scribo Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 How funny was it when Madden went on and on last night about the no-down-linemen formation the Pats used in the LOSING effort? Madden said about five times and eventually got Al Michael to agree that it was the "first time in NFL history" that the formation had been used. I guess he didn't see the Bills do it against the Bengals Sunday. I guess he didn't see the Pats/Bills two years ago or all the coverage that followed. The reason I think Madden should get some crap for this is because he acts and is treated like he is the foremost expert on football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick in* england Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 Missed it - can someone give me the x's and o's of the formation and play run from it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRH Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 Madden deserves all the crap he gets. How about the times last night when he insisted that Brady was having trouble throwing to his outside receivers because "they play their safeties back here, see, and the corners are up here." Like press coverage was some novel defensive idea dreamed up to stop The Great Brady. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 Missed it - can someone give me the x's and o's of the formation and play run from it? 170895[/snapback] He obviously missed our games vs. the Pats 2 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB27 Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 He is, like most other TV announcers, an IDIOT. He just had to find a way to hide his man-boy love crush on Brady. Not that there is anything wrong with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scribo Posted December 21, 2004 Author Share Posted December 21, 2004 Missed it - can someone give me the x's and o's of the formation and play run from it? 170895[/snapback] It was a defensive formation. The Pats lined up without anyone down on the line. Everyone was ina linebackers' stance. Feely couldn't tell who was coming and who was covering. The Bills just did it well and confused the hell out of Kitna. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick in* england Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 He obviously missed our games vs. the Pats 2 years ago. 170898[/snapback] I have that on DVD - i'll go review when I get home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezmid Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 How funny was it when Madden went on and on last night about the no-down-linemen formation the Pats used in the LOSING effort? Madden said about five times and eventually got Al Michael to agree that it was the "first time in NFL history" that the formation had been used. I guess he didn't see the Bills do it against the Bengals Sunday. I guess he didn't see the Pats/Bills two years ago or all the coverage that followed. The reason I think Madden should get some crap for this is because he acts and is treated like he is the foremost expert on football. 170886[/snapback] The *funniest* part was that the sideline reporter talked to Belichek during halftime and asked him about that play. She then reported back to Madden that Belichek said he's run it multiple times in the past. Madden didn't really say anything about that... I chuckled, because it seemed like she was shooting Madden down on purpose. Maybe that's just how I interpreted it though. Regardless, funny stuff. CW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsSouth Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 How funny was it when Madden went on and on last night about the no-down-linemen formation the Pats used in the LOSING effort? Madden said about five times and eventually got Al Michael to agree that it was the "first time in NFL history" that the formation had been used. I guess he didn't see the Bills do it against the Bengals Sunday. I guess he didn't see the Pats/Bills two years ago or all the coverage that followed. The reason I think Madden should get some crap for this is because he acts and is treated like he is the foremost expert on football. 170886[/snapback] I heard that too - he repeated it ad nauseum. I couldn´t believe what he was saying - come on, has he actually cared enough to pay attention to a game lately? The Pats have used such tactics for quite some time now, we used it last weekend... it´s not even something new. The only thing that I can´t accept is his fat ass getting a fat check every weekend just because people believe he´s an expert. Most of the wallers here probably know more about football then Madden at this stage of his life... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezmid Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 I have that on DVD - i'll go review when I get home. 170926[/snapback] Really? Surprisingly, I do too! CW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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