Sunday, January 14, 2007

Quick football note: the Patriots do it again.

The Patriots made another 4th quarter comeback to beat the San Diego Chargers 24-21. The difference was that the Patriots did not do stupid things, and the Chargers committed a whole slew of boneheaded plays. A personal foul penalty for running over to a New England receiver and head butting him after your defense made a great play which could have ended a drive, but instead New England gets a first down and eventually gets a FG. Needlessly committing a personal foul after you kick an extra point so that you have to kick off from your own 15. Trying to pick up and run with a muffed punt instead of just covering the ball, which resulted in a turnover. Picking up a kickoff that was obviously going out of bounds and costing your team field position. After making an interception, then not protecting the ball and letting a New England receiver strip the ball, giving the Patriots the ball back, after which they go in for the tying touchdown and 2-point conversion. And that interception was on 4th down. Instead of intercepting the ball, the DB should have just knocked it down. And on and on.

Give credit to the Patriots for keeping their composure and coming back. They showed a major difference between a championship team and the wannabees. Championship teams don't do stupid things, and the Chargers gave away their chance to be a championship team by doing stupid things.

1 Comments:

Blogger WCharles said...

That's the game I want to see. Chicago was very fortunate to win yesterday. If the weathr in Chaicago is particularly nasty, I think da Bears will have the edge, but otherwise I think the Saints' offense is so varied that it will overcome the Chicago defense.

What a great story if the Saints make it to the Super Bowl.

1/15/2007 1:17 PM  

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