Letters to the Editor
Gwool
Published Letters: 353 Editor's Choice: 40
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Running up the score or turning it over on downs?
[Read the article: King Kaufman's Sports Daily]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The whining about running up the score seems more than a little curious. Kicking a field goal in close is usually automatic versus going for it on short yardage situations. Even the best teams have about a 40% 4th down conversion percentage. If it were higher than more teams would take the risk, right?
Late in the game I recall the Patriots punted from about the Bills 35 rather than take a shot at a 45 yard field goal.
As to the question about why folks don't jam the receivers at the line like the Patriots did against the Colts receivers a few years ago? Indy whined so badly about that after the season that the NFL made a rule change specifically to address it.
I think the more folks complain about cheating the more the Patriots will seek to maintain a huge margin of victory to show that no matter the alleged "edge," it would not have made a bit of difference.
They're good. Period. Anyone who knows a whit about football can see that. Personally I love watching Welker moreso than Moss. Moss is a freak of nature, whereas Welker is a gritty, somewhat undersized player who can go over the middle (where Moss can develop a pair of alligator arms), block, tackle, return punts, and go on a deep route every once in a while.
Moss makes the highlight film and makes everyone better by drawing double teams. You don't give him a compliment to keep defenses honest and he'll be pummeled and wind up in a funk as he did in Oakland. A kid like Welker will fight his way through just about anything and not give up.