Long Ball Larry
Footballguy
Oh lord that’s incidental contact
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Eagles vs Vikings - Week 5 (1 Viewer)
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IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
Terrible call.
Biabreakable
Footballguy
Dumb play by Dejo.
sports_fan
Footballguy
comes down to the onside kick
DJackson10
Footballguy
Ertz so Good!!!!
sports_fan
Footballguy
holy #### that was close
DJackson10
Footballguy
The defenseless receiver one I can see why they did it. He did hit him in the back of the head though. Can't be hitting guys like that.
sports_fan
Footballguy
game over
GroveDiesel
Footballguy
The Eagles punting instead of going for it was a terrible decision then and even worse now that they lost.
Long Ball Larry
Footballguy
GoBirds
Footballguy
sports_fan
Footballguy
Max Power
Footballguy
It's the hypocrisy of the NFL that bugs me. That was a weak hit to the helmet. And compare it to what Sony Michell did on TNF to the DB where he lowered his head and slammed him. The NFL wont make that call. Ask 100 people which head collision they rather take and they are going to say the Ertz hit. I just feel bad for defenders at this point. NFL cares more about keeping the "names" healthy than they do player safety.
:End rant:
GoBirds
Footballguy
Insein
Footballguy
GroveDiesel
Footballguy
Sorry, meant kick the FG, not go for it. I know it would have been a really long FG, but punting there is just not optimal.
Their punt was actually a great punt, but typically that is a touchback.
sports_fan
Footballguy
Deamon
Footballguy
That's not usually a touchback. Most punters can sky it from there for a fair catch. I say it's 50/50 if we go for that kick. A missed 58 yarder and its a sure loss. Easy in hindsight to say that, but if we held them and minny punted, it would have been a great call.
Long Ball Larry
Footballguy
JaxBill
Footballguy
57 yarder.
But if they miss it's Vikings ball at own 47. So then they'd be 25 yards or so from kicking to go up 9.
Long Ball Larry
Footballguy
After you posted, I wondered if going for it was worth it anyway, even if you could pick up like 15 yards with a theroretical chance to get the first down.
Gopher State
Footballguy
Mr. Irrelevant
IBL Representative
The problem was with the 3rd-down play call more than the 4th-down one. You need to decide what you're going to do on 4th before you call the 3rd-down play and Doug clearly hadn't.
If you know you're either going to go for it or kick the FG, there's no point in trying to throw to the sticks on 3rd. Yes, Jeffery almost reeled it in, but it was a low-percentage pass relatively speaking. Getting 10-12 yards there would leave you in much better position on 4th down whether your intent was to go for it or try a (now sub-50 yard) FG.
If you want to go for all 20 yards in one shot, fine, but you'd better be OK with punting if you come up empty on 3rd.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
It only made sense if you were confident your defense would not allow any more points. There was no reason to have such confidence based on what we had seen thus far.
Gopher State
Footballguy
Congrats Vikings nice win
