…the above sequence might well have rendered Reggie Bush as popular as Michael Brown. Congrats to the Saints on advancing to their first NFC Championship game in franchise history.
(the correct playoff formula for Indy : more historic clutchiness from Adam Vinatieri, less liquored up idiocy from what’s-his-name)
Similar good tidings go out the Indianapolis…well….just the team from Indianpolis. They wouldn’t call them much else in Baltimore today, but however you wish to dub Tony Dungy’s crew, their ability to stifle the Ravens’ running attack (much like the way they rattled LJ a week ago) was nothing short of stunning given their lapses during the regular season. Despite Peyton tossing 5 INT’s the past two weeks, Indy will play the winner of tomorrow’s Pats/Bolts game to determine who represents the AFC in Super Bowl XLI.
Rex Grossman was just on the phone —- he’s not sure how much longer the Colts can continue to carry Peyton.
I blame Drew Brees 100% for that pitch. He had a great game vertically but did a very bad job of getting the ball to Bush quickly and just threw that toss away. Reggie needs to be in motion when he gets the ball but Brees seems to soft toss pitches and swing outs, leaving Bush to get nailed at the line and find his own holes.
I would say that when a team is nursing a lead and moving downfield to finish a game off, one should play it a bit more safely and not call a play like that. Of course, there was no harm done as one of the NFLs worst crunch-time gameday coaches (Andy Reid) ensured that the Eagles wouldnt steal a victory by deciding that there was a better chance of the Eagles exhausted D holding NO to a 3 and out and getting one last shot than of the Birds converting a 4th & 15 play. Reid is getting reamed for this decision, however, in the end, the Eagles were beaten by a better team with a bye week who were playing in their own house…. In a related God Hates Philly note: The Eagles, Sixers, Flyers, Wings (lacrosse), Villanova, LaSalle, St Joes , Temple and Drexel (basketball) all went down to defeat on Saturday, with
the Penn Quakers hoops squad being the only team that actually managed to win their game.
Charles,
it looked to me like Reggie took his eye off the ball briefly. But granted, the pitch was a little high.
Chuck, why ruin my day by reminding me that Penn beat both of my alma maters over the weekend? I prefer to focus on both teams winning over Princeton.
Gerard, maybe so. I was too busy sweating bullets to want to watch the play like the Zapruder film (though the pitch was back and to the left). I do know that Brees almost got Bush killed early in the game and was so slow to get the ball to him on a draw that the look on Bush’s face was damn close to mine as I was yelling at my TV set, according to the rest of the people watching in my living room.