Don Banks still talking about the Call

Without making too many new points

• As I wrote Sunday night, I didn’t like Belichick’s call. After hearing almost everything everyone had to say on the matter in the past 36 hours (I think), I keep coming back to this: The Patriots played too good of a game to have their coach put them in the position of having the outcome dictated by one play. Because that’s what happened when Belichick eschewed the punt. The game, and everything New England had accomplished against the Colts, essentially came down to converting that fourth-and-2. One shot, win or lose.

Maybe Peyton Manning and Indy would have scored anyway, on a six-play, 71-yard drive that used up all but 13 seconds of the clock. But if so, the Patriots defense would have had several chances to make a play and save the game. It wouldn’t have been Manning on a short field, against a tired New England defense. It would have been a fairer fight: Manning on a long field, against a tired New England defense.

We’ll never know

Only, it didn’t come down to one shot.  The Colts still had to score from the 30.  People act like he made this call on the 8 yard line.  It’s weird.