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Newsday's Bob Glauber goes the extra yard, while Chris Mascaro and Mark La Monica just take what the defense gives them.

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    Good call, bad execution and periphery decision making

    Unlike Mr. G, I actually thought Bill Belichick's decision to go for it on 4th-and-2 was a sound one. So I'll offer my differing viewpoint as such...

    The problem was not with Belichick's decision to go for it, but rather the play's surrounding decisions. On 3rd-and-2 with 2:11 to play, why throw a short pass to Wes Welker? Of course, if you get the first down, the game is over.

    But the...

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