>>The New England Patriots won the coin toss, and elected to slap the living bejeezus out of the Redskins.
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>>This is a road beating that makes L.A. cop videos look more like "Driving Miss Daisy"....
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>In related news... Bill Belichek is a perfect example of poor sportsmanship for running the score up.
No, poor sportsmansip would be sending out 7 instead of 11 guys on defense, telling the other team "We'll let you have the next one" or punting the wrong direction to help the other team out.
This isn't youth soccer. You play 100% all the time and the idea of the game is to score points, not keep from hurting anybody's feelings. Nothing is more insulting that telling they other team "Hey, good try and consider how badly you suck you've been doing a real fine job so will just let you run up some 'participation' points."
At the pro level you are supposed to find out what the score would be if both teams are giving 100% all the time. The only reason to dial it back is to take out a franchise player you don't want to risk.
Anything else is insulting to the other team and to The Game.
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- Thomas Hardy
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