When Belichick was talking to the press after the Redskins game, he said something like "What do you want me to do, kick a field goal?"
That's a good question. People kick field goals, people run, and people throw short passes not to avoid running up the score, but to play it safe. But he doesn't play it safe. By going for it on forth down, by continuing to pass, by passing deep, is he not giving the other team every chance to stop them and make the Patriots come away from that drive with 0 points, and maybe even get a quick 7 points with an INT or Fum runback?
By kicking FGs, he's both playing it safe and piling on more points. So if he's going to be adding more points either way, doesn't it create more opportunity for the other team if those points are attempted in risky ways, ie; throwing deep, going for it on 4th down, etc?
2007-10-29
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