Poise. Experience. Nothing showed how much MORE Of that New England had than the last quarter. Philly played a great game, but truthfully, their decisions in the final period will be second guessed for months...
Hurry up and do what? They didn't start to use the hurry up offense, well, pretty much at all. With 6 minutes to go and down by 10 points, DON'T HUDDLE! Now, I'm not a fan of Cris Collinsworth, but I have to agree with him and Joe and Troy - this is not a time and place to take lightly and take your time. The Eagles wasted just about 4 mins to score a TD that they needed to score in no more than half that time. I haven't read EVERY article, but I'm just not sure about their reasoning in that - maybe to keep things in an even keel, to keep guys relaxed about the situation? That is NO time to coddle NFL players, it's the Super Bowl, it is time to step up. Just baffling...
Onside Kick?! Why? If you are looking to get a STOP on defense, which is a more realistic situation than recovering an onside kick, then pin 'em deep in their own territory. *I* would have kicked it deep, then planned on a punt from maybe the Pats' 30 yard line, maybe set up a return for field position. Andy Reid really screwed the pooch on this one imho. Onside kicks are SO tough to recover, and having the Pats punt from their 20 yard line would only require the Eagles to gain maybe 30 yards in 45 seconds, not 65. HUGE difference. With Akers' foot, 55 and under is legitimate, my goodness, they managed their final chance(s) like rookies...
The experience and poise of the "old champ" rose to the top in this one. I'm not sure the Pats were the better team, but they are the winner, and deservedly so. Not to REALLY disparage the Eagles, they are a talented team which should be back to the big stage at least once more. But they let too many things slip away because of a lack of concentration, whatever. But you HAVE to bandy about the word "Dynasty" here, the Pats are entering Dallas/Pittsburgh/SF territory. That is a testient to the Coach and his merry band of TEAM players. And in Thew's world, they are the favorite to do it again next year.
But look for Philly and Pittsburgh to challenged once again. Goodbye Indy, yer history...
In other news...
In Chicago, an appellate court ruled Thursday that a woman who accused Michael Jordan of reneging on a promise to pay her $5 million to keep quiet about an affair presented sufficient facts to pursue her case in court. Well, Well, looks like Kobe IS, in fact, the next Michael Jordan.
I am somewhat cynically suspicious of this... For Dany Heatley, moving on with his life will mean being on probation for three years. He pleaded guilty to second-degree vehicular homicide and misdemeanor driving charges. Prosecutors dropped a first-degree vehicular homicide charge that could have sent the 24-year-old Heatley to jail for 20 years in large part because the Snyder family of Elmira, Ontario, vigorously opposed a jail term. Hmmm, I am cynical about the Snyders being SO forgiving and magnanimous...are there really people like that in the world? I know I'm not one of them...and I wonder if there is something in this that we don't see. You know what I'm implying.
Think about it...
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