Woof. It fucking pains me to do this but I have to give Dorn of the Week to Bill Belichick this time.
As I said in the previous post, I don't think it was the worst call in the world to go for it on 4th down. There have been statistics that back up the decision, to an extent, and if Faulk doesn't juggle the ball, everyone is talking about what a genius Belichick is today.
What really bothers me, however, is the series of plays and events that led up to the 4th down try.
On first down, after a Colts TD, extra point, TV timeout, kickoff, and another TV timeout, the Pats had to fucking waste a timeout because they had the wrong personnel on the field. How the fuck does this happen???? You have to put that on the coach. And then there's Belichick seemingly saying that the plan was to go for it on 4th down all along, according to his press conference today:
When you called the third-down play, did you have in mind that if they didn’t get it you would go for it on fourth down?
Belichick: "No, we pretty much made that decision on third down."
Belichick: "No, I said it was a miscommunication on our part that a couple guys started out and then the offense reacted to that and the punt team kind of reacted to the offense, and it wasn’t cleanly handled on the substitution."
Was sending the punt team out basically to try to get the defense . . .
Now, that first question and answer is kind of weird but the whole exchange seems to suggest that they were, in fact, planning on going for it on 4th down no matter what. If this were the case, why in the holy name of fuck did they throw on 3rd down instead of running the ball and forcing the Colts to call their final timeout if the play was stuffed? I don't understand that at all. At. All.
And again, when the punt team starts to run out instead of staying the fuck put on the sidelines, which forced the Pats to blow their final timeout, that again falls on the coach. This isn't the type of shit that should be happening to what is supposed to be one of the best coached teams in the NFL. And that is why Bill Belichick is your Dorn of the Week.
God. Fucking. Dammit.
