Wow You Guys Suck: Reche Caldwell, Finally the whole not a goto receiver caught up with the Patriots as Reche Caldwell really stunk. He dropped a wide open touchdown pass which he was luckily bailed out the play later when Gaffney made a phenomenal catch in the back of the endzone, and then he dropped the pass when no one lined up against him and he would have been guaranteed about 8 yards, which could have possibly lead to a td instead of the field goal they had to settle for on that possession because after the dropped pass they didnt get the necessary yardage. Not solid Reche. Runner Up: Don't want to beat a dead horse but Fred Thomas needs to reevaluate how he covers guys, because he really doesn't.
Cough Cough Cough: Patriots Defense, They played so well in the first half, a Pick 6, a ton of beautiful deep pass knock downs, shutting down the run, and then the second half came. And then they were useless. They provided the Colts with countless momentum after giving up touchdowns on their opening drives of the second half. Runner Up: Pats run game was yet again non-existant against the Colts, or was it Dillon did average 7 yards a carry, apparently he didn't deserve the ball.
This Scarecrow Needs a Brain: Drew Brees and Sean Payton, At the goalline why not run a few running plays? You were only down two had all the momentum in the world and instead of trying to get yourself some breathing room with a few runs up the gut from Deuce you go all pass plays. After the first one where Brees chucked it away in the face of pressure, and was only bailed out due to being out of the pocket, you didn't think the next play should have been a run? That safety swung the momentum of the game straight into the Bears hands. Did you see how pumped up Thomas Jones was on the sidelines after the play? That was the turning point, and the blame should fall on Brees and Payton. Runner Up: Why did Belichick only use one timeout when the Colts had the ball near the goalline when his team had not stopped them the whole game, even if Brady didn't throw an int his team offensive unit didn't have enough time to move the ball because Belichick saved those timeouts.
The Shocker: Blowing an 18 Point Lead, Brady and Belichick and an 18 point lead, you thought it was as good as over so did everyone else. Even after the Colts kicked the half ending field goal, you had to think that the Pats had the momentum because they thwarted the goaline effort. Yet the Pats came out of the locker room without a defense. Runner Up: McAllister only getting 6 carries throughout the whole game is shocking, the Seahawks abused them the week prior and the Saints didn't even try.
The Pimp: Peyton Manning, This was the game he needed, I guess all that annoying talk of him being due was right. Manning made one single mistake, a big one at that, but he lead his offense through the Pats defense in the second half like it was no big deal. The whole second half it felt as if there was nothing that was going to stop the Colts from getting the ball in the endzone. And with the exception of the possession where Manning and Wayne both fell down untouched by the Pats defense, nothing did stop them.Runner Up: Bears Defense turning the ball over left and right put his offense in great spots and even put up a momentum changing safety.
JAKKED Up: Terrence Mathis, got absolutely lit up on a kick off return by Larry Izo, a full speed head on collision is always beautiful.
Championship Extra Quick Notes
~Perhaps I'm the only one bringing this up but I thought there were some noteable penalties that went in complete favor of the Colts. Sure pass interference calls are always made when the Dback doesn't turn around and see the ball, but there was almost no contact on that play, shouldn't there be contact in order to call pass interference? I thought that call was lame. Furthermore, Jabar Gaffney got mugged in the endzone on a 3rd down pass which forced the Pats to settle for a field goal. I thought that was much worse than the endzone pass intereference they gave to the Colts, so what if he turned his head, the grabbing and clutching is what should matter on that call. Furthermore they pretty much stopped calling the lame Roughing the Quarterback penalty throughout the playoffs, then on the Colts final drive they call a blow to the head on a shot that obviously didn't even rattle Peyton Manning, he barely even moved. Its only a moderate side story but I just think the Pats got douched on those three calls.
~A player that would have gone down as a hero, but would have been unheralded even if the Saints won, would be Will Smith. Smith had multiple tackles for a loss, and was a big reason why the Bears run game sputtered in the early portion of the second half.
~Now people are saying that the Colts defense got it done? Huh? Why do people blame the defense when Peyton Manning stinks it up and they lose in the playoffs because of him, yet yesterday the Colts win was completely on the offenses shoulders yet the defense gets credited? Either credit the whole team, or pin the blame/credit on the people that deserve it.
~Asante Samuel is great, and a free agent, lets see if Bucko Bill decides he wants to keep him, he might go for it because he hates the Jets so much and probably knows Mangini, former Secondary coach of Asante, has the checkbook ready as the Jets have a lot of cap room and a desperate need for a shutdown corner.
~Gostkowski is a pimp, Bucko Bill made the right call there. This kid makes everything and hits bombs on kickoffs.
~Unmentioned in the loss, but the Pats special teams was dominant and really the big reason they stayed in the game in the second half.
~More fun for a Giants fan, watching Eli pass the ball or watching him cheer for Peyton? A questionable decision.
~Jabar Gaffney, why?
~I think the finger point Reggie gave on his td run motivated the Bears, and helped his QB get pounded.
~Brees wasn't accurate and his receivers weren't catching anything.
~The Bears game turned from a good close matchup to completely lame in an eye blink, I ate dinner instead of watching the last half of the 4th quarter.
~As for who I was rooting for I pretty much sat the fence the whole game and was simply rooting for the Colts to tie it up after the Pats took the field goal lead and then was hoping Brady got it done in the final drive. Neither happened, not surprising because...
~I'm 0 for 4 in teams that I really want to win games. Obviously I wanted the Jets to win, that didn't happen. I really wanted the Seahawks to beat the Bears, nope. I wanted the Belichick reign to end in a Whale's Vagina, nope. And I wanted the Saints to pull it off yesterday, ya no. Now I really need to mentally trick myself into cheering for the Colts, ugh.
Cough Cough Cough: Patriots Defense, They played so well in the first half, a Pick 6, a ton of beautiful deep pass knock downs, shutting down the run, and then the second half came. And then they were useless. They provided the Colts with countless momentum after giving up touchdowns on their opening drives of the second half. Runner Up: Pats run game was yet again non-existant against the Colts, or was it Dillon did average 7 yards a carry, apparently he didn't deserve the ball.
This Scarecrow Needs a Brain: Drew Brees and Sean Payton, At the goalline why not run a few running plays? You were only down two had all the momentum in the world and instead of trying to get yourself some breathing room with a few runs up the gut from Deuce you go all pass plays. After the first one where Brees chucked it away in the face of pressure, and was only bailed out due to being out of the pocket, you didn't think the next play should have been a run? That safety swung the momentum of the game straight into the Bears hands. Did you see how pumped up Thomas Jones was on the sidelines after the play? That was the turning point, and the blame should fall on Brees and Payton. Runner Up: Why did Belichick only use one timeout when the Colts had the ball near the goalline when his team had not stopped them the whole game, even if Brady didn't throw an int his team offensive unit didn't have enough time to move the ball because Belichick saved those timeouts.
The Shocker: Blowing an 18 Point Lead, Brady and Belichick and an 18 point lead, you thought it was as good as over so did everyone else. Even after the Colts kicked the half ending field goal, you had to think that the Pats had the momentum because they thwarted the goaline effort. Yet the Pats came out of the locker room without a defense. Runner Up: McAllister only getting 6 carries throughout the whole game is shocking, the Seahawks abused them the week prior and the Saints didn't even try.
The Pimp: Peyton Manning, This was the game he needed, I guess all that annoying talk of him being due was right. Manning made one single mistake, a big one at that, but he lead his offense through the Pats defense in the second half like it was no big deal. The whole second half it felt as if there was nothing that was going to stop the Colts from getting the ball in the endzone. And with the exception of the possession where Manning and Wayne both fell down untouched by the Pats defense, nothing did stop them.Runner Up: Bears Defense turning the ball over left and right put his offense in great spots and even put up a momentum changing safety.
JAKKED Up: Terrence Mathis, got absolutely lit up on a kick off return by Larry Izo, a full speed head on collision is always beautiful.
Championship Extra Quick Notes
~Perhaps I'm the only one bringing this up but I thought there were some noteable penalties that went in complete favor of the Colts. Sure pass interference calls are always made when the Dback doesn't turn around and see the ball, but there was almost no contact on that play, shouldn't there be contact in order to call pass interference? I thought that call was lame. Furthermore, Jabar Gaffney got mugged in the endzone on a 3rd down pass which forced the Pats to settle for a field goal. I thought that was much worse than the endzone pass intereference they gave to the Colts, so what if he turned his head, the grabbing and clutching is what should matter on that call. Furthermore they pretty much stopped calling the lame Roughing the Quarterback penalty throughout the playoffs, then on the Colts final drive they call a blow to the head on a shot that obviously didn't even rattle Peyton Manning, he barely even moved. Its only a moderate side story but I just think the Pats got douched on those three calls.
~A player that would have gone down as a hero, but would have been unheralded even if the Saints won, would be Will Smith. Smith had multiple tackles for a loss, and was a big reason why the Bears run game sputtered in the early portion of the second half.
~Now people are saying that the Colts defense got it done? Huh? Why do people blame the defense when Peyton Manning stinks it up and they lose in the playoffs because of him, yet yesterday the Colts win was completely on the offenses shoulders yet the defense gets credited? Either credit the whole team, or pin the blame/credit on the people that deserve it.
~Asante Samuel is great, and a free agent, lets see if Bucko Bill decides he wants to keep him, he might go for it because he hates the Jets so much and probably knows Mangini, former Secondary coach of Asante, has the checkbook ready as the Jets have a lot of cap room and a desperate need for a shutdown corner.
~Gostkowski is a pimp, Bucko Bill made the right call there. This kid makes everything and hits bombs on kickoffs.
~Unmentioned in the loss, but the Pats special teams was dominant and really the big reason they stayed in the game in the second half.
~More fun for a Giants fan, watching Eli pass the ball or watching him cheer for Peyton? A questionable decision.
~Jabar Gaffney, why?
~I think the finger point Reggie gave on his td run motivated the Bears, and helped his QB get pounded.
~Brees wasn't accurate and his receivers weren't catching anything.
~The Bears game turned from a good close matchup to completely lame in an eye blink, I ate dinner instead of watching the last half of the 4th quarter.
~As for who I was rooting for I pretty much sat the fence the whole game and was simply rooting for the Colts to tie it up after the Pats took the field goal lead and then was hoping Brady got it done in the final drive. Neither happened, not surprising because...
~I'm 0 for 4 in teams that I really want to win games. Obviously I wanted the Jets to win, that didn't happen. I really wanted the Seahawks to beat the Bears, nope. I wanted the Belichick reign to end in a Whale's Vagina, nope. And I wanted the Saints to pull it off yesterday, ya no. Now I really need to mentally trick myself into cheering for the Colts, ugh.
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