newlander;2016086 said:
the Gspots ease the criticism of Wade? In other words, did the fact that the "genius" Belicheck lost to a hot team take some of the heat off Wade or not? This question has been bugging me for awhile, but it's been too painful to post because it's still shocking we lost to a team we should've beaten. I still think Wade has to win it all this year or Red takes over. But in hindsight, it certainly appears NY got on a roll and that Dallas and N.England weren't playing their best ball in December. It's history I know, and as Ditka likes to say: "the past is for cowards and losers". But there are some solid football minds on this site and I'm just curious I guess..........
Not everything was in place leading up to the playoffs game with the Giants. At the end of the season 13-3 was mighty good by anyone's standards, but the last month of regular play was in a downward spiral.
When the giants came to play, I was fairly confident the Boys could dispatch the Giants with relative ease, by say, 10 points.
What I did not count on was Wade's continued complacency, i.e. his mantra the last month, "We're fine," was worrisome.)
In the end, this was an overconfident, seemingly unmotivated team that was going through the motion. Very little fire seen in players or coaches (save one player who drew an unsportsmanship penalty for being overly aggressive, I think)
And the Cowboys lost in their own house.
Unmotivated and poorly led. No way the Giants had the better team. But they played better and with fire. Two things lacking in the cowboys during that game.
So, no, I don't give Wade a pass on that game solely because the others lost to the Giants.
It should have been the Cowboys with the upset of the tired and perhaps overconfident Patriots.
