What was he thinking.

I’m pretty sure every football fan was shaking their heads at the end of last night’s NFL, between the Colts and the Patriots….. well the Colts fans might have been thanking god.

The Patriots were up 34-28 with a little over two minutes to go, and they had no time outs left because Head Coach Bill Belichick used them up foolishly earlier in the drive. On fourth and two the patriots attempted a fourth down conversion on their own thirty yard line.

Quarterback Tom Brady fired a checkdown pass to running back Kevin Faulk who made the reception near the first down line, however his forward momentum carried back towards Brady. Faulk was stopped short. Had Belicheck not wasted his timeouts he could have challenged the ruling on the field,  and the booth couldn’t review it because the play occurred before the two minute warning.  The Colts would take the ball and score with 13 seconds remaining in the game.

The smartest play would have been for the pats to punt the ball. If the punter would have neted 30 yards on punt the colts would have had to gone 60 yards rather than the 30.

Even if the Pats made the first down, the Colts still had two minutes and the two minute warning which potentially would have given them the ball with over a minute still remaining. Although the Patriots would have made the Colts drive more difficult.

It was a foolish call because it showed that Bill Belichick had no faith in his defense, even though the defense had limited the Colt’s offense. They were pressuring Peyton Manning, forcing him to make short or incomplete passes.

The call placed a lot of pressure on the defense who couldn’t afford to make a mistake that close to the endzone. If the Patriots pushed back the colts they could have allowed Manning to throw short and just kept the receivers in bounds.

Although it is easier to be the Monday Morning Quarterback.