I approve this
Given how awful the Skins special teams has been, thought they would have onside it
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Game Thread: Redskins at Saints (1 Viewer)
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Given how awful the Skins special teams has been, thought they would have onside it
FreeBaGeL
Footballguy
Announcers are wrong here. Bad decision to kick it deep. The field position means very little. If they pick up a 1st down the game is over anyway so it doesn't matter if that 1st down puts them in FG range or not, and if they force a 3 and out 20 yards of field position isn't going to matter to Brees w/ 2 mins left.
Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
I think the announcers get double pay after 4:00
Henry Ford
Footballguy
One first down doesn't end it, necessarily. One first down that puts them in FG range does.
Doctor Detroit
Please remove your headgear
Not really, if they had stopped them there they might improve their field position by 20-30 yards. Plus one first down doesn't end the game in this situation.
Henry Ford
Footballguy
Yeah, D.C. has a bright future right now.
Henry Ford
Footballguy
I would take a TO before this punt if I were Shanny
Although now there's no way to stop the Saints' momentum if the offense starts clicking on this drive. Interesting.
Although now there's no way to stop the Saints' momentum if the offense starts clicking on this drive. Interesting.
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phrozen
Footballguy
The skins couldn't score 40+ in three games last season. I know it is one game but things look very promising
Henry Ford
Footballguy
Yeah, 22 seconds is too little even for this offense. Ah, well. Nice work by the Skins.
Henry Ford
Footballguy
Wow. Just enough time for a Hail Mary.
FreeBaGeL
Footballguy
It essentially does. Saints aren't going to go 80 yards in 20 seconds. If the 1st down had been picked up on 3rd down, it literally would have run the clock to 0.
20 yards of field position is not worth giving up a 13% chance of getting the ball.The only reason teams don't kick onside kicks on every kickoff is because it makes it too easy for the other team to score. They don't kick it deep because they're worried that an onside kick will give them worse field position the next time they get the ball back. In an end of game situation, you're removing the issue of the other team having an easier route to score because the other team isn't trying to score any more.
Wow, thought that punt block would completely turn the momentum around and the skins would fold as they have every game the last several years. Never so happy to be wrong in my life. I'm still confused though. Not sure how to handle this. Maybe they can come out next week and lose by 30 for a return to normalcy.
