OT: 08 Super Bowl

[oakland]

This is just to see what everyones thoughts on last nights game are. I know both JP and myself are struggling making it through today, based on last nights performance. Just wanted to see what everyone else thought, key plays, non-calls, calls, etc. Not trying to make excuses or anything as nothing is going to change the outcome of the game, but what might have made a difference if this or that may have been different. So feel free to speak your mind but please keep it to more then juvenile jabs.

[oakland]

Just a few quick things i had a problem with in the game:

The fumble that Pierre Woods recovered should have gone to the Patriots, based soley on the fact that when he landed on the ball and Bradshaw hit him when he was down the play should have been blown dead and not pet continue on so that Bradshaw could turn Woods over and then strip the ball from him.

Secondly what the hell was Bill thinking when its 4th and 13 and not kicking a field goal? Ghost isn't that bad of a kicker.

Who do you guys see retiring from the team or leaving this offseason?

What will happen to the Patriots next year? Do they fall into a whole like most of the past SB losers or do they rebound and make it back?

[yankees]

Couple of quick notes about the last quarter:

Blitzing a saftey in the red zone and leaving Hobbs 1on1 with Plax is NOT a play that should have been called. Plax has a huge height advantage, not mention Hobbs isn't anywhere near "shutdown".

Patriots had the ball with 28 seconds to go AND with 3 timeouts. Why not try and advance the ball in field goal range and let Gostowski decide the ending? I love Brady and Moss as much as anyone, but why chuck it deep on 3 plays?

O-Line. I don't have much to say here. They were great for 18 games. Too bad the one game they decided to have a bad one was in the Superbowl.

CATCH THE DAM BALL ASANTE. IT HIT YOU IN THE f**kIN HANDS.

Seau and Bruschi (maybe) I think call it a career.

[cardinals]

They did try to advance the ball, but you have to figure each play takes about 6-7 seconds no matter what. You're at the what, 26? You can't do 5-10 yard passes. The first pass was to Gaffney was i'd say 20 yards downfield. Then the sack, then it's 3rd and 20 and you're forced to throw hail mary's.

Asante wasn't the only one to drop an INT. Meriweather had it off his finger tips and Harrison should NEVER have allowed Tyree to catch that ball.

4th and 13- I don't blame belichick for going for it. If Gostowski misses, then the Giants have the ball on what, the 40 basically? And he had just shanked the kickoff.

[Mets GM]

Belichick's arrogance caught up with him.

[cardinals]

what are you talking about? it's faith in his offense over his scrub kicker. if vinatieri were still a patriot, they'd have gone for a field goal.

if anything, he wasn't arrogant enough. he should have gone for it on 4th and 1 earlier in the game following the manning interception. if they convert, drive down the field and score either a fg or td, the game is over.

[Mets GM]

a lot of if's don't equal a W.

Sending a safety blitz on the final TD play is what cost them the game.

Running the score up during the season like it was a college football game is what I was talking about.

Karma is a bytch.

[TwinsGM]

oakland said:

The fumble that Pierre Woods recovered should have gone to the Patriots, based soley on the fact that when he landed on the ball and Bradshaw hit him when he was down the play should have been blown dead and not pet continue on so that Bradshaw could turn Woods over and then strip the ball from him.

Hey never actually had control of the ball it just landed under neath him, his arms were never wrapped around it. It was just more in his stomach

[cardinals]

he blitzed on the last play, yup. any sack vs manning on that last drive would equal game over. i don't blame him for blitzing.