Should the Pats be running up the score on everybody in garbage time?

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Semtex,
My point is that Bill Simmons is one of the people who started writing about the Pats running about the score. Not some beat writer in Indianapolis or Buffalo, Simmons is one the main reasons this is a story.

Why are they listing the Jets as an example of running up the score? Isn't the whole reason they are running up the score a giant FU to people who called them cheaters?

Why is Buffalo listed? There were 10 minutes left to play they weren't going to kneel out for 10 minutes.

It's nice to think that the Pats are so awesome and vengeful that they intentionally score with one minute left in every game to rub it in the face of everyone else, but that isn't the case at all.This argument is much, much better than the lame rationalizations like "Well after the AFC championship game they can never be to careful" or "Peyton did it to so it's okay" or "They still need to fine tune the offense"


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yeah i don't know why people are listing those games or those touchdowns either. the 'running up the score' that i have been seeing is mostly in the final minutes, and involves trying to score touchdowns where other people would settle for the field goal or less. you wouldn't go for it on 4th and more than 5 inside the redzone in a close game so going for it when you are up by 30 seems insulting.

i was trying to quantify this more by finding other examples of teams this season going for it on 4th with less than 5 minutes left deep in the opponents territory. the conclusion is no one really gets into this position because their play calling is so conservative at that point. patriots are the only ones still trying to move the offense in the 4th quarter with huge leads with a variety of passes. i don't know what this says, but i still think its dumb. whether they are trying to run up the score, work on their timing or whatever, no reason to risk injury.