Maybe — MAYBE — if they were three scores down. Once they were five scores down, it just didn't matter.

Even if it didn't matter I'm sure Quinn could have thrown more completions than Brady threw TDs in the first half.

[QUOTE=Nzoner;8293328]After two one and done in the play-offs I'm sold on the Pats taking everything seriously and I would not be surprised to see an ass kicking of epic proportions [QUOTE]

PBJ

Disagree. It was a good move, and it ended up being a pretty good kick, too.

I'm sure Brady punted on 3rd down before, forget when, 2 seasons ago or something?

U was one of the first to lie.....

In their post-game interviews BB and Brady were saying it was like 7 years ago.

They also said they were considering it when they were on their goal line and it was like 2nd and 12. If it had been 3rd and 12, they probably would've done it there, but they converted on a pass -- sideline to Branch IIRC.

The fact that it worked so well gave the whole thing a very Bradyish feel. Cassel couldn't have pulled that off so smoothly.

Pats will not win. Sorry CP'ers.

Brady can't miss, no matter what he does. He signed a sweet deal for his soul. Live it up while you can, Tommy.

a giants / pats rematch would be a good game.

I-I-I-I am the magnifi-ci-fi-cent.

If injuries are such mammoth concern, why have Brady do a quick punt? In fact, why have Brady in AT ALL with the lopsided score? Would I be wrong in thinking that the punter or backup QB is more important than Brady? And what's wrong with doing a "normal" punt on 3rd down? If the quick punt was on 4th down, then I can somewhat understand catching Denver off guard there a lot more rather than it being 3rd down (remember though, it's 45 to ****ing 10 with 3 min. left.).

You can sit here and argue it all night, but I see it as a dick move and (surprise, surprise) Patsie fans are going to defend it fervently and come off as if I walked up, spit in your face and punched your kid in the side of the head. Belichick's an asshole, this is common knowledge.

I'm hoping for a Patriots vs. Packers Super Bowl. Epic.

Um, punting on 3rd down (without the punter on the field) IS designed to catch them off guard and prevent a return. WTF are you talking about?

In a 45-10 game though? Is it really necessary?

...wait, don't answer that. It's the NFL. I know. And this is where opinions normally differ on what's considered "fair game" with this being the highest professional league of football, if you don't like it...then stop it.

Their third score wasn't "necessary." Why should they be shackled by what's "necessary"?

What exactly do you want them to do? I'm confused. They're giving the other team the ball on 3rd down. If that's not fair play, I don't know what is. Should they have started taking knees with 3 minutes left? Run the ball one useless time? Throw it?

I don't understand how anyone can have a problem with that.

The only Donk fan with enough stones to show up on Pats planet had this to say

Congrats to the Pats

Broncos fans weren't under any illusions that we might have the better team. We did think we had a chance to win this game, but knew that every bounce would have to go our way. Even then, it wouldn't have mattered. The Pats destroyed the Broncos on both sides of the LOS. That was a dominating performance.

You'll hear some complaints about BB running up the score by running a no huddle late in the game and passing into the 4th. I have no problems with the way he ran the game. He took his foot off of the pedal late, and showed a ton of class with the pooch punt in the 4th.

The AFC championship game should be a lot of fun to watch. I'm betting on Baltimore being the team you meet.
http://www.patriotsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=63103

I think Brady wanted that TD record. And I'd have let him have it. No other reason to keep him in the game.

Ya know what? DONT PISS ON MY PARADE ! Its ****ing football! You dont want the GOD DAM SCORE RAN UP YOUR ASS! THEN ****ING STOP IT! & ITS THE DONKS! Are you ****ing kidding me?

GL next week. Nice win against a no QB team. Now what.

All the other stuff, too...but mostly that.

Nice and true....

LMAO
Congrats on your season.

LMAO

Well, I did preface this all with "It's the Donks so I don't care THAT much..."

Thank god. Tejesus could not have end any better :thumb:

If a team is caught off guard when the opposition punts on 4th down, thats a serious problem....

LMAO

I'm pretty sure they would bitch if they ran up the score as well...

Wow patriots finally won a playoff game. Good for them now gtfo

If I were Belichick, I'd have let Brady get that record all to himself. Just sayin'.

LMAO

Yes yes it is....

Typical Chiefs fan -- so used to losing, he hates success when he sees it...

;)

Yup, I would have as well.

I'm all for watching the Broncowards get there asses kicked liked that and in the playoffs with millions of people watching, however I have a concern now and hope it doesn't give Horseface the excuse to trade up in the draft and snag there next QBotf. They would trade up just in front of us too. Them bastards!

Not expecting a victory? Were you expecting an ass kicking? Best thing about Denver's season is that Tebow will be their QB for the long term. Lots of bottom of the barrel QBR performances and option football in their future. The Donkey fans who pushed Tebow and started Tebow Mania will get what they deserve

I thought it was 3rd down. Oh well, I loathe Brady but I think it was lame he didn't get the record. Not sure how many opportunities he or anyone else will have. Seems like it takes playing a totally shit opponent or the AFC West.

Because it is one step closer to proving that you can't win without a legit starting QB (not Matt Cassel).

You missed this:

I actually thought Tebow didn't play that horribly last night. He certainly wasn't very good, but it's not like he had a lot of time. The Broncos' O-line made the Patriots defense look like the '85 Bears. He barely had time to go back to pass, never mind get one off. He has only one legitimate receiving threat on that team, and they couldn't even manage to let him heave one deep ball towards those supposedly-horrific Patriot cornerbacks.

Besides, Tebow doesn't play defense, and the Broncos D also forgot to board the plane apparently. Brady could've gotten a handjob from Gisele with the time he had in the pocket, and they couldn't cover Mongo at TE even though everyone knew that's where the ball was going.

If forced to list the order of Fail for Denver, I'd put it:

1.) Defense
2.) O-line
3.) coaching
4.) Tebow

I totally agree he had little time and it would have mattered little who was playing QB. The Patriots brought it hard last night. That said the only pass this guy can throw consistently is rolling out left with an inside slant pattern bringing the target in the direction of his right shoulder.
He was still erratic and bouncing balls off the ground, over throwing and under throwing. As has been said by many if he continues to run he is going to get got. He was popped pretty good a couple times last night. How anyone can watch a 2nd year QB with this many flaws and take him serious is beyond me~

Shocked that SlowMo hasn't showed up to take his medicine, shocked I tell ya.

Regarding the O-line - the Patriots brought it and defended the college style offense like it's supposed to be defended. They did not buy any fakes and covered options and exposed the hazards of running that type an offense in the NFL. The Broncos are out of options when they can't effectively run the football. It gets even worse for them if they fall behind big early. They did. Game over.

Exactly. All of Denver's problems offensively start with the goober behind center. He's the reason they run the offense they do and the reason they are screwed by playing that offense. Like I said all week, Belichick adjusted the first game after the first quarter and it was game over then. Give him another look and a one dimensional offense has no chance. Thier defense feasted on the weak, but when tested by quality opponents (that weren't gimpy) the games were over by halftime. Hell, I put my posting here forever on the line against nothing just for fun because I was so sure of it.

He was laid out on more than a few occasions. Ty Warren (I think) got his ass good, I laughed.

Well got the Niners game right (by the skin of my teeth), and the Patriots (unfortunately). Not being a Broncos fan, I have to say, despite it's overwhelming performance by the Pats Offense. At the same time, Classless, to run a score up closing out the first half when up by 4 TD's. Thought I'd seen it all, but professional courtesy goes out the window in this, today's NFL. Stay Classy New England.

There was nothing wrong with what New England did last night. I bet the Houston Oilers back in the day wished they'd have piled on a few more TD's against the Bills in that epic playoff game.

It's the playoffs, anything can happen, and there was a lot of time left on the clock for a comeback. New England could have scored 60 last night. They did let up on the gas until the end of the third quarter, which seems perfectly fine to me. Score was only 35-10 at the half....and a team could easily get four TD's in a half to come back. New England only scored 10 points in the second half. I have no love for the Pats, but I don't really think anyone can accuse them of running up the score in this instance.

Why so much crying over the ****in punt. This is football, not mr rogers neighborhood.

Wrong!
Mr. Rogers is the NFLs Official Goodboy after showing up that Tyrant Brett.

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Tom Brady, dare I say this out loud. Could have sat after the half if at least the third quarter. Brady left a game in the Third Quarter with 11 mins left after throwing 6TD's and 360yds ( Oct 18 2009 vs. Titans). And the score 45 to nothing. Just saying. F@$K Tom Brady and "The Hoody."

Why do people cry about scores being driven up? JFC these guys are professionals not grid kids. When the Chiefs are being raped I'm more pissed at KC then the ones doing the raping.

They got punked bad. Natural reaction of the punkee is to paint the punker as as some kinda scumbag MFer with low morals. Mange reaction to the punt is "Chicken**** dirty play. I wish someone would have torpedoed right into him after that." Mange reaction to Von Miller going apeshit is "Connolly must have said something to Miller and then turned his back." Football fans are human, too...

Once you sit Brady, he is not going back in. You are comparing Regular season to the playoffs. If you can't understand that the stakes in the playoffs are significantly higher than a Sunday in October, I can't help you. You are letting your hatred of Brady cloud any football intelligence you may have.

Complete control of game at that point. There are no rules as regards if a QB can come back in or not. NFL Playoff games or Regular season, you only get "props" for running college game scores up, Professional courtesy.
Even Mike Ditka in 86 when the Bears were thumping the Cowboys 44-0, asked Ryan to "call off the dogs". Ditka had respect and professional decorum towards fellow coach Landry.

Again..you site a REGULAR season game. I gurantee you Ditka calls off no dogs in the playoffs.

And it is just common sense. Why take Brady out if there is any chance you will need to put him back in? If there is a chance that Denver is going to make a comeback, then you want Brady on the field.

Many NFL games are dependent on momentum...what kind of momentum would the Broncos had gotten had they seen Brady on the bench at the end of the first half? They would believe they would have chance? And what a let down on the Pats side? If BB had pulled Brady and the Broncos made a Buffalo Bills comeback...fans would be screaming for BB's head and justifiability so. Your point screams football ignorance.

The men on the field are professionals. They get paid to play. As many on this board have stated many times...if you don't want the other team to score, play some defense and stop them.

So, let me get this straight: up 28-7 before the half, New England was supposed to assume the game was over and not attempt to score for the few minutes before halftime as well as the entire second half.

In a world of stupid douchebags, you are King Stupid ****ing Douchebag.

Just in case you missed it Friend!!!!
Ya know what? DONT PISS ON MY PARADE ! Its ****ing football! You dont want the GOD DAM SCORE RAN UP YOUR ASS! THEN ****ING STOP IT! & ITS THE DONKS! Are you ****ing kidding me?

True story ^

Apparently he's unaware of Buffalo coming back from a 35-3 deficit in the playoffs in the early 90's. The Patriots should have been more responsible and tried to keep the game close to avoid hurting anyone's feelings and to give the Broncos a chance of coming back in the 4th quarter.

You must have missed the Houston vs Buffalo playoff game when the Oilers were being "classless" being up 38-3 in the second half and LOST...

There is no mercy rule, Denver's defense should have played better.

How come nobody ever accused the Colts of running up the score when they beat similarly beat the shit out of the Broncos in 2004? Or when the Packers do it. Or the Saints when they beat the Colts this year 62-7. For some reason only the Patriots are supposed to call off the dogs.

I don't want to read the entire thread, but is someone seriously suggesting the Pats should have sit Brady in the second half? You've got to be kidding me.

Glad to see Tebag and the Donks crucified and exposed as the frauds they are.

Stay down bitches.

He's actually saying that the Pats should have stopped running up the score in the first half.

JFC

And **** you and all the other soccer-mom pussies who think everyone in professional sports deserves a Loser's Trophy and pizza after the game. This isn't six-year-olds playing Little League baseball. These are professional grown men. If you don't want to get your ass kicked... stop them from scoring.

Waaaaa Waaaaaaa they ran the score up Waaaaaaaaaaa! ****ing soft ass pussy mother****ers.Drink aids like right ****ing now!!!!

Mike Ditka had a lot of respect for Landry, and it had nothing to do with the fact that they were both NFL head coaches.

Cardken. You are obviously one of Goodells red headed kids from Cadiz, Kentucky

45-0 that ain't shit....


Before 36,034 stunned fans at Washington's Griffith Stadium on December 8, 1940 at the 1940 NFL Championship Game, the Chicago Bears played near-perfect football to defeat the Washington Redskins 73-0 for the league title.

Yes, 73-0.

Ten Chicago players combined to score 11 total touchdowns. The Bears rushed for 381 yards and completed seven of 10 passes for 138 yards.

On defense, the "Monsters of the Midway" played just as effectively, allowing only 22 rushing yards and intercepting eight passes, including three third-quarter touchdown returns.

The 73-point margin was, and still is, the largest margin of victory of any game in NFL history.

"That game never should have happened that way and it probably never will happen that way again," said Redskins quarterback SAMMY BAUGH. "You don't see but one game like that in a lifetime."

"It would be like winning the World Series with four no-hitters," said Bears quarterback SID LUCKMAN of the Bears' flawless performance.

When asked what the score would have been had one of his teammates not dropped a sure touchdown pass early in the game, Baugh replied, "Seventy-three to seven."

After a November loss to the Redskins, Bears owner and coach GEORGE HALAS had brought in Stanford coach CLARK SHAUGHNESSY to help his team perfect the T-formation. It was the birth of the modern-T.

"That day in football was like going from the Ford Model T to the super deluxe Rolls-Royce," said Luckman of the Bears' new offensive system. "Our biggest fear was we were over-prepared. On the train, the boys would play bridge or cards and joke and laugh. This time, you could have heard a pin drop. We were studying our playbooks."

The studying paid off.

On the second play of the game, Chicago running back BILL OSMANSKI took a handoff from Luckman and sped around left end toward the sideline where teammate GEORGE WILSON threw a block, knocking down not one, but two Washington defenders. Osmanski raced to a 68-yard touchdown and gave Chicago a 7-0 lead. The perfectly executed run and block typified the day that lay ahead for both clubs.

The game was also the first in NFL history to be broadcast on network radio. The Mutual Broadcasting System paid $2,500 for the rights to send the game to over 120 stations across the country. Legendary broadcaster RED BARBER was at the microphone.

Not sure what you wanted them to do.

Doesn't really matter -- haters are gonna hate. Go ahead and hate away if you like. I couldn't care less.

Classless to score in the FIRST HALF?!?

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