Classless Coach Belichick

[SC Skins Fan]

Originally Posted by canthetuna

you know, though guys... we did score like 52 points on a pathetic 49er team a couple of years ago. I don't think we went for it on fourth in the redzone ahead by forty, nor would we have, but we buried that team and scored in the fourth quarter there as well...

I know you weren't making a direct comparison, but I'm glad you brought up that game because I had wanted to previously. It actually is a PERFECT example of sportsmanship and how you can score 52 points and do it with CLASS. Go look at the play-by-play of that game. The Redskins did score 17 points in the second half (you might say they ONLY scored 17 in the second half when they could have scored a lot more). But they attempted only 5 passes in the second half. They got a turnover and started with the ball on the SF 3 yard line in the third quarter and scored, they started at mid-field with 8:55 to go in the 3rd quarter and scored a field goal, BUT they ran the ball SEVEN of nine plays on that drive, they also DID NOT attempt to go for it on fourth and 3 from the SF 9 yard line (sound like a familiar situation?). They then scored again on a drive that started at the WAS 49 with 13:02 to go in the 4th, BUT they did so by running the ball six straight times with LADELL BETTS AND ROCK CARTWRIGHT because Clinton Portis and Brunell were out of the game. When they got the ball with 2:00 minutes to go in the fourth quarter Patrick Ramsey kneeled the ball three times and ended the game.

For all of those who didn't understand what was wrong with the Patriots going for it on 4th or running up the score and were anxious to understand why everyone was mad; for all of those who wanted to know "where is the line" and say we should "stop whining," take a look at the Skins-Niners game from 2005. That is how you win with class, that is sportsmanship, that is how you respect the game of football. Had the Patriots done what the Skins had in 2005 but still scored no one would have a problem here. If you still can't figure it out then I can't help you.

NFL Game Center: Play-by-Play - San Francisco 49ers at Washington Redskins - 2005 7