(12-07-2021, 10:46 AM)Mikey Wrote:

(12-07-2021, 04:50 AM)D6 Wrote:    And two of the passes were on the Patriots last set of downs, not counting their 4 kneel downs, after they stopped the Bills on downs (after Buffalo reached the red zone for the 2nd time in the 4th QTR,) It was one of the most impressive rushing performances I have seen in a long time, considering the Bills were heavily focused against the run.

I was disappointed that there wasn't snow to complicate things.

I can't tell if that was BB acknowledging that Mac didn't have the arm strength to deal with the wind, or if he just decided that the team was gonna keep running untill the other team made them do something else.

We were at a bar and some Pats fans were griping the whole time about "oh boy, another run!", and I just wondered why the heck you would whine about that if it was working. I wish I could be upset that my team was winning, but they should be winning by more, dad gummit.

Practically any Patriots fan who's complaining about coaching strategy by Bill Belichick, with the team entering the game with a 6 game winning streak...with 6 Super Bowl Titles, 9 Super Bowl appearances, and 17 Divisional Titles since 2001, wasn't a fan of the Patriots in the Rod Rust Patriots era.  In those days, the Patriots took a far back seat to the Red Sox, Celtics, and Bruins, on the New England Sports landscape.  The Patriots sold only around 19,000 season tickets before the Bill Parcells era.  The Patriots probably would have moved to St. Louis, if not for Bob Kraft buying the team.

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