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That was actually a decent call - trying to catch them by surprise - they just didn't execute it very well. They were planning to do several laterals similar to the way a rugby team would do it. Only problem is that the first lateral wasn't clean.
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I'd have been more confident in either Derek Anderson with like 3 days of learning the playbook or Logan Thomas who hasn't thrown an NFL pass in like 6 years rather than Peterman. Brutal.
My buddy was at the game. Right before that play I texted him "They should run a sneak to the 6-7 QB."
Only rationale I can think of is that there's enough time left in the game that he wasn't sure how scoring would play out. But the most likely explanation is that this is Andy Reid we're talking about.
Came here to post this. He got very lucky Ben and AB bailed him out or that could have cost them the game.
The Raiders are scamming Las Vegas out of $750 mill so they can afford it.
Yep. He's trying too hard to be an offensive genius. Reminds me of Brian Billick --- who was never an offensive genius except when he had Randy Moss and Cris Carter.
Now it's 38-10 because they KICKED A FG DOWN FROM THE 15-YARD LINE WHEN THEY WERE DOWN 31 POINTS!
At least Gruden was trying to avoid a shutout (which is a dumb reason, but at least is a reason). What is the benefit of making it 38-10?
They were both idiots settling for the pyrrhic victory of not losing by as much as they would have.
I get that Payton wants to see what he has in Taysom Hill - has good measurements at 6'2 221lb, a solid YPC as a rusher/jet sweeper, can line up wide and get in position with a reverse/flicker/other trick play to deliver the ball as a QB.
With 15 seconds left, Packers get the ball down to the 28. Do they get conservative and settle for a 46 yarder from Crosby? No! They take another shot to Adams and get the ball down to the 9. Then they try again and throw incomplete. Now Crosby just has to hit a chip shot to win the game.
To be fair, the Packers have Aaron Rodgers, who you can pretty much 100% trust not to take a sack or throw an INT in that situation. Only a handful of teams have a fully trustworthy QB.
Sure, no one could do what Rodgers did in that Dallas playoff game a couple years ago, but if you're not totally confident in your QB, run quick outs (or slants if you have time) and, if the guy's not open, throw it away. In that situation, an incomplete pass is way better than a two-yard run, since it wastes less time. Meanwhile, even if you only complete one or two of them and gain 5-10 yards, you're putting your kicker in a much better situation.
The problem with the quick out is that that's exactly what they're expecting you to do, and if you have Jameis Winston at QB you can't trust him to read the underneath coverage correctly. He's perfectly capable of throwing a pick-6 in that situation.
