I did a bit of lurking late last night and while there were occasional voices of reason (c’mon, Brady didn’t play the whole third quarter – he played only the first series. A total of 35 minutes), the crybabies drowned them out.

Some blogs have hit a point I think, where to give Belichick or Brady any credit whatsoever – even one single word – equates to blasphemy and an insult to their own team. To say, “Brady and the offense played well” or to simply ask, “what was New England supposed to do when the Titans kept handing them the ball?” was enough to get them hammered and beaten down by their own fans. Seriously. The only acceptable response is that the Patriots are the unclassiest (not even a word) team in the NFL and our team is better because yadda…yadda…yadda.

Doesn’t bother me though. PatsPulpit is great because I love the Patriots and I love the class of fans that stop by and write in to not only support and analyze the team, but to talk football without the emphasis on building our team up by knocking down the opponent.

Not that it will matter, because people will think what they think – logic can’t change that.

1. Keeping the starters in shows more respect for your opponent than throwing in the second string. That’s akin to saying, “I can still beat you with one hand tied behind my back!” No thanks, don’t want the JV girls squad, beat me with Brady, it’s an easier pill to swallow.

2. Brady wasn’t connecting with his receivers. Even their first drive ended with a FG. They needed practice against a live opponent to get that down. Brady played one drive in the second to see if the Titans had adjusted their defense. They hadn’t, so Hoyer came in and got practice.

3. Chris Johnson was dangerous the whole game. He still broke off some good runs.

4. With over 2 minutes left in the half, they kneeled the ball instead of trying to score. They could have punted on the fourth giving them a longer field but didn’t. Titans could have thrown a couple plays with the 36 seconds they had left, but chose to end it and go home.

The defense gets paid to stop the offense, and the offense gets paid to score. It is not the place of the offense to stop themselves.

That being said, the Titans, with the injuries on defense, were outmanned before the game ever started. And I feel bad for a team that can’t get out of their own way.(been there, done that with the Pats in the past)

 Fans are so jealous of the Pats that it doesn’t matter what we do, they will find something to piss and moan about.

Personally, I would have loved to have seen 29 points in the second half to set the record for biggest margin of victory(73-0). My thought has always been why let off the accelerator if you don’t have to. It irritates me to see these articles where these high school parents are upset when their son’s team get blown out. Welcome to football. It’s just like poker; sometimes you eat, other times you get eaten.

So anyone who is whining about running up the score, just imagine how bad it COULD have been if Brady and the 1st string had played the whole game.

would give up an even hundred. If any organization deserved that beat down it is the Tits.

I honestly don’t see how anyone could say you ran up the score. You’re a primary passing offense, and that’s what you did (very well obviously) in the first half, and just so happened to rape the opponent. Now I, of course as a Dolphins fan would have hoped for a Titans win, but you don’t get to see blow outs like that every day, especially in the snow.

I was checking my phone for scores and saw 45-0 Half and had to change my pants. Shit was crazy. At least Fatass McBlobicous and Snatchez got their L. Congratz on yer win guys, I don’t come over here often, but I figure a spanking like that deserved a special visit.

They had the opportunity to punt it on 4 downs, but instead they played football. What jerks.

Maybe they could have practiced special teams in the second half? Kicked the FG and tested #3 and, if it was a little too far, practice pinning the Titans as deep as possible? That would be valuable experience. I’m kidding, especially because ST practice would have been even more demoralizing.

It just demonstrates mathematical ignorance to criticize a team for taking every opportunity to score in the 1st half. If you’re able to put up 30, 40, 50 points in thirty minutes of play, it stands to reason your opponent could do the same in the second thirty minutes.

Is there “running up the score” in the pro ranks? Sure, but it’s all about the time remaining on the clock, not the margin of victory. If you’ve dropped 70 on your opponent but you’re still in the second quarter, the bulk of the game remains to be played and presumably the majority of scoring opportunities are yet to come for both teams. You should keep scoring in that case.

In the complementary situation, you might have a much smaller, but clearly unassailable margin of victory late in the game. Say something like 28 points with 5 minutes left in the 4th. In this case, even though your margin of victory is much smaller, this is when you pull your starters and knock off the flea flickers and focus on getting both teams out of there with no further injuries.

But hey, most people never miss an opportunity to bash Hoodie, right?