In a season where the Lions are 5-2, the Titans have won despite throwing for under thirty yards and a regular season game was played in London, the wackiest thing that has taken place so far is the ####ing and crying of the numerous opponents the New England Patriots have run up the score against. That term in and of itself bothers me. At any given time ni a football game, their will be two teams on the field with two seperate agendas. One team wants to score, the other wants to prevent them from scoring. Obvious, right. Apparently not. Certain guys have voiced their distaste for Bill Belichik and his alleged disrespect for the game. Quit crying and suck it up. If you cant stop them, thats your problem. Why should the Patriots go easy on anybody? As i see it, when a team is up and brings in their replacement players, there is no reason not to allow those guys to run an offense as if the game were on the line. The Patriots backup, Matt Cassell, gets no in ga,e experience ever, and rightfylly so. But when that rare oppurtunity arises, why shouldn't A) Matt Cassell get to play real minutes in the game he loves and B) Coach Belichik get to evaluate his backups and decide whether or not they are to his liking? In my opinion, no reasons should be needed to go out and put up points. That is the purpse of an offense, at any time, whether up or down. Bellichik said that in the game of football you never know, but i doubt even he believes that stuff. He has his offense out there when the game is over because he can. In a game where players take pride in who can harm an opponent most, big, beastlike defenders turn into little girls because Tom Brady and Bill Belichik are bullies and are running up the score. With that attitude, you deserve it.
If I was a DC and my team was playing the Patriots, I'd tell my players, if you have a chance to crush Tommy Boy Brady, YOU TAKE IT!!! If you get a 15-yard penalty, so be it.
Brady was chucking the rock downfield on fourth down and the Pats up 38-0. Even Matt Cassell was chucking the rock with the Pats up by 45. That's BUSH LEAGUE.
Last edited by jon_464 on October 29th at 9:44 PM.
Ok new scenario. Say the Patriots are losing to the Steelers Dec. 9. We are winning 21-7. We have the ball 0n the 20 with 35 seconds left in the 4th and its 1st down. Instead of taking a knee to end the game we fake it and throw another touchdown pass just to rub it the Pats face that we wonagainst the "oh so great" patriots. Isnt that disrespectful?
Last edited by BroncoJeff on October 30th at 5:20 AM.
Full tilt, full time, If you aren't going to play every down, quit. You want respect? Stop Brady and Co.from scoring. Maybe the Redskins will think twice about shooting off their mouths. Its not the Patriots fault the Skins let their mouths write checks thier butts couldn't cash. Where was all this "running up the score" whining when Manning was crushing the Colts opponets and setting records? No one whined during the era of the "Greatest Show On Turf." I didn't want the Rams taking a knee, I wanted the Patriots to beat the best the Rams had, every play.
If a team (any team)is up by 4 or more scores with 5 minutes or less left in the game and is still throwing when they have a decent running game, then that is a little extreme, and they probably are running the score up.
I am college kid out of chicago and love Chicago sports aka a huge homer. My writing may contradict this, but i do care and know about sports outside of Chicago, although I may never blog about it.
