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I hate to agree with you but I've felt this way for a few years now. I always get backlash from fellow Steelers fans because of his winning %. I've always felt that they've won despite him rather than because of him. They've had a top 5 QB for the past 15 years? Hard not to win when Ben is the QB and he's typically surrounded by a lot of playmakers.
I was at the game - there was shock in the stadium when it happened. Crazy call.Welcome to 2019! Let the Stupidity begin!
2:47 left, Cardinals are out of timeouts, 3rd and 5 near midfield, with the play clock ticking down and the game on the line, Stafford threw complete to J.D. McKissic for what would have been a big gain. The play was blown dead and several defensive players appeared to stop running. Offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell has called a timeout.
Stafford - 159th start - could be seen on the sideline screaming “trust me.” Patricia said in the postgame he ordered the timeout, but given that he’s on crutches, wasn’t near the OC and can’t move quickly down the sideline, I’m dubious.
Post timeout, pass incomplete, punt, Kyler becomes a hero.
Yeah, it became a running joke in the game topic by some, but you’ve got to wonder when the stud rookie RB they talked up alllllll preseason comes in & goes 4 then 6 yards with his calling card broken tackles, then on the next play it’s back to C.Patterson in the backfield.
I was thinking the same thing while watching the game. Why go for 2?? Extra stupidity in my view because I started M.Bryant
Going for 2 was the right call there, for the same reasons that folks gave for why to go for 2 in the old You're down by 14 with 7:00 minutes left in the game thread.
I was thinking the same thing while watching the game. Why go for 2?? Extra stupidity in my view because I started M.Bryant
Dunno - he called a TO to review the play in order to decide to challenge it, then when he lost the challenge he lost a 2nd TO.
Yeah I saw it, but I think that rule must be new.Dunno - he called a TO to review the play in order to decide to challenge it, then when he lost the challenge he lost a 2nd TO.
Thats how the ref explained it.if you lose a challenge you lose a TO.
I thought that was always the rule.
What’s weird is that I thought it was a penalty to call 2 time-outs in a row without calling a play. So how’d he call a TO then throw the challenge flag back to back?
I think the only new thing is that’s new is that a coach was dumb enough to do that.zed2283 said:
First of all, if you definitely need to go for 2 at some point then going for it earlier than you need to isn't going to hurt you. You might learn sooner that you're not going to be able to pull it off, but it won't reduce your chances of winning. So it's not a stupid move (let alone an obviously stupid one).Steeler said:
Andy Reid did that several times when he was with the Eagles. It was one of many running jokes about his clock management.I think the only new thing is that’s new is that a coach was dumb enough to do that.
I think it means when at the gl you need a few tight ends, maybe a full back.Long Ball Larry said:
Also that last hit of the game on Humphries was pretty solid. Why throw across the middle down multiple scores with 8sec left in the game?
I more or less agree and originally that it was idiotic. But I can see some rationale there if they believed that the only thing that could beat them was a botched or blocked fg taken back for a td. It was wet and sloppy so I could see that rationale. Then I could see it making some sense. Of course they went ahead and threw a sideline out route if I recall correctly so yeah they were probably just being stupid.
But, I kinda can feel what the coach was doing there. He wanted to make the point that the year prior they played hard for all but one play and it cost them the game over there. He went HAM for the full 60 for a reason at least.
Harbuagh has done this almost yearly to cost their team a chance to win. Some they would actually have won.
