BALTIMORE @ NEW ENGLAND
- Thread starter MadJack
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Huh? NCAA foots? Now? Ok I'll look into that later. I'm playing skylanders and watching football. Too much shit going on right now. :0002. Btw I'm probably gonna have to get more pickle chips soon it's been a while
- Mar 19, 2006
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YEAH GW
didn't understand that pass either..
2nd and 5 w/time to work..
ya gotta be lookin to get that ball a little close for BB's to Daniels
they did real good considering that secondary..
lets root Denver to the SB :0003
Done. I'm downstairs in the mancave and chicky is upstairs watching her chick flicks. I yelled up... Rest is up to her! Thanks Lawrence you big sexy you!
n.e. has a big advantage over teams in the afc north...they are obviously a perennially solid football team(no question about it)...but the ravens/Pittsburgh and cincy all have to play each other twice during the season and more times than not end up having to travel in the playoffs because of it........new England almost gets an automatic bye and homefield by seeing the jets,miami and buffalo twice every year........
don`t mean to sound like sour grapes(pats won fair and square and deserve it after coming back twice from big deficits),but,it is a bit of a tougher road when you play in a tough division...
you think your broncos can come into new England and do a job on brady & co.?
They should just hire you to run the team.
Prob would do it for less than $7 million a year too. :0003
It was definitely stupid to go for the TD with that much time left on the clock. I was hoping that they had a 1st down with 30 seconds to go so that Brady wouldn't have any time left to win. Jesus :facepalm: I was hoping they run the ball on that play. Ugh! Oh well, give Harbaugh all the fucking credit in the world and give him more money for being totally clueless on the field during the games.
No doubt we love our teams but here's the Saturday night prescription from someone who has been there recently...
Avoid sports talk radio for a few days
Break out your Lewis SB jersey on the appropriate day (I have Hines)
Know that next year comes soon enough...
If ESPN doesn't do a '50/50' show on Steelers/Ravens in a few years they are crazy.
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Interesting....
http://espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/201...ew-england-patriots-subbing-clearly-deception
I remember them talking abouts this during the game but didnt really pay attention at the time.
Fricken Belicheck loves to push the limit on the rules. I guess they needed trickery to beat Baltimore because they couldn't line up toe to toe and beat them.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/201...ew-england-patriots-subbing-clearly-deception
I remember them talking abouts this during the game but didnt really pay attention at the time.
Fricken Belicheck loves to push the limit on the rules. I guess they needed trickery to beat Baltimore because they couldn't line up toe to toe and beat them.
he Patriots dug into their bag of tricks on their second drive of the third quarter, lining up just four offensive linemen and declaring a normally eligible receiver as ineligible to keep Baltimore off balance.
Ravens players were confused about which Patriots to match up with in coverage, and Harbaugh drew an unportsmanlike conduct penalty for running onto the field and screaming in objection. Harbaugh said after the game that the officials "didn't understand what was going on."
"We wanted an opportunity to be able to ID who the eligible players were," Harbaugh said. "What [the Patriots] were doing was they announce the ineligible player and then Tom [Brady] would take them to the line right away and snap the ball before we had a chance to figure out who was lined up where. That was the deception part of it. It was clearly deception.
"So the officials told me after that they would give us the opportunity to do that, which they probably should've done during that series but they didn't really understand what was happening. That's why I had to take the penalty, to get their attention so they would understand what was going on because they didn't understand what was going on.... That's why guys were open, because we didn't ID where the eligible receivers were at."
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Maybe those guys gotta study the rulebook and figure it out. We obviously knew what we were doing and we made some pretty important plays. It was a real good weapon for us.
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- Tom Brady
Brady disagreed with Harbaugh's description of it as an act of deception.
"I don't know what's deceiving about that," he said.
When informed of Harbaugh's objection, Brady fired back.
"Maybe those guys gotta study the rulebook and figure it out," he said. "We obviously knew what we were doing and we made some pretty important plays. It was a real good weapon for us."
Patriots coach Bill Belichick explained the strategy, which he utilized on three plays and featured four offensive linemen on the field and had either running back Shane Vereen or tight end Michael Hoomanawanui lined up as ineligible.
"It's a play that we thought would work," Belichick said. "We ran it three times, a couple different looks. We had six eligible receivers on the field, but only five were eligible. The one who was ineligible reported that he was ineligible. No different than on the punt team or a situation like that."
Harbaugh said it was a tactic that "nobody has ever seen before." When asked whether he thought it was cheap or dirty, he said he would not comment.
More from ESPN.com
Joe Flacco's four touchdowns and the Ravens' smothering run defense couldn't compensate for a secondary that brought Baltimore's season to an end Saturday, Jamison Hensley writes. Story
"The league will look at that type of thing, and I'm sure that they'll make some adjustments and things like that," Harbaugh said.
Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels pulled out the trickery when his team was down by 14 points and the offense had gone three-and-out on the opening drive of the third quarter. The drive resulted in a 5-yard touchdown pass to tight end Rob Gronkowski and frazzled the Ravens' defense.
"There was a lot to the plays," Hoomanawanui said. "I have to report as ineligible. I can't go down the field. I can only block. So as hard as it is for them to figure out, there's a lot that goes into it on our side, too.
"You could see how frustrated they were on who to cover and this and that, so it turned out to be great plays for us."
Patriots right guard Ryan Wendell, who shifted to center after rookie center Bryan Stork left the game with a knee injury, couldn't recall any game he played in where anyone only used four offensive linemen.
"I think it just says that it's the playoffs and we are willing to do whatever it takes to win," Wendell said. "There's no good in holding anything back right now."
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sounds like Harbough making excuses for not being prepared.
I dont think taking a 15 yd penalty is a good idea in that situation. I think you call a time out and talk to your defense.
Ravens players were confused about which Patriots to match up with in coverage, and Harbaugh drew an unportsmanlike conduct penalty for running onto the field and screaming in objection. Harbaugh said after the game that the officials "didn't understand what was going on."
"We wanted an opportunity to be able to ID who the eligible players were," Harbaugh said. "What [the Patriots] were doing was they announce the ineligible player and then Tom [Brady] would take them to the line right away and snap the ball before we had a chance to figure out who was lined up where. That was the deception part of it. It was clearly deception.
"So the officials told me after that they would give us the opportunity to do that, which they probably should've done during that series but they didn't really understand what was happening. That's why I had to take the penalty, to get their attention so they would understand what was going on because they didn't understand what was going on.... That's why guys were open, because we didn't ID where the eligible receivers were at."
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Maybe those guys gotta study the rulebook and figure it out. We obviously knew what we were doing and we made some pretty important plays. It was a real good weapon for us.
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- Tom Brady
Brady disagreed with Harbaugh's description of it as an act of deception.
"I don't know what's deceiving about that," he said.
When informed of Harbaugh's objection, Brady fired back.
"Maybe those guys gotta study the rulebook and figure it out," he said. "We obviously knew what we were doing and we made some pretty important plays. It was a real good weapon for us."
Patriots coach Bill Belichick explained the strategy, which he utilized on three plays and featured four offensive linemen on the field and had either running back Shane Vereen or tight end Michael Hoomanawanui lined up as ineligible.
"It's a play that we thought would work," Belichick said. "We ran it three times, a couple different looks. We had six eligible receivers on the field, but only five were eligible. The one who was ineligible reported that he was ineligible. No different than on the punt team or a situation like that."
Harbaugh said it was a tactic that "nobody has ever seen before." When asked whether he thought it was cheap or dirty, he said he would not comment.
More from ESPN.com
Joe Flacco's four touchdowns and the Ravens' smothering run defense couldn't compensate for a secondary that brought Baltimore's season to an end Saturday, Jamison Hensley writes. Story
"The league will look at that type of thing, and I'm sure that they'll make some adjustments and things like that," Harbaugh said.
Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels pulled out the trickery when his team was down by 14 points and the offense had gone three-and-out on the opening drive of the third quarter. The drive resulted in a 5-yard touchdown pass to tight end Rob Gronkowski and frazzled the Ravens' defense.
"There was a lot to the plays," Hoomanawanui said. "I have to report as ineligible. I can't go down the field. I can only block. So as hard as it is for them to figure out, there's a lot that goes into it on our side, too.
"You could see how frustrated they were on who to cover and this and that, so it turned out to be great plays for us."
Patriots right guard Ryan Wendell, who shifted to center after rookie center Bryan Stork left the game with a knee injury, couldn't recall any game he played in where anyone only used four offensive linemen.
"I think it just says that it's the playoffs and we are willing to do whatever it takes to win," Wendell said. "There's no good in holding anything back right now."
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sounds like Harbough making excuses for not being prepared.
I dont think taking a 15 yd penalty is a good idea in that situation. I think you call a time out and talk to your defense.
And that means stupid me not you.
Coming home and hitting the hard stuff was not a good move on my part. :facepalm:
