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PhinPhreak said:While I agree the first SB run seemed to be helped out with some amazing luck, you can't take anything away from them this past year, they beat the 3 best teams in the league in consecutive games.
The one play that really stands out the first year (besides the tuck game) is when the Pats were playing the Bills, the game was in OT and the Pats had the ball, Patten catches a pass and gets hit so hard by Keion Carpenter he drops the ball and is knocked out cold. Clements recovers the ball at the Bills 41. Bills ball right, wrong, refs say that even though Patten is out cold his leg is touching the ball while his head is laying out of bounds, so Pats ball.
WHAT!!!!! The guy is out cold, does not have any posession of the ball but his leg is touching and that is considered possession. That is luck, if that's the rule that's the rule, but what are the odds.
Just a little earlier Price catches what very well could have been the winning TD (final score was 12-9 in OT)but the refs call him out of bounds, and of course the brain trust coach of the Bills Gregg Williams doesn't call for a review, amazing part is he was known for calling reviews all season when there was nothing to review.
To top it off, if the Bills win this game the Fins have the division and a first round bye.
Just goes to show a little luck can go a long way.
Agreed, excellent points. The Patriots were amazing this past year, they just steamrolled the entire league.
That Bills game was INSANE. Price had the TD and then Patten gets knocked out and keeps possession of the ball on one of the strangest plays I've ever seen in ANY sport. That was an excellent and exciting game for any football fan.
And if I remember correctly, the Buffalo weather played a HUGE factor, a couple of missed field goals in that game as well. Lindell was still the kicker for the Bills that year, correct??