Two coaching gaffes inside last 2 minutes

[antame]

The welker dropped ball was huge

Ya think?

[stirs]

And, if Brady had brought them down the field and scored, the NY press would have crucified Coughlin for running the ball into the end zone and not keeping control of the game by just taking 3 straight knees and kicking FG with no time left.

[Sam Mills Fan]

I still don't get why people keep saying Belichick shouldn't have let him score. Which do you think has a better chance of happening:

- An 18 yard field goal being missed/blocked/botched snap (shorter than an extra point and XPs have a 99% conversion rate)

or

- Tom Brady going 80 yards in 53 seconds with 1 timeout

If you don't think Belichick was right, you don't really get football. The only people questioning Belichick at the party I was at were women and the guys that didn't follow football that closely.

[chef17]

The first play after the 2 minute warning the Giants were on the 18. You don't let a team score from 18 yards out.

[4Corners]

been reading a couple sites today who were criticizing Coughlin and his the NYG strategy towards the end of the game.

the giants fuging won

glad to see the media still has a hard on for brady and belicheat.

[2jakefansinva]

I can not remember Brady driving his team down field (as time runs out) to

score a TD to win a playoff or SB game. usually he just needs to get

into FG range.

[stirs]

The first play after the 2 minute warning the Giants were on the 18. You don't let a team score from 18 yards out.

You do if you want to win a Super Bowl. What is the difference in wasting one timeout and one full minute and then "letting" them score? Oh yeah, winning the game.

The Belecik mystique would have gone through the roof if he had let them score and Brady subsequently went down the field and won the game. Belecik would have been the coaching god this morning.

[chef17]

You do if you want to win a Super Bowl. What is the difference in wasting one timeout and one full minute and then "letting" them score? Oh yeah, winning the game.

The Belecik mystique would have gone through the roof if he had let them score and Brady subsequently went down the field and won the game. Belecik would have been the coaching god this morning.

And what if instead of scoring they fall on the one? What if the Pats let them score then Brady throws an int? Hell what if the Pats defense did their job and held the Giants to a field goal? Point is, the what if game is stupid. Up by 2 trying to hold the opponent to 3 points is the right call.

[Udogg]

The first play after the 2 minute warning the Giants were on the 18. You don't let a team score from 18 yards out.

this

[Udogg]

You do if you want to win a Super Bowl. What is the difference in wasting one timeout and one full minute and then "letting" them score? Oh yeah, winning the game.

The Belecik mystique would have gone through the roof if he had let them score and Brady subsequently went down the field and won the game. Belecik would have been the coaching god this morning.

That like saying, let them score from their own 20 with 4 minutes left, that way we can milk the clock and make sure we score last.

[stirs]

And what if instead of scoring they fall on the one? What if the Pats let them score then Brady throws an int? Hell what if the Pats defense did their job and held the Giants to a field goal? Point is, the what if game is stupid. Up by 2 trying to hold the opponent to 3 points is the right call.

You don't get it. Think about what you just wrote.

If the Pats hold them to a field goal, they still LOSE by a point. And with no time left.

A loss is a loss.

[Donald LaFell]

The Pats figured it out with one minute to go and let em score. If they had let them score at 2 minute warning instead, they would have had an extra timeout and a full minute extra and Brady would have probably won the game.

I don't think they were in a goal to go situation so that makes no sense what-so-ever.

All the player would have done is just fallen down past the 1st down maker and opposed to giving the giants a possible 4 downs to take time off of the clock they would have given them 5.

[thefuzz]

IMO, both coaching calls were right.

[chef17]

You don't get it. Think about what you just wrote.

If the Pats hold them to a field goal, they still LOSE by a point. And with no time left.

A loss is a loss.

2 minutes left in the game and the Pats have two timeouts. If the Patriots stop the Giants from getting a first down they have no time outs but at least a minute for Brady to get into field goal range. The fact that you think the Giants could somehow run the entire clocks if the Pats got a stop show you are the one who doesn't get it.