th-and-2 decision, his defense was so utterly demoralized (as many suspected) that it forced just five turnovers and surrendered a whopping one touchdown in a follow-up win over the Jets.
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6 comments:

K.L. said...

it was the jets.

also, you still cannot refute bill simmons' points. you have not even attempted to do so. embarrassing.

November 23, 2009 at 2:52 PM
D.R.W. said...

Well, yeah, it was the Jets, but back when people were saying "this decision will crush the defense's/team's psyche" (which, by the way, Simmons did say quite extensively), they should have looked ahead at the next game (which is, presumably, when the psyche-crushing would manifest itself) and realize that the next game was against the Jets. So, yeah. It's the Jets. Which would have been an easy win all along, so the morale thing was never a huge deal.

And: I'm not going to respond to Simmons, because why drive traffic to his site instead of ours? Any arguments your or K.C.R. want to make, I will happily take on!

November 23, 2009 at 3:06 PM
K.L. said...

my arguments (which i came up with all by myself, of course):

Inane Angle No. 1: "Statistically, it was the right move"

Insane Angle No. 2: "If they punted, Manning would have rolled down the field and scored, anyway."

Insane Angle No. 3: "I thought we could get the 2 yards."

Insane Angle No. 4: "The Pats acted like men! They went for the kill! Had they converted that, they would have made a strong statement to everyone that they were back on top and everything was right with the world!"

Insane Angle No. 5: "The decision might not have worked out, but it came from a well-thought-out place."

You can read more of the details of my arguments at http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmonsnflpicks/091120

November 23, 2009 at 3:12 PM
D.R.W. said...

Aren't those my arguments...?

November 23, 2009 at 3:15 PM
K.L. said...

those are "insane" arguments. you can see why they insane at http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmonsnflpicks/091120

November 23, 2009 at 3:27 PM
D.R.W. said...

And yet, so many of them are so logical--particularly numbers 1, 3, and 5. I confess, I thought 2 at the time and still kind of do, but it's just a hunch and there was nothing to back it up really.

November 23, 2009 at 3:43 PM

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