No Such Thing

STFU & PLAY D K THX

It appears there are some concerns that Tom Brady and Bill Belichick and the Patriots ran up the score at the end of this past game, let the record show that with 11:02 to go in the fourth quarter and up five touchdowns plus at least one two point conversion Tom Brady ran a quarterback sneak on 4th and one, they got it and then two plays later scored on a Wes Welker TD reception.

Randall Godfrey was the one that started it after the game, Joe Gibbs and Bill Belichick had a perfunctory shake after the game then I read about it here, here, here all sourced from here:

"I said something to (Belichick) after the game," Godfrey said to NBCSports.com. "I told him, 'You need to show some respect for the game.' You just don't do that. I don't care how bad it is. You're up 35 points and you're still throwing deep? That's no respect."

Randall is standing up for his team but even he knows there is no such thing in the NFL. The Patriots are playing hardball, they need to be ready for anything to get to a Super Bowl and if the Redskins don't want anybody to run up 38-0 lead on them they need to figure out a way to score and to stop the other team from same.

Today on Sirius NFL Radio The Afternoon Blitz with Adam Schein and Solomon Wilcots Solly made the same point, that some coaches tell players to ignore the scoreboard and even to forget the last play, focus on executing the one in front of you.

That goes for defense as well which was really the problem for the Redskins, as hard as the Patriots were going on offense Mike Vrabel, Ty Warren and Asante Samuel (probly extra pissed that one of the teams that did not give Asante Samuels a 20 million dollar free agent contract was the Redskins) were going as hard on defense. Bill Belichick correctly identified the Redskins problem and exploited it.

That problem being with a right handed quarterback playing behind a line with replacements on the right that if you can apply pressure from the right it will force the quarterback into a hot route. That's Jason's favored side so if the Patriots are playing Santana tight at the line as Asante was you can force the QB to throw to his worst option.

Jon Jansen is gone this season and Randy Thomas won't be back for at least seven games, Casey Rabach aka Casey Nutsach just missed a game and Todd Wade went out against Green Bay but had to come back when his replacement rookie Stephon Heyer went out.

If the offensive line does not get any better the team will not get better. Don't blame the Patriots. None of this means Bill Belichick is not an asshole.

Tuesday Update: Jason La Canfora agrees.

Waahmbulance from here.