Hostile;4337000 said:
So last night, with the game well in hand, Sean Payton kept having Drew Brees throw the ball. He clearly wanted him to get the record. He didn't try to run out the clock and preserve the win. He ran up the score.
Had it been Garrett and Romo there'd be 10 threads about it by now.
I thought that going for the record was fine, as it was for the home crowd as much as it was for Brees. They didn't need the score, but when you need seven yards form around the ten... it happens.
I am sure the Falcons understood the why of it. Not so much to run up the score as to secure the record on the national stage, in front of the home crowd.
I would support it if it had been Garrett and a Cowboy player too. Not sure that your assumption is right, but I don't doubt there would have been a thread or two. If Brees had been injured and lost for the playoffs during the attempt.... it would have been open season in New Orleans.