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Why is Tom Brady punting the ball up 35 points? (1 Viewer)

Don't think it was classless. Just stupid.
Im just curious what is there to gain from it? Maybe there is something I missed, but I can not find a single reason to do it. Your up 35 points!!! Very dumb, and they are a smart coached team, so leaves me to think its arrogance.
1) No returner deep=0% chance of a return TD2) Pin the broncos deep with bad field positionI thought this was obvious...
3) Give whoever they play next something else to think about/prepare for.
 
Classless?? It's obvious anything would have upset you here. It was 3rd which you mistakenly said it was 4th down, (however it sounds like that didn't matter to you to either) but if they went for it on 4th you would have said THAT was classless too I'm sure.

Having Brady in the game still?? Well one could debate that, but Bill has been very consistent in that aspect of the game over the years. He RARELY EVER takes Brady out of the game in blowouts!! He says it's the other teams job to stop them. This is not high school football. These are professionals, they are paid to do what they do and it's the other team's job to stop them.

Classless on that play would have been the Denver's cheap shot and 2 personal fouls on that play. That was the classless call there.

 
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Why in the world would NE have Brady in the game up 35?? What's even worse is that they are having him punt the ball on 4th down!! That's is either incredibly stupid or incredibly arrogant. All it takes is for someone to realize he is kicking and go to block it and he sprains his knee or something. Do they not have a regular punter or are they just rubbing it in?? Their arrogance makes them by far the most classless team in the league. Add on the fact that Brady's last pass just happened to be the one to put him over the record, but they will swear by it that records mean nothing, they just want the win. BS.
You must be a Steeler fan. Seems like only they get THIS worked up over everything the Patriots do.
 
Don't think it was classless. Just stupid.
Im just curious what is there to gain from it? Maybe there is something I missed, but I can not find a single reason to do it. Your up 35 points!!! Very dumb, and they are a smart coached team, so leaves me to think its arrogance.
1) No returner deep=0% chance of a return TD2) Pin the broncos deep with bad field positionI thought this was obvious...
3) Give whoever they play next something else to think about/prepare for.
:yes: X3
 
The more i think about it the more I wish Tebow would have punted on 3rd down so we wouldn't have to watch him attempt a pass.

Brady once again showing him how it's done. :thumbup:

 
The punt was on third down and followed a timeout when the Patriots saw the Broncos were blitzing. Then they came out of the timeout and saw the Broncos were still blitzing and he punted on 3rd down.

So it was actually a very smart move. No one gets hurt.
I'm just puzzled as to how a surprise punt would be better than simply handing off the ball and running out more clock. Who cares if the game gets predictable at that point? People can get hurt in all kinds of ways playing football no matter what the game situation and how predictable things might be. If you really care about certain players, the only 100% foolproof way of keeping them healthy is to bench them.It's not "crying" so much as it's just plain illogical from the Patriots standpoint. Brady could land on his back foot funny and hurt himself doing something he's not accustomed to, for example. And giving the Broncos the ball early prolongs the game for a play or two and increases the chances of injury.
here is what fans from crappy teams do not understand. Belichick uses the entire game to learn things, experiment, try guys in different positions.The info he gathers may help in future games. It's really that simple..but haters will hate...jealousy is a strong emotion.

 
This isn't about class at all. Every play is a learning experience. You get a finite number of plays. Take advantage when you can. I'm sure BB and Brady want to be as fine tuned as possible for each game. You don't do that by sitting back and not taking advantage of every opportunity to learn that you can.

 
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You were my earth

But you didn't know all the ways I loved you, no

So you took a chance

And made other plans

But I bet you didn't think that they would come crashing down, no

You don't have to say, what you did,

I already know, I found out from him

Now there's just no chance, for you and me, there'll never be

And don't it make you sad about it

You told me you loved me

Why did you leave me, all alone

Now you tell me you need me

When you call me, on the phone

Girl I refuse, you must have me confused

With some other guy

Your bridges were burned, and now it's your turn

To cry, cry me a river

Cry me a river-er

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Cry me a river-er, yea yea

I know that they say

That somethings are better left unsaid

It wasn't like you only talked to him and you know it

(Don't act like you don't know it)

All of these things people told me

Keep messing with my head

(Messing with my head)

You should've picked honesty

Then you may not have blown it

(Yea..)

You don't have to say, what you did,

(Don't have to say, what you did)

I already know, I found out from him

(I already know, uh)

Now there's just no chance, for you and me, there'll never be

(No chance, you and me)

And don't it make you sad about it

You told me you loved me

Why did you leave me, all alone

(All alone)

Now you tell me you need me

When you call me, on the phone

(When you call me on the phone)

Girl I refuse, you must have me confused

With some other guy

(I'm not like them baby)

Your bridges were burned, and now it's your turn

(It's your turn)

To cry, cry me a river

(Go on and just)

Cry me a river-er

(Go on and just)

Cry me a river

(Baby go on and just)

Cry me a river-er, yea yea

Oh

(Oh)

The damage is done

So I guess I be leaving

Oh

(Oh)

The damage is done

So I guess I be leaving

Oh

(Oh)

The damage is done

So I guess I be leaving

Oh

(Oh)

The damage is done

So I guess I be... leaving

You don't have to say, what you did,

(Don't have to say, what you did)

I already know, I found out from him

(I already know, uh)

Now there's just no chance, for you and me, there'll never be

(No chance, you and me)

And don't it make you sad about it

Cry me a river

(Go on and just)

Cry me a river-er

(Baby go on and just)

Cry me a river

(You can go on and just)

Cry me a river-er, yea yea

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(Cause I've already cried)

Cry me a river-er, yea yea

(Ain't gonna cry no more, yea-yea)

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Arrogant -making claims or pretensions to superior importance or rights; overbearingly assuming; insolently proud:

an arrogant public official.





Have you every listened to a BB presser? Or Brady? What is arrogant about it? Take a listen to his presser leading up to the Indy game this year as BB rips a report for asking about what can he possible learn from playing a win less team. Do you see what BB wears? Does he beat his chest. I don't see any of this is being arrogant but he is consumed to do everything possible to prepare HIS team to not lose.



Teams and coaches that are arrogant to me would be "this is the way we do things" and not adapting to the opponent or for that matter trying to take away their strengths but doing it the " insert team name here way". This is why NE under BB has done well. He tries to adapt to beat the team they play this week - match ups. It doesn't always work especially in the playoffs the last few years. But it did last night.



So was Pittsburgh arrogant in how they game planned Denver last week? 8-9 in the box and not respecting the pass? Were they doing what worked for NE in second half of their earlier game with Denver or what KC had done the week before? Or were they merely trying to take away Denver's strength?



As fans we have a winner and a loser each week. We project that on to the players of those teams and then take it too far with the Brady, Manning, Brees, Rodgers, etc. debates. All of these guys are truly GREAT at what they do but it comes down to a couple of plays most every week. A missed block, a tipped ball, a slip WR/DB. We are often splitting hairs between them and to often miss out on what magic they show when they perform.

 
Why in the world would NE have Brady in the game up 35?? What's even worse is that they are having him punt the ball on 4th down!! That's is either incredibly stupid or incredibly arrogant. All it takes is for someone to realize he is kicking and go to block it and he sprains his knee or something. Do they not have a regular punter or are they just rubbing it in?? Their arrogance makes them by far the most classless team in the league. Add on the fact that Brady's last pass just happened to be the one to put him over the record, but they will swear by it that records mean nothing, they just want the win. BS.
It appears that you have not started a Topic in almost a full calendar year and a 3rd down punt is your inspiration?First of all, it wasn't 4th down it was 3rd.I honestly do not understand why punting on 3rd down would be a big deal to anyone. NE called off the dogs and in doing so they may have felt it made sense to just try and pin DEN back as deep as they could. How\why in the wide world of sports is that a crime against humanity?What Brady last pass and record are you referring to? The only Brady record I am aware of from last night is the 6 td passes. That td pass occured early in the 3rd and they easily could have gone for the record early in the 4th, but instead chose to just run the ball.
 
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A smart move if you ask me. Risking Brady on a 3rd and long vs letting him punt and playing the field position game - spot on.

 
Don't think it was classless. Just stupid.
Im just curious what is there to gain from it? Maybe there is something I missed, but I can not find a single reason to do it. Your up 35 points!!! Very dumb, and they are a smart coached team, so leaves me to think its arrogance.
So just because you don't understand something the only explanation is arrogance? First of all, it was 3rd down... 3rd and 10... it's called a "quick kick". The surprise element actually helps the offense in two way; the QB doesn't take the chance of being hit and there is no punt return. So, actually, New England was being quite conservative.
 
What was doing was clearly just the equivalent of running up the score ---on when you run up the score all you're doing is letting your offense make the other team look silly to embarrass them, so what brady cleverly did was give tebow back the ball so the pats defense could make him look silly to embarrass him.

 
I had just assumed this was a sarcastic joke thread posted up just to troll pats fans, but I recently heard some nutty guy on the radio with the same opinion.

I still think people must be making this up for whatever reason, but is there really some nutty segment of the population that thinks this was anything other than just another football play, and what is the reasoning there?

it's got to be just trolling pats fans, but I can't even figure out how you'd come up with the idea in the first place.

 
The punt was on third down and followed a timeout when the Patriots saw the Broncos were blitzing. Then they came out of the timeout and saw the Broncos were still blitzing and he punted on 3rd down.

So it was actually a very smart move. No one gets hurt.

Now, I guess you could make a stink over the fact that the QB was still in the game but be honest, its really only a matter of contention depending on whose ox is getting gored. I bet you never gripe when your QB gets garbage points in a blowout loss (or is in the game in a blowout win).

So for every person out there saying its classless, there is another guy out there saying "if you don't like it, play better and stop it".

THe announcers actually made a good point about this: you take Brady out and that sends the message that every play is a run out of the clock. Game gets very predictable..Frustrated team tees off on someone and somebody gets hurt. So, when your team philosophy is to play the entire game, why not just play it out?

There is really no reason to cry about this.
Its dumb football. And dumb broadcasting if thats the case, because if they dont want to be predictable then put in Mallet and throw with him. WOW, problem solved. That way your still nice and tricky like you need to be up 35 with 3 mins to go, and you get valuable practice for your backup. Thats smart football.
No, you're thinking of it completely backwards. The Patriots are 1 game away from playing for the world championship. More than anything, they don't want anyone getting hurt and that extends beyond tom Brady. This team has had a lot of dings in the offensive line. They do NOT want to put in an inexperienced QB back there for mop up duty in this case because what would be the point? If something happens to Brady, its Hoyer, not mallett going in. They already know what they have in Hoyer. He doesnt' need 12-15 plays. But if you put Mallett in there then your already paper thin o-line has the responsibilty to play a few series against a very good defense that is extremely frustrated. this is the classic recipe for getting someone hurt late in a game. You've got a pissed off team pinning their ears back and just trying to hit someone, knowing that actually playing disciplined assignments means nothing, so what do they care if they roll up a lineman's leg or block him illegally and take out his knee? They don't.

So, with NO benefit of playing a guy for experience, you do the smart thing and get out of the game healthy. given the Broncos were blitzing, getting that unit off the field was a very smart thing to do.

 
Still in the game with less than 4:00 left, up 52-24. Punching in that last TD to make it 59-24 was crucial.
If Brady gets hurt then BB gets crucified. But again, I don't see it in the rules where it says its his job to stop the Pats offense.
I'd be surprised if the Boston sports media would do anything but just have a day of solace for Brady. They've been supportive of Belichick's decision to leave the foot on the gas... after the AFC Championship game vs the Colts game in the playoffs in 2006, no one in New England thinks its a good idea to let up if you're trying to win games.Seriously, the only people who would rip BB would include mostly non Patriots fans...

 
Still in the game with less than 4:00 left, up 52-24. Punching in that last TD to make it 59-24 was crucial.
If Brady gets hurt then BB gets crucified. But again, I don't see it in the rules where it says its his job to stop the Pats offense.
I'd be surprised if the Boston sports media would do anything but just have a day of solace for Brady. They've been supportive of Belichick's decision to leave the foot on the gas... after the AFC Championship game vs the Colts game in the playoffs in 2006, no one in New England thinks its a good idea to let up if you're trying to win games.
You may have missed the part about being up 52-24 with less than 4:00 left.HUCKS could have come in to relieve Brady and the Colts weren't coming close to winning.

 
All I see in here are a bunch of crybabies who are suddenly very concerned about the well-being of Tom Brady. I'm sure he finds your concern very cute, but if you can't handle losing by a few scores, then you don't belong in football, and you certainly shouldn't be watching it.

 
Patriots TE Rob Gronkowski broke his forearm.I'm told he did it on the Patriots' last extra point.
Eeked out the win, though. Nice work, Bill! :thumbup:
I'm at Pats fan, and on top of that I don't think me and Raider Nation have ever gotten along very well. But in this case, he is absolutely right. Belichek is a ####### idiot for leaving in his starters during blowouts like today. Someone said it in the Gronk thread - karma. Nice job Belidick.
 
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Patriots TE Rob Gronkowski broke his forearm.I'm told he did it on the Patriots' last extra point.
Eeked out the win, though. Nice work, Bill! :thumbup:
I'm at Pats fan, and on top of that I don't think me and Raider Nation have ever gotten along very well. But in this case, he is absolutely right. Belichek is a ####### idiot for leavin in his starters during blowouts like today. Someone said itI the Gronk thread - karma. Nice job Belidick.
:unsure: I don't remember any prior beefs with you. But anyway... watch your step, buddy! :angry:
 
Patriots TE Rob Gronkowski broke his forearm.I'm told he did it on the Patriots' last extra point.
Eeked out the win, though. Nice work, Bill! :thumbup:
I'm at Pats fan, and on top of that I don't think me and Raider Nation have ever gotten along very well. But in this case, he is absolutely right. Belichek is a ####### idiot for leaving in his starters during blowouts like today. Someone said it in the Gronk thread - karma. Nice job Belidick.
Is there any concern for Andrew Luck being in the game with the same score or can injuries only occur to the winning team in blowouts?
 
Patriots TE Rob Gronkowski broke his forearm.I'm told he did it on the Patriots' last extra point.
Eeked out the win, though. Nice work, Bill! :thumbup:
I'm at Pats fan, and on top of that I don't think me and Raider Nation have ever gotten along very well. But in this case, he is absolutely right. Belichek is a ####### idiot for leaving in his starters during blowouts like today. Someone said it in the Gronk thread - karma. Nice job Belidick.
Is there any concern for Andrew Luck being in the game with the same score or can injuries only occur to the winning team in blowouts?
nobody's pissed at luck for winning a lot of games yet, so we don't give a crap.
 
Patriots TE Rob Gronkowski broke his forearm.I'm told he did it on the Patriots' last extra point.
Eeked out the win, though. Nice work, Bill! :thumbup:
I'm at Pats fan, and on top of that I don't think me and Raider Nation have ever gotten along very well. But in this case, he is absolutely right. Belichek is a ####### idiot for leaving in his starters during blowouts like today. Someone said it in the Gronk thread - karma. Nice job Belidick.
Is there any concern for Andrew Luck being in the game with the same score or can injuries only occur to the winning team in blowouts?
Not at all. He's a rookie who needs as many NFL snaps as he can possibly get. Brady is one of the best all time with multiple league and SB MVPs under his belt, he doesn't need the reps. Star QBs do get benched all the time in blowouts to protect them from injury however they tend to be vets with more than 9 games in their careers.
 
Patriots TE Rob Gronkowski broke his forearm.I'm told he did it on the Patriots' last extra point.
Eeked out the win, though. Nice work, Bill! :thumbup:
I'm at Pats fan, and on top of that I don't think me and Raider Nation have ever gotten along very well. But in this case, he is absolutely right. Belichek is a ####### idiot for leaving in his starters during blowouts like today. Someone said it in the Gronk thread - karma. Nice job Belidick.
Is there any concern for Andrew Luck being in the game with the same score or can injuries only occur to the winning team in blowouts?
Not at all. He's a rookie who needs as many NFL snaps as he can possibly get. Brady is one of the best all time with multiple league and SB MVPs under his belt, he doesn't need the reps. Star QBs do get benched all the time in blowouts to protect them from injury however they tend to be vets with more than 9 games in their careers.
People are #####ing and moaning about Gronkowski being in the game who is all of 6 months older than Luck. At what age/tenure are players no longer supposed to be in blowouts for future reference?
 
Patriots TE Rob Gronkowski broke his forearm.I'm told he did it on the Patriots' last extra point.
Eeked out the win, though. Nice work, Bill! :thumbup:
I'm at Pats fan, and on top of that I don't think me and Raider Nation have ever gotten along very well. But in this case, he is absolutely right. Belichek is a ####### idiot for leaving in his starters during blowouts like today. Someone said it in the Gronk thread - karma. Nice job Belidick.
Is there any concern for Andrew Luck being in the game with the same score or can injuries only occur to the winning team in blowouts?
Uh, is that a serious question? Of course it's equally moronic that Luck was in the game at that point. And not just because I was going up against him in my fantasy football game either. The NFL is a war of attrition. When the game is decided, pack it up so you can live to fight another day. In any other business if you treated your multi-million assets with this much stupidity you'd get fired.
 
Patriots TE Rob Gronkowski broke his forearm.I'm told he did it on the Patriots' last extra point.
Eeked out the win, though. Nice work, Bill! :thumbup:
I'm at Pats fan, and on top of that I don't think me and Raider Nation have ever gotten along very well. But in this case, he is absolutely right. Belichek is a ####### idiot for leaving in his starters during blowouts like today. Someone said it in the Gronk thread - karma. Nice job Belidick.
Is there any concern for Andrew Luck being in the game with the same score or can injuries only occur to the winning team in blowouts?
Not at all. He's a rookie who needs as many NFL snaps as he can possibly get. Brady is one of the best all time with multiple league and SB MVPs under his belt, he doesn't need the reps. Star QBs do get benched all the time in blowouts to protect them from injury however they tend to be vets with more than 9 games in their careers.
People are #####ing and moaning about Gronkowski being in the game who is all of 6 months older than Luck. At what age/tenure are players no longer supposed to be in blowouts for future reference?
Here's a counter question. Do you know the difference between a 3rd year TE with 41 regular season starts and a rookie QB? Also, I spoke only of NFL experience, not age so where you got that little bratty whinefest question from, I'm not sure. But it does make me think you won't know the answer to my question.
 
Patriots TE Rob Gronkowski broke his forearm.I'm told he did it on the Patriots' last extra point.
Eeked out the win, though. Nice work, Bill! :thumbup:
I'm at Pats fan, and on top of that I don't think me and Raider Nation have ever gotten along very well. But in this case, he is absolutely right. Belichek is a ####### idiot for leaving in his starters during blowouts like today. Someone said it in the Gronk thread - karma. Nice job Belidick.
Is there any concern for Andrew Luck being in the game with the same score or can injuries only occur to the winning team in blowouts?
Uh, is that a serious question? Of course it's equally moronic that Luck was in the game at that point. And not just because I was going up against him in my fantasy football game either. The NFL is a war of attrition. When the game is decided, pack it up so you can live to fight another day. In any other business if you treated your multi-million assets with this much stupidity you'd get fired.
Agreed but thats the point. People ##### about the Patriots but not other teams. If its moronic for the Patriots to do it then it is equally moronic for the Colts to do it. The fact that people have a different standard for different players/teams is the issue.
 
Patriots TE Rob Gronkowski broke his forearm.I'm told he did it on the Patriots' last extra point.
Eeked out the win, though. Nice work, Bill! :thumbup:
I'm at Pats fan, and on top of that I don't think me and Raider Nation have ever gotten along very well. But in this case, he is absolutely right. Belichek is a ####### idiot for leaving in his starters during blowouts like today. Someone said it in the Gronk thread - karma. Nice job Belidick.
Is there any concern for Andrew Luck being in the game with the same score or can injuries only occur to the winning team in blowouts?
Uh, is that a serious question? Of course it's equally moronic that Luck was in the game at that point. And not just because I was going up against him in my fantasy football game either. The NFL is a war of attrition. When the game is decided, pack it up so you can live to fight another day. In any other business if you treated your multi-million assets with this much stupidity you'd get fired.
Agreed but thats the point. People ##### about the Patriots but not other teams. If its moronic for the Patriots to do it then it is equally moronic for the Colts to do it. The fact that people have a different standard for different players/teams is the issue.
Can you provide a link to the last team that kept a player of Brady's caliber in the game late in a blowout?
 

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