Here are my two-cents on the the decision by the Patriots to go for it on fourth and two, two minutes left, against the Colts.  I understand the logic. What few have mentioned is that the Colts still had to score a touchdown to win the game so the Patriots defense had to come up with a stop, whether it was 30 yards or 70 yards, they had to stop Peyton Manning at some point and did not.  Not making the fourth down play didn’t cost the Pats the game…..not stopping the Colts offense from scoring a touchdown did !!!!  Yes, Manning had a better chance from 29 yards out than 69 yards out, but c’mon defense, step it up and make a stop with the game on the line.  Belichick had confidence in the offense to make it….I think what was lost….is that he had confidence in the defense to stop Manning if they didn’t make it.   Bad decision ????  Not really since he had the chance to keep Manning on the sidelines for the rest of the game.  It was a big gamble….a gamble that simply did not pay off in a regular season game.  Playoff game ????  Maybe a different story.

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