Field position game
Bill Belichick just told us something with his throw-it-long decision on 4th-and-13 from the Giants 31-yard line: He doesn’t have great confidence in kicker Stephen Gostkowski, who could have tried a 49-yard field goal.
Why else would Belichick not kick? The loss of field position is not great. If Gostkowski had missed, the Giants would have taken over at the 39-yard line. Throwing incomplete gave New York the ball at the 31. What’s the difference in that?
Keep an eye on this. If New England needs a field goal, don’t get too confident in the replacement for ultimate Super Bowl hero Adam Vinatieri. Belichick certainly isn’t.
-------------Berry Tramel can be heard Monday through Friday from 4:40-5:20 p.m. on The Sports Animal radio network, including AM-640 and FM-98.1. You can e-mail him here and follow him on Twitter @BerryTramel. Visit Berry's website here.
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