Quote:Sure he missed a FG earlier in the game that wouldnt had needed the 53 at the end, but he also save a run back TD with his tackle... so give the kid a break... he's a rookie!

Yeah, but did you see how bad some of his kickoffs (including that one) were yesterday? The kicker doesn't make a TD-saving tackle because his world-class leg punched it out the back of the endzone...

 

Quote:I also think icing the kicker is the most stupid thing you can do. A kicker will already be nervous before the kick he knows it is coming. He also has to rush on the field and set up quickly with no timeouts.


Harbaugh basically gave him extra time to visualise his kick and get comfortable out there rather than a rush job 53 yarder.

I was kind of questioning that decision, too. I think I would've rather forced Myers and the FG team to hurry out there and get the snap off than give them all that time to catch their breath. The play clock after a penalty is set to 25 seconds rather than 40, isn't it?

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