Different variables that Belichick may have thought of, but decided against.

The reality is, had he used our variables, he would be preparing for another Super Bowl today.

1st you didn't know the Pats did scored in the 1st quarter.Then you spell Denver and Belichick wrong...tell us more professor

This post is awesome. Seacrest doesn't know what a variable is.

I don't have strong feelings on what he should have done, but making this statement with absolute certainty is incorrect. We have no idea what would have transpired if New England would have kicked the field goal. The Broncos may have ended up winning by three scores. There's no way to tell what "would have" happened.

The victims are the American People and the Republic itself.

So much for the math I guess.

The victims are the American People and the Republic itself.

Different variables that Belichick may have thought of, but decided against.

The reality is, had he used our variables, he would be preparing for another Super Bowl today.

Dinver is a Simms joke you idiot.

Actually we do know that after that play, the pats did drive into field goal range again. And also scored another touchdown.

I'm a big dumb shitlib baby

Actually we do know that after that play, the pats did drive into field goal range again. And also scored another touchdown.

So you can say with 100% certainty that that sequence of events would have been identical if the Pats had kicked a field goal?

It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

So you can say with 100% certainty that that sequence of events would have been identical if the Pats had kicked a field goal?

The victims are the American People and the Republic itself.

Defense is definitely a variable in a football game.

Not knowing the Pats scored a TD and spelling Belichick wrong....that was a joke too

30-24 Pats

So you can say with 100% certainty that that sequence of events would have been identical if the Pats had kicked a field goal?

He can say with absolute certainty what God thinks is a sin. How do you think he's going to answer this question?

Both of Brady's interceptions were HORRIBLE throws that were pretty close to unforced.

The victims are the American People and the Republic itself.

McCarthy obsession is bizarre.

It's not an obsession at all. Seacrest defended McCarthy at length last year and said the Packers' loss was more the fault of Bostick and Burnett, players who screwed up on single plays (and in fact that McCarthy's strategy was the correct one). Now he wants to turn around and say the result of this game is on the coach for his decisionmaking, and not, say, the fault of the kicker who screwed up on a single play.

The victims are the American People and the Republic itself.

Big difference in the scenarios.

Belichick was OUTCOACHED yesterday long before he made that bad decision.

Okay great. You apparently didn't mention the other stuff for the last few pages as you argued that it was those decisions specifically which cost New England the game.

The victims are the American People and the Republic itself.

The percentages either favor going for it or kicking. It's not a debate.

Someone post the truth.

The percentages either favor going for it or kicking. It's not a debate.

Someone post the truth.

Aaron Schatz: I also want to dispute the idea that the Patriots would have just won the game if they had kicked field goals each of the first two times they got into the red zone, and then on that last drive, rather than continually having to go for it on fourth down. That assumes two things. First, it assumes all three field goals would have been good. Even if we say, OK, those are all field goals in the mid-30s, that's about 90 percent chance for each -- that means there's a 27 percent chance one of them misses. There's also the issue of the field position after each field goal. Instead of Denver getting the ball on the 16 and then the 14, they would have received a kickoff, which likely means either the 20 or, if they are able to return the ball, past the 20. That in turn changes field position for the Patriots the next time they get the ball back, making those drives longer. And the kickoffs would have taken an additional 10 to 15 seconds off the clock, leaving less time for the Patriots on the last drive and possibly changing the meaning of the two-minute warning and what Denver would have done on its last offensive drive.


Andrew Potter: Yes, it's football's own Chaos Theory. You can't assume the rest of the game would have played out the same if you changed even one of those fourth downs for a field goal.

Seems pretty clear cut. By the numbers, going for it was the right call.

The victims are the American People and the Republic itself.

This is pretty clear cut.

Had he kicked the field goal, he would be game prepping for the Super Bowl.

The victims are the American People and the Republic itself.

It was not a higher percentage choice if you wanted to win the game though. That's my point.