To: bentway who wrote (369835 ) 2/4/2008 5:40:04 PM From: tejek Respond to of 1580023 Brady wasn't the only one.Belichick Bolts Before Game Ends By DENNIS WASZAK Jr.,AP Posted: 2008-02-04 09:44:53 GLENDALE, Arizona (Feb. 4) - A single second showed on the clock - a tick away from a Giant upset. Before Eli Manning could take a final knee to seal New York's 17-14 upset victory Sunday night, Patriots coach Bill Belichick ran onto the field for a quick handshake with Giants coach Tom Coughlin and made a beeline for the locker room. The so-called genius coach with the three Super Bowl rings appeared little more than a poor sport. "I mean, look, they played well," Belichick said. "They made some plays. We made some plays. In the end, they made a couple more than we did." They sure did, and that should alarm Belichick. He put together perhaps the best team the NFL has seen in a long time, setting records galore on offense with Tom Brady and Randy Moss. In the end, New England came up short - the first time a Belichick-coached team didn't win when it got to the Super Bowl. Even worse, it happened when the Patriots were looking to join the 1972 Dolphins as the only NFL teams to finish a season undefeated. The disappointment was clear on the faces of all the Patriots, who spoke in hushed tones and shook their heads in disbelief while talking after the loss. With all that was on the line, could this have been the worst loss of Belichick's coaching career? "I don't rank them," Belichick said. "It's disappointing." Perfection took a back seat for the Patriots, and now it's back to the drawing board for Belichick. Moss is among the Patriots' handful of free agents, but said he'd like to finish his career with New England. Safety Rodney Harrison and linebackers Junior Seau and Tedy Bruschi might have played their last games in the NFL.