BMack's Reaction To Patriots Loss

Yea, I know 3rd post about the Patriots, you're sick of it, I'm sick of it, but it wouldn't be right if I didn't put my 2 cents in.

This game was like some odd out of body experience. Just like DP said once the ball was hiked something didn't feel right. The Jets beat the Patriots in every way...

1. Coaching:

Ugh, I could write about this for hours. Belichick gets all the credit when the Patriots are dominating, it only makes sense for him to take shit when the choke. Why did Woodhead have 20 touches in this game compared to Green-Ellis 11? Why are they faking punts in their own end? Why when down 10 points in the fourth quarter do you run a 8 min drive? They didn't rush to the line at any point in that drive, and they made the whole game shorter, which seems stupid to me when you are down by more then 1 score.

So, even though Belichick in my opinion was the best regular season coach this year, he chocked yesterday. Even if Chung called that fake punt by himself yesterday, it was still a terrible game. Plus, why does Chung even have that option in his own end? Yea, doesn't make any sense.

2. "The Patriot Way"

I love Welker. I though his "foot" press conference was funny, but it's not the way the Patriots run things. We have heard from the start of the Belichick/Brady era that there is to be "no bulletin board material". Welker gave the Jets a reason to rally around their coach. I'm not saying it was the difference in the game, but it's just not the way they run things.

But it doesn't stop there. Branch was yelling at the Jets sidelines during the game (I think it was at Rex). Listen, I am sure there is a reason why he was, and the Jets aren't known to be very classy, but at the end of the day when you see the Patriots change like this you know they got to them. Once again, every un-Patriots like.

3. Brady

He didn't have his best game. He wasn't terrible, but for the Patriots to win he needed to play the way he did through 95% of the season, which was lights out. Plus I put some of the blame on him for that long drive that resulted in nothing in the 4th quarter. He has the power to change the plays, he controls the flow of the offense and how fast they get tot he line, so he has to take some of the blame.

Also, he is an odd stat. The last time an MVP won a Super Bowl was 1999 Kurt Warner. There is nothing really behind that, just an interesting stat.


So, Patriot fans they lost. The Jets outplayed them in basically every way. They were out-coached in this game, they were outplayed, there is nothing we can see. Still, don't get too far down. The Patriots should be right back next year. The defense is so young, and only going to get better. Brady, even with 2 subpar playoff outings is still one of the best QBs, and they have 2 picks in each of the first 3 rounds of the draft.

Patriots need to sit at home, eat their "humble pie" and get back to what they were 6 years ago.... quiet assassins who let their play do the talking, and don't change their gameplan based on the other teams mouths.