MacGuire's logic is pretty good: the end of the ball hit the ground and was pushed up into him, hence no control.
I don't it'll be overturned, though...
Pretty close. One could argue that he had it nestled in the crook of his elbow as he went down, and the ground caused the fumble. I wouldn't, necessarily...but it's pretty ambiguous.
STOP HAVING HOPE, DAMMIT! There is no hope. What team do you think this is, the '84 squad?
Somehow, the Pats will score a touchdown, make the two-point conversion, and the refs will award them three points for it to tie the game.
Actually, they've got a new stat for him. It's called "Number of hits made after sufferring a stroke seven months ago."
The Hero Statistic. I'll bet you the number is slightly less than the number of times they remind us that he sufferred a stroke seven months ago...
Okay, I can accept this is Bruschi's first game back. I can accept that they're going to stroke him all game.
But how often do I have to hear "Bruschi's..." - FUMBLE!!!!! Excuse me...
But how often do I have to hear "Bruschi's coming back to football after suffering a stroke seven months ago." WE !@#$ING KNOW ALREADY!!!!
Clements getting cute. Again. When getting a first down with a run there is a real kick in the head to the Patriots. Sometimes you have to finesse the other team, sometimes you have to manhandle them...Clements never seems to know when to do which.
Evans open deep because the safety came up to play the guy who was actually receiving the ball. I'll have to look at the tape later...but something tells me that Evans wasn't THAT open when the ball was actually thrown.
Major brain fart game. He's a better player than this.
Shaud Williams is a good back. Maybe not a starting back, but against a tired defense, he can make things happen.
And McGahee on that last run was something, too...dragging a linebacker hanging on to the neck of his shirt.
McGahee is going to shred this defense from herein...unless Clements gets an attack of the clevers again.
Clements...don't get clever. Just play football, damn it.
Wow. On the replay of Moulds' TD, it looked like Holcomb got levelled making the pass. Way to stand in there and make the pass...and way to take a hit, too.
Now if only he'd had a stroke and come back from it. Then he'd be somebody...