Alexander said:
Nobody is blaming Newman for the loss. Without his int and fumble recovery, we most assuredly lose.
But making plays like that make winners, even if your kicker makes errors. This whole team and even Coach Parcells need to understand that we shouldn't have to rely on a kicker to win. We need to make the plays to win. Every snap until the gun sounds.
The issue is that he makes that play, we have an even stronger chance of winning. Continuing to harp on Cundiff would be irrelevant if we make other plays.
Just like we needed to make other plays in our other close games. It is never on one player. But if blaming Cundiff makes you feel better, please do so. But there is plenty of blame to go around, including this case here.
Interesting. On one hand you say "great teams and great seasons are built on plays like these" then you say "it's never one player."
That's a bit contradictory.
Let's say Newman makes the catch, where is the guarantee points result from it?
And yes, making plays like Newman should have, makes winners, but missing 33 yard chipshot field goals makes losers.
And yes again, if Newman makes that play, we have a better chance at winning, that's not rocket science.
It's also not rocket science that if we had 3 more points on the board, which we should have, the outcome may have been different. Not a guaranteed win, but a much better shot at one.
Plenty of blame to go around.
Having said that, Newman played a very good game.
Cundiff played a horrible game.
