I’m sure most of you saw the Sunday night football game with the undefeated Indianapolis Colts versus the New England Patriots… Well those who saw the game know that The Pats coach Bill Belichick made a gusty call with the game on the line, with the lead might I add, to go for a forth down conversion in their own territory. Lord and behold, the Pats come just shy of getting that crucial forth down, gave the ball up in their territory and watch the Colts march down on the short field, scoring the winning touchdown on a short pass from Payton Manning to Reggie Wayne with 10 seconds left. Many are saying that Coach Bill made the mistake of not punting the ball and giving the colts a long field giving them a more difficult time to aspire to win the game. Did Belichick, who is known for out coaching, out smarting, out working opposing team strategies and cut off hoodies, make a mistake by putting the game in Tom “terrific’s” hands?? I’m not sure, I’m still debating about this one because we all know that had they converted, they would have won and everyone today would be saying how smart Bill was for going for it. You can’t win em all and just to prove my point, back in 06, the Pats were faced with the same situation against the same Payton Manning’s  Colts, that time Bill chose to punt the ball… Payton got the ball with less then 2 minutes left to the game, drove 80 yards inside that time limit and won the game. Maybe Bill had that in the back of his mind…

***Sidebar: We are all talking about whether Belichick made the wrong call but really we need to be paying more attention to the Colts defence, the last two plays were made by Undrafted rookies playing in a big time moments against arguably the leagues most prolific offence! The Colts “D” that has been criticized for years has stepped up in the crunch! So Did Bill make the wrong call or did the Colts defence step up to the plate… Let me know what you think.