02-09-2012, 02:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Srgt. Hulka
You know, everybody is hammering Wes Welker for one dropped pass, but nobody is hammering the recievers who dropped passes in the last minute drive. Why is nobody hammering them? I don't know. When Wes Welker dropped that pass, the Patriots were still in the lead with four minutes left in the game. I understand, the ball hit Welker in the hands...He should have had the reception. But he didn't, he dropped it. Recievers drop balls all the time. Why isn't anybody hammering the Pats defense for NOT stopping the Giants on their last drive? The Patriots DID NOT lose the game because of one dropped pass. The game was 60 minutes long, that dropped pass play lasted about 7 seconds, the Patriots had 59 minutes and 53 seconds to win the game. It's NOT Wes Welker's fault that the Patriots lost the Superbowl.
I'll hammer the Pats defense, but it's for that stupid lining-up-in-the-neutral-zone infraction by Novicheck or whatever his name is, when the Pats had the Giants on the 8yd line with third down. Of course it's just speculation, but without that penalty, the Giants would have been forced to punt, giving the Pats great field position from which they would have scored, used up much of the clock, making it 24-15 with not enough time left for the Giants to put up two scores ... at least that's how I felt when they got that stupid penalty, that they had just blown the chance to put the game away.
But yeah, I don't think you can blame Wes Walker or any one individual Patriot for the loss, they had their chances ... but it does remind me of an old saying, "Football is a team sport, and no one individual can be blamed for any loss ... except Tony Romo." ...  ... it's something I live by.
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