(12-11-2023, 12:37 PM)p_rushing Wrote:

(12-11-2023, 12:25 PM)Jaguarmeister Wrote: Well worded and I'm glad he took full ownership of the one he felt was on him.  That's my quarterback.

He needed to call out the play call and/or the decision to throw it up for a jump ball when they needed a 1st down. This wasn't an unmake-able 3rd down that needed a jump ball and he wasn't open to throw it anyways.

They have got to stop trying to go deep and all the routes outside the numbers.

I am split on this line of thinking. 

For starters, I never want my QB being gun shy, that's for sure. If you see an opportunity and you like it? Take it. On that 3rd and 1 play in that particular situation? I would be more curious to know what the initial play call was because it looks like he checked out of it. It was enough to get him to walk over to Engram and try and say something to Ridley. 

I think it was a bad decision there. For two reasons. Game was well within reach there. You only needed 1 yard to pick up the 1st. You were already in a hole to begin with due to issues earlier in the game with not being on the same page. Why tempt fate there once again? Especially, with, well, the #1 defense in the NFL in their territory? It was just bad all the way around. 

I would understand the shot being taken there if you were on the other side of the 50 at that point and you were more than likely going to go for it on 4th and 1 if that decision failed, but, that's just bad situational awareness with a bad throw against a really good defense. 

I think, if you go back and look at the Bills game in London. That's the same shot he called and took with Ridley to ice it when the Bills were beginning to rally a bit late with Allen. I get it. They've been there and done that. 

It's tough man. Really tough. Losses suck. They especially suck when they're that close in back-to-back weeks and it's a culmination of every squad finding a way to have a "hold my beer" moment on every other possession. Good and bad.

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