Math Says If Wes Welker Catches That Ball, The Patriots Win   «
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not to play the "if only" game—if I had only made that catch/hit
that basket/tagged that runner… It's not a healthy exercise for
young athletes, and can be an even worse one for professional
competitors. "You win as a team and you lose as a team, and
certainly one play wasn't why we lost," said Tom Brady,
responding in his postgame press conference to questions about
what many fans viewed as the costliest play of the game for the
Patriots—the incomplete pass to Wes Welker late in the fourth
quarter.   If I were Brady, then I would not be repeating his
wife's line about the consequences of dropped passes either. But
for a non-participant, a little dabbling in the dark art of if
only doesn't hurt, especially if you're not a Patriots fan. So l
decided to take a look at a few of Sunday's biggest plays to see
just how big an impact they would have made if they had gone the
other way. Bec