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November 6, 2007

Belichick among choices for Motorola coach of the week

New England head coach is one of three nominees for the Motorola Coach of the Week award after the Patriots' 24-20 win over Indianapolis.

Visitors to nfl.com select the winner.

Here's a bit about each of the coaches and their teams:

BILL BELICHICK led his Patriots to beat a previously undefeated Indianapolis Colts by a score of 24 - 20 at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis and to remain the only undefeated team in the NFL at 9 - 0. Tom Brady completed 21 passes for 255 yards and put up three touchdowns, including two within four minutes in the fourth quarter. In the second half of the game, the Patriots outgained the Colts 228 -100 yards. The Patriots defense limited Peyton Manning to one touchdown pass and forced two turnovers, including one key forced fumble off a sack by DE Jarvis Green that was recovered by LB Rosevelt Colvin allowing the Patriots to run down the clock for the win.

ROMEO CRENNEL brought the Cleveland Browns to a 5 - 3 record with a 33 - 30 win over the Seattle Seahawks. Browns QB Derek Anderson threw for 364 yards and led an offense that gained 428 yards. Cleveland's RB Jamal Lewis ran the ball into the end zone four times and caught four balls for 67 yards while Kellen Winslow made 11 catches for 125 yards. The Browns defense forced the Seahawks offense to turn over the ball two times and stopped the Hawks on 4-1 to turn the ball over to the Browns in overtime. Phil Dawson kicked a 25-yard field goal in overtime to give the Browns their third straight victory for the first time since 2001.

SEAN PAYTON led New Orleans to a 41 - 24 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars in the Saints' fourth straight win. This victory brings the Saints (4-4) to only a half-game behind division-leading Tampa Bay (5-4). This latest victory over Jacksonville (5-3) was the Saints' most impressive, given the quality of the opponent. Drew Brees completed 35 of his 49 passes for 445 yards, helping the Saints gain 538 total yards. Brees also put up three touchdowns passing to three different receivers and Reggie Bush ran one into the endzone in the first quarter. On defense the Saints forced three turnovers including one third-quarter interception that Mike McKenzie ran back for a touchdown.

Posted by Shalise Manza Young at 10:32 PM | Permalink

Comments

Shalise:

Good to see Romeo Crennel enjoying some success, but nobody compares to what Belichick has accomplished during the Pats/Colts victory and leading up to the this game. Like Brady, like Kraft, Pioli, the Patriots team and organization, Belichick is on a plane of his own at this time. Perhaps people can understand after this game why he is so obsessed with playing for 60 minutes. Some call it running up the score, some call it showing no class or respect, Belichick calls it "playing for 60 minutes," and I believe this has as much and perhaps even more to do with losing to the Colts last season as with his distain for Goodell. The Pats also won a Superbowl by beating the Eagles who couldn't play for 60 minutes and just ran out of gas in the final minutes.

Art P.

Posted by: art at November 7, 2007 8:09 AM