A rather unique set of circumstances this week, thanks to the tremendous string of comments arising from the issue of whether Bill Belichick ran up the score on Joe Gibbs last Sunday:
First, NKR says: "Maybe Boston shouldn't have run up the score in Game 1 of the World Series? Come on. This is football. NFL football. Not a namby pamby politically correct pick-up game. Humiliate the suckers if you can. And humiliate them the next time, too."
And Black & Gold comes right back with: "NKR, this isn't college football, there's absolutely no BCS poll to impress. At this point of the season the Pats aren't worried about 'tiebreakers'. Running up the score that late in the game is NOT in the best interests of the Pats!
Imagine it's December, you're Joey Porter. The last time the two teams met the Pats took pleasure in embarrassing you, now it's 52-0 and Brady drops back to pass, his arm up, exposing his ribs... you have a clean shot... a split second to make a decision, hit him waist high and get the sack, or hit him helmet to ribs and get some satisfaction?
Your comment is appropriate when you're talking about players on the teams the Pats beat doing the complaining... there's no excuse for that. Just stop the Pats if you don't want them to run up the score.But if we're talking about Belicheats legacy, 'piling on' doesn't enhance it, it tarnishes it."
And, finally, from Lance commenting on our power rankings: "Can someone put my Broncos out of their misery? Three yards away and Cutler and Shanny fail to go for the jugular.
The reason there was one-on-one coverage for that last Farve bomb was because the safety was playing up to stop the friggin' run, against a team that has no running game, no less!
At least I have my Rockies. Oh wait, yeah..."