I don’t really care if MSN’s experts (whoever they are) agree or disagree with the call. Reasonable coaches will make different decisions on the field. It was a high-stakes call with big implications. But as has been consensued on this blog and comment space, there’s no justification for even suggesting it’s one of the “NFL’s 10 Worst Coaching Calls.”

This is silly, puffed-up media posturing. Most of them have understandably never liked Belichick, but given last year’s surprising season they couldn’t rip him after Brady got hurt. Now they have their first ammunition since Spygate to take out their acrimony in columns and features.