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And then, of course, they caught some breaks here playing Stidham in the AFC Championship game, and that turned out to hurt Denver.

If we would be sitting here this morning with a Denver helmet in front of us, if Bo Nix was playing, I wouldn't be shocked.

That's how close that game was yesterday.

After as live as they could, they only scored three points on offense.

But you think about a blocked field goal that would have went through, that would have tied the game at 10.

You're talking about another missed field goal at the end of the first half by both teams.

This kicking was impossible in this game.

And then, you know, the Patriots basically said in the third quarter, we're not even going to attempt to throw any more passes.

We're just going to run it the rest of the way.

Ended up being the right thing to do.

Yeah, because I think the coaching staff, I bet you Mike Vrabel and Josh McDaniel said, look, you know, as long as we don't turn it over, we're not going to lose this game.

It's going to be tight, but we're not going to lose the game.

I mean, it was, you know, Sean Payton's got to be kicking himself in the ass for not kicking that field goal at the beginning of that game to get up 10-0.

I mean, that game was going to be tight.

You're playing with a backup quarterback.

These coaches, they tend to be more aggressive now than ever before.

The last five years, we've seen a lot of this.

It's amazing how many of the older football fan will say, you know, can we just take a field goal?

It's okay to take a field goal, especially when you're sitting there with a backup quarterback.

You're at home, and your defense is playing their ass off.