AITOOW thought the Giants were out coached last night? They had a TO left and didn't call it to settle down/instruct the D on the last two plays. They (apparently) didn't tell Bradshaw not to score as the announcers presumed they did. They called passing plays after they crossed the 40 several times when the Pats D was gassed and couldn't stop the run. That led to FG's instead of TD's and gave Brady more clock. They didn't go to the more effective 3 receiver sets until after they were left with 1 TE and were forced to. They really never stopped the run or intermediate passing plays which any moron new was their weakness. They ran too many long routes against deep safeties. They didn't nag on the officials for illegal pick plays by the NE receivers. They let the DE's continue to over pursue. They let lame LB's cover the more athletic TE's. If not for another miraculous catch (which was a senseless heave from deep in your own end on first down), a dropped pass, and a fortunate 12 men on the field penalty that took ten secs off the clock and a few other breaks they would have lost. The coaches turned what should have been a blow out into a nail biter. They are lucky they had more, better players to cover for their ineptitude at game planning or adjusting. HOF for Coughlin? Better chance he will be fired in two years.
I also wonder if anyone else heard Al Micheals use the wrong verb a couple of times and Collinsworth missing about a dozen chances to explain strategy while restating the obvious more than once (very Danielsonesque). Is the play by play transmitted to from these guys to foreign countries? If so they did a poor job of explaining the rules to the uninitiated. Finally, yet another halftime controversy involving a white person. Oh wait. not a white person. Nice attempt to prolong your 15 minutes - one hit wonder.
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