Oso planning to go pro
Seattle taking that delay was brutal.
Assuming the Saints beat the Vikings, winner of Seattle/Philly gets screwed by the NFL with the playoff scheduling. That game is the late Sunday game in the Wild Card round. San Fran hosts the early Saturday game on Divisional weekend. Either team will have one less prep day and a full travel day no matter the outcome.
I thought it was bad at the time, but probably not that big of a deal. They had no time outs at that point and maybe 22 seconds on the clock as I recall. They probably weren't running the ball there even though they wanted to bring in Lynch. Probably were going to use him as a decoy. If they don't get in with a run they maybe spike it and have one more play. A pass from 6 yards out might be easier than a pass from 1 yard out anyway. The end of that game was mismanaged in other ways by Carroll.
You don't think being inside the 1 versus being just outside the five is that big of a deal? It's a huge deal. It takes the run completely off the table.
Did you not read my post? I am not sure the run was on the table. If they run and don't get in that may be the ball game. There was around 20 seconds left and they had no timeouts. Maybe they spike it and get one more play if they run and don't get in. If they throw they have 4 chances to get it in. That's a ballsy play to run it against that defensive front in that situation. Lynch wasn't exactly gashing holes through the line prior to that. I take my chances with Russell Wilson throwing it 4 times.
I read your post. The first play isn't the only time you can run. What if you throw a couple incomplete passes and you are down to one play left with just a couple seconds to go. Run is definitely on the table then. Furthermore, defendng a short route of a yard or two into the end zone is much harder than defending with five yards in between.
Disagree brother Rocket...took 4 steps, call on field was catch, if it was in end zone would be a TD, nothing in video irrefutable to overturn. Separately, Pete Carroll’s wizardry at the end not very good...but he is a swell guy.
Pat Shurmur fired.Giants might be the best job available. Have a potential franchise QB in place, an elite RB and a top 5 draft pick. And they play in what's currently the league's weakest division. On the downside ... Dave Gettleman.
Rivera to Redskins confirmed.Good hire by them. The Redskins are a nightmare, but they're in no worse shape than the Panthers were when he took over after the 2010 season. Much could depend on whether Haskins ends up being anywhere near as good as Newton turned out to be. Also, even though Richardson was a shytty owner, not many are as bad as Snyder.I wish Rivera well. Truly a good guy, and a pretty darn good coach.
Correct me if I’m wrong here, but to have control long enough for a touchdown may be different than exhibiting control in the field of play, i.e. a football move in order for a fumble to happen. I know that sounds hypocritical, but when I did see the first replay slowed down slightly, it definitely looked like a fumble. One of the announcers did stress the seeing the play in real time though and got me hooked in
It does take options off the table like MU82 said I agree with that, but you only have one chance to run in that situation, there was around 20 seconds left. Maybe you spike the ball and can run one more play. You give yourself more options/plays if you throw the ball. Maybe they run with a couple of seconds on the last play like you said. I am not sure defending a one yard route is harder than defending a 6 yard route. Its not as cut and dry as you make it out to be. It would have been interesting to find out.
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If you gave coaches the option, they would take first and goal at the 1 over the 6 any day of the week. Not even close.
Greg Olsen, acquired back in 2011 in arguably the best trade in Panthers history, sounded like a man ready to retire after yesterday's game.https://www.panthers.com/news/that-felt-a-lot-like-goodbye-from-greg-olsenHe had a heck of a career, probably one of the top 10 tight ends in NFL history. And he was an extremely visible guy in the Charlotte community; helped raise millions and millions of dollars for charities, and personally donated millions.Did very well in several brief announcing stints. Wouldn't be surprised if he ends up on MNF or another prime gig.
I mean, you're both right.First-and-goal from the 1 undoubtedly is preferential to first-and-goal from the 6.At the same time, under those particular circumstances, the negative impact it had on the Seahawks' options was less than it would have been under different circumstances. Given the time and lack of timeouts, Seattle was likely to pass either way, and five more yards of field to work with isn't necessarily a bad thing in that situation.
No. We are not "both right." His original statement is that it was "probably not that big of a deal."It is a big deal. According to stat guys, that penalty decreased their Game Winning Chance stat by 13 percentage points. That's significant.