Goats of Super Bowl XLII
QB Tom Brady, New England Patriots
After all the records and all the wins, Tom Brady and the Patriots couldn’t finish off their run. 18-1 is usually a good season, but not when the one loss comes in the Super Bowl. In Brady’s defense, he was rushed and harassed all night and couldn’t get into any sort of rhythm. He finished 29-for-48 with 266 yards and one touchdown. Good numbers but not the numbers you’d hope for coming into the game if you were a Patriots fan.
Brady last week scoffing at the idea the Pats might only score 17 …
RB Laurence Maroney, New England Patriots
He scored the opening touchdown for the Patriots but after that, Laurence Maroney was nowhere to be found for New England. He had only 36 yards on 14 carries for a pitiful 2.6 yards per rush. Maroney was playing great in the playoffs until he fell flat on his face in the Super Bowl.
WR Randy Moss, New England Patriots
After a great regular season, Randy Moss only had seven catches in the playoffs. While five of those catches came in the Super Bowl, Moss just wasn’t dominant enough from the beginning. Most of his damage came when the Patriots were in trouble. If he could have came out smoking, New England could have put the Giants away early.
Head Coach Bill Belichick
Never known as a good sport, Patriots head coach Bill Belichick left the field with (a tiny amount of) time still on the clock. That should make Belichick the goat of all goats. How can you leave your team to run and hide? That was an embarrassing move by Belichick. Equally embarrassing was when he went for it on 4th down and a mile when he was in field goal range. Belichick got outcoached in the biggest game of his career … and couldn’t stick around to see the end. Some people will defend him and say that he didn’t know there was time left. Sure.
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