(10-16-2023, 01:30 PM)Caldrac Wrote:

(10-16-2023, 01:23 PM)MarleyJag Wrote: Literally the only reason people are butt hurt about this call is because Trevor might have hurt his knee. No one said anything about the play the other times it was being run. And an injury can happen any time.

People claiming the game was over must be the same people who were leaving at the end of the third quarter because they didn’t see the colts take over the momentum in the 4th. We weren’t moving the ball much at that point either (thankfully Agnew had his big return that set up the field goal). Stay aggressive. How many times have we heard complaints when past Jag coaches have gone conservative in that situation? Pederson said he wanted to put a stake through their hearts then and there and I agree 100%.

The point is, “plays that keep our QB from getting injured” isn’t a category on the play sheet. If it is, you have the wrong coach. Bring back the ice cream sprinkles.

Again, the "momentum shift" could have been avoided completely by running it more. Goes back to the INT being tossed over the middle. People are butthurt now because there's less than three days to prepare for the Saints and he's now potentially or already in the process of splitting first team reps with Beathard. 

And, again, situation, situation, situation, situation, situation. Did I miss something during those first three quarters? When we were up 31 to 6 entering the 4th quarter? Did Minshew, after having a fumble and multiple INT's that resulted in 17+ points being scored on the day get benched for Peyton Manning, Andrew Luck, Tom Brady or John Elway? Did Patrick Mahomes sneak in after playing on Thursday night?

You can die on this hill all you want. It's admirable, foolish, but, admirable. You're in a very, very small group with this line of thinking man. Local news guys were ripping it post game, just like they ripped it today on the local shows that's Jaguars related. Say whatever you want.

It was not a wise decision, period, having your [BLEEP] QB rolling around or throwing it THAT close to the endzone with 3:00 minutes and some change to play being up 14 points already. Just bad, bad situational football and awareness there. Period. If you want to stand there and defend that turd in the teal colored punch bowl along with nejagsfan? Knock yourself out.

Situational football is more about how to attack 2nd and short vs 3rd and long or what kind of coverages to play based on what kind of routes receivers are running. I really don't like the idea of making strategy decisions based on the likelihood of a player getting hurt or not when the opponent still has life. That's like trying to play not to get hurt. If you want to look at it that way though, rolling the QB out given our line play is actually less risky than having him drop back. The call was fine, bro, you're just second guessing it because he had an injury scare and trying to justify it as some sort of prescience. If we'd run ETN up the middle and he'd hurt *his* knee I'm sure you'd be saying the same thing. Injuries can happen, it's the nature of the sport.

While you're pondering that, something else to think about, the Colts had scored 14 points within about 6 minutes in the 4th quarter. They clearly had the momentum although Agnew gave us a boost and Minshew helped us seal the deal by throwing picks. I liked the call, it's not inherently any less safe than any other play in football and shows that Pederson is willing to be aggressive to seal the deal.

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