Sunday, November 18, 2007

Awaiting football justice


As I watch the New England Patriots go for it on 4th-and-1... with a 32-point lead... in the 4th quarter... I am starting to wonder about Bill Belichick. He's an enigma. We know he's a football genius, we know he cheats, and we know his son is a criminal. But I'm starting to suspect he's insane: He's having his star quarterback, who's kind of a prettyboy to start with, drop back into the pocket when the game is long over. He's having his star receiver (Moss), who's already had two seasons shortened by injuries with two different teams, run routes across the middle when the team has a 40-point lead.

I have news for Mr. Belichick: Not every coach is a gentleman like Joe Gibbs or DIck Jauron. If Belichick demonstrates his lack of class against, say, Pittsburgh, Mike Tomlin will send 11 men on a blitz, have two of them do it offsides, and take out Billy's golden boy. This is, after all, the team that made Kimo von Oelhoffen a hero for deliberately taking out Cincinnati's Chris Palmer in a deliberate, post-play, attack-the-knee, cheapest of cheap shots.

Oh, and as long as we're at it, WTF is with the field at Gillette Stadium? Their artificial turf always looks like a wet parking lot during night games. Why any team with an outdoor stadium would chose artificial turf for a football stadium is a mystery to me anyway, but you'd think that for $325M, they could put together a field that isn't shamed by the local high schools.

We'll see how this goes. The 72 Dolphins were an amazingly talented team, led by one of the greatest coaches in history. It would be a shame if their perfect record was eclipsed by this crew of no-class cheaters.

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