Originally Posted by Jooser
Originally Posted by Jooser
And Crennel is the REASON why I will still 100% maintain that some fans know as much if not more and could do better than some coaches/GMs in sports.
Listen, some of these guys might have more "experience" from a game perspective, but that does not mean that they are necessarily 100% better than some fans.
For example:
1. Crennel screwed the 1st half clock management
2. Crennel screwed the 2nd half clock management
3. He kicks a field goal when it really wouldn't help too much TWO WEEKS in a row
4. Norv Turner has Rivers throw a hail mary when he could have given his kicker at least a CHANCE by throwing a 15-20 yard sideline pattern and had the time to do it.
5. Detroit selects 400 WRs and their whole team sucks.
Those are just examples where I think fans would have gone some different ways.
Crennel...... beyond stupid.
Originally Posted by BigBen2112
Here's another:
6. If I was a member of the DNA Level C $hit Stains, I probably would have just called in sick yesterday.
I don't think going for a FG was a bad decision. The clock management was bad, but the FG wasn't, imo.
If they get the ball back a TD wins the game. If they don't get that FG a TD only ties the game.
Originally Posted by stlrz d
3:00 minutes left in the game you need to be playing for the tie. He was already figuring out his next two moves while his opponent was yelling "checkmate".
The ultimate problem with the FG was that he wanted to kick it then expected to just march back up there and score a TD when he wasn't able to even do that the entire game. What made him think his team would be able to do it in a 2 minute offense when he couldn't manage the clock if it stood still for him.
He's on Sirius NFL Radio right now and he sounds defeated. I think he knows the vultures are circling...
His biggest excuse was that his main players missed preseason and haven't had the chance to gel. I guess its kind of fair but how bout just admitting .
Sorry guys, but Stlrzd is the only one on here (or in the media that I've seen) that gets it. Going for the field goal was not in any way a stupid move. It was 4th and seven which is a pretty low percentage play. If you go for it and miss, all the wind is out of your sails and if you make it, a TD will now win the game instead of tie it.
If going for it ultimately does produce a TD, the overwhelming likelihood is that there will be plenty of time left for our offense to move down the field to get in FG range for the win. If you need to depend on your defense for a stop in that situation, it's just as necessary as it would be if you get within four (which they obviously didn't get). If they would not have allowed even the second first down on the Parker run, they would have got the ball back with plenty of time on the clock and the Steelers most likely in prevent mode. The way they had been moving the ball against our pass defense, I could easily see where you make the decision to kick the FG. The FG also gives you the added option of the on-sides kick, although that is another low-percentage play.
There is merit in either decision, so quit parroting everything you hear and apply sound football logic to the equation people.
Clock management...horrible. FG decision...sound logic.
Originally Posted by Flasteel
Going by the book...yes its the right decision. But look at the game as a whole. They got that far into our territory 3 times maybe...4? They scored 3 points all game in doing so. I'm not parroting anyone and firmly believe that with the way the entire game went, they have virtually no chance of moving the ball all the way down for a TD when they haven't been able to do it all game. I think either way he went he would have gotten criticized, so its really a wash. And face it, our D wasn't going to let either outcome be a positive one for the Stains.
sorry my friend, gotta disagree with that one. Romeo said he wanted to put points on the board and trust his defense to get the ball back so they could win. If he had that much faith in his D, he should have gone for the tie right there. If they miss the play (likely) on 4th down his vaunted (sarcasm ON) defense now has the steelers inside their own 20. a quick stop, save a timeout or 2 and you get the ball back at midfield with at least 1:30 left to try it again. If they make the TD on 4th down, they kick off and rely on that awesome (more sarcasm) defense to stop the steelers again giving the stains about the same 1:30 to try to win the game.Originally Posted by Flasteel
the reality is they needed a touchdown one way or the other. They didn't have many bullets left in their gun to shoot and by kicking the FG they pulled one out and dropped it on the floor....
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