(10-17-2023, 11:38 AM)Caldrac Wrote:

(10-17-2023, 10:53 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote: TLaw needs to learn the dive and we need to stop calling back side roll outs. Other than that I like the agressive calls.

There's a time and place for aggressiveness. Not sure why people can't seem to wrap that part around their thick skull here. 

Again, less than 3:30 in the game, you're in field goal range already, you're up by 14 points. That's the kind of nonsense call you see your child or grandchild do in Madden at home. Not in a real football game. 

Being aggressive when it makes sense is fine. Doing it with a lead with that much time left in the game is not fine. Just like it wasn't fine when Doug rolled the dice on a 4th and 6 on our side of the football field before half time against Kanas City and gifted them points on a platter.

Situations matter.

Seriously. Run 3 dives, force them to use 3 times out. You're in FG range, That puts you up the magic three scores.

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(10-17-2023, 12:16 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(10-17-2023, 11:58 AM)Caldrac Wrote: Just like you would be besides yourself had his knee been completely [BLEEP] and we're running the rest of the way with CJ Beathard.

That's typically how it goes. Whether it's on a forum with aggressive thick skulls with brains softer than baby [BLEEP] or in the local or national media. 

What's your point? It doesn't absolve the fact that they were up 14 [BLEEP] points with less than 3:30 to play. 

It's fun to gamble sometimes. I get it. There was nothing to gain there mathematically that would have put us over the top. Other than meaningless stat padding for Fantasy Football buffs.

Not true, a first down there keeps us in possession of the ball and forces them to start burning TOs. As for your first sentence, that's part of the game. It's when people start saying things like "sit the starters since we're up 14" and "Sit TLaw this week so he can heal up" that it becomes absurd. As always, the play call was fine but the execution lacking.

Since Trevor was sacked and didn't throw an incompletion, I believe we forced them to use all three TO on that possession.

A first down all but seals the win, but give me the Schottenheimer special (Bernie handoff to Mack on first, second and third downs) in that situation every single day. Same result (all three TO spent, minimal risk of lost yardage) without putting the QB at risk on a bootleg

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