Final Score
Dolphins 7
Patriots 28

View from Mt. Olympus: Think Bill Belichick doesn’t care about getting those records for Tom Brady and Randy Moss, or about going undefeated?

Then explain to me why they played nearly the entire way in a meaningless game that they were already well in control of? Or explain the pass play to Moss on first and goal from the 1. You just knew the Patriots weren’t going to run the ball there, didn’t you? If it took four attempts, I bet they’d have thrown on all four! I also don’t recall a single instance this year where they’ve thrown to Moss in that situation. Hell, that’s Mike Vrabel territory!

Nope, this was Belichick taking advantage of rare, good weather this late in the season and setting up Brady and Moss for the record book while conditions were favorable for passing the ball. The Patriots can talk all they want about team goals, ignoring the record book, and taking it one game at a time. All that is true, but BB and his boys are well aware of the historical implications of what they’re doing, and they’re going to do all they can to leave their mark in the history/record books.

Unfortunately, Brady morphed into one of those baseball players in need of one more home run to break a record. Tom Terrific spent most of the second half looking deep for Randy Moss instead of smartly maneuvering the ball downfield by throwing underneath. Hey, we can forgive Brady…this is a big record and I’m sure it means a lot to him, no matter what he says. Here’s hoping he settles down and plays his game next week. If he does that and Mother Nature cooperates, the record will fall easily.

Speaking of the ‘Gints, am I the only one who finds it ironic that we’ve spent the last two months wondering if the Patriots would play this final game to win since they’d having nothing to gain other than the undefeated record, except now it’s the Giants who have absolutely nothing to play for? Will they go all out to keep the Pats from going undefeated? How will the league feel if the Giants do the “proper thing” and rest all their starters in this totally meaningless contest to them?

A couple of quick notes to end this; still worried about Laurence Maroney? And it was great to see Troy Brown out there one last time in front of the home folk. Don’t know what the rest of the season holds in store for number-80, but if this was his swan song, it was good to see him get that well-deserved ovation from the Foxboro faithful.

That’s the view from here…how did you see it?