That's what the annoucers said at the beginning of the game and they noted that he wasn't wearing a headset. BUT during the last two drives he had the headset on and so I assume he was providing invaluable insight into play selection.
I'm sure his thought process went like..."Should I give the ball to LT? No if I do that and they stop him then folks will accuse me of being too conservative. Plus the Patriots probably are expecting it. So what I'll do is go away from the best player in the league and let my first year QB try to win it instead. Yeah, that's the ticket."
Shades of Mike Martz going away from Marshall Faulk in the Super Bowl.
That's the exact same thing I thought. And I garauntee you Shothimselfinthefootagainhiemer did not have control of those thugasses he has on his team. Everyone, except LT of course, dispite his classless, clueless remarks I give him a pass because he is one of the Classiest players in the NFL, I'd be pissed if I lost like that too angainst a team where there was no question who should have won the game! The SD OC should have given LT the ball at least 20 more times the way he was running the ball. SD would have cleaned the PATS clocks had SD just given LT the ball. However, you're going up against Brady and Belichick now 12-1 in the playoffs, Hey do you see this 12-1 nobody even comes close to that record, EVER!!
Let's face it the Pats played awful. They should have gotten beaten badly. There is no question SD was the better team all around, but the system belichick has created gives his team the best chance to win games. Belichick knows exactly what he is doing and eventhough he knows his teams weakness, he still manages to overcome other teams strengths.
NEVER, EVER, bet against the Pats, the odds will never be in your favor if you do.
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