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posted: Monday, October 29, 2007 | Print Entry
Although it wasn't justification for going for two fourth-quarter fourth downs or calling a 35-yard bomb with a 38-point lead, Patriots coach Bill Belichick had a reason for staying in a three-receiver, shotgun set in the fourth quarter of Sunday's 52-7 blowout of the Commanders.
Tight end Kyle Brady missed most of the second half with an injury. Already missing injured starting tight end Ben Watson and having lost backup Dave Thomas for the season, the Patriots couldn't run conventional two-tight end sets to run out the clock.
"We kind of offensively got knocked out of all of our regular formations there at the end of this game,"' Belichick said. "We had to be pretty much in a three-receiver set."
The formations were understandable. Going for the throats of the already beaten Commanders was another story.
Injury update: Brady's injury didn't appear to be bad. He just got banged up and probably could have gone back into the game if it was necessary. The bigger question for the Patriots is Watson. He's missed two games with an ankle injury. If it's the high ankle injury everyone expects, it could mean he will miss the Colts game in Week 9 and maybe another.
Although it wasn't justification for going for two fourth-quarter fourth downs or calling a 35-yard bomb with a 38-point lead, Patriots coach Bill Belichick had a reason for staying in a three-receiver, shotgun set in the fourth quarter of Sunday's 52-7 blowout of the Commanders.
Tight end Kyle Brady missed most of the second half with an injury. Already missing injured starting tight end Ben Watson and having lost backup Dave Thomas for the season, the Patriots couldn't run conventional two-tight end sets to run out the clock.
"We kind of offensively got knocked out of all of our regular formations there at the end of this game,"' Belichick said. "We had to be pretty much in a three-receiver set."
The formations were understandable. Going for the throats of the already beaten Commanders was another story.
Injury update: Brady's injury didn't appear to be bad. He just got banged up and probably could have gone back into the game if it was necessary. The bigger question for the Patriots is Watson. He's missed two games with an ankle injury. If it's the high ankle injury everyone expects, it could mean he will miss the Colts game in Week 9 and maybe another.
