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Originally Posted by Beemnseven
Wow. So many different ways to go here...
First, I disagree with your premise that Bill Belichick ran up the score. He didn't. He sent his backup quarterback out there when the game was well in hand, and Cassel still scored a touchdown. So it really wasn't Bill Belichick. It was Matt Cassel doing what he's supposed to do.
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I really don't think anyone is saying that Matt Cassel scoring is running up the score. However, keeping Tom Brady, the clear cut league MVP to date, in late in the 4th quarter of a (at that point) 38-0 game and having him go for it on 4th down when they could have easily just kicked a field goal is running up the score.
Sure, the backup should try to score so they can prove what they're capable of, but Brady doesn't need to prove shit.
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What purpose did he serve? Well, let's see... as a head coach, his job is to lead the team to victory. Not to show "humility" as some have argued. And you call it "needless". Didn't the Detroit Lions just set an NFL record by scoring 34 points in the fourth quarter this year against the Bears?
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You're right, a comeback is a concern. But, prior to them going for it on 4th we had fumbled the ball in three straight possessions. Also, they were averaging something like 7 yards a carry and there were only like 8 minutes left in the game so they could have easily run the clock out.
Also, if we did show some signs of life they could have just put brady back in like they did in Miami.
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A player "risks injury" each time he steps foot on the field, no matter what the score is.
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Was it worth the injury risk to have Brady in there with a 38-0 lead in the 4th quarter?
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A football game is 60 minutes long. Nowhere is it written that you're supposed to stop scoring ( you call that 'running up the score' ) after a team is ahead by a certain number of points or after you're at a certain point in the game.
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Like we've been saying, it's one of those unwritten rules that we really should have enforced late in he game with a huge blind side hit to brady after he threw that his meaningless last touchdown. Too bad we didn't.