What nobody is talking about...

[Irving Cowboy]

Originally Posted by Blackspider214

So how about we never try a FG again because of the negative consequences it can have?

Give me a break. This is the NFC East title game. Man up and try a FG for the lead. Quit playing with your tail tucked between your legs. Geez!

And we punted into the endzone anyways. With a net of 15 yards. Big whoop.

Actually a difference of 22 yards in case he missed a field goal that he has never made before, which there is a very good chance he misses.

Be smart.

[CATCH17]

Originally Posted by rocboy22

what makes it even worse was the BS punt that moorman delivered. Kicked it right into the end zone for like a 15 yard net. Huh????? Just go for it on 4th down, then, if you don't want to kick the FG.

And we could've snapped the ball and got it 5 yards closer.

[UncFelix28]

yep, he definitely should have gone for it... I understood not kicking the FG in the wind, but that was pathetic not going for it near the Redskins 30 yard line.

[Double Trouble]

Originally Posted by goshan

The end of the 2nd half where we punted is totally reflective of how poor JG is at game management and in-game decisions.

Its 3rd down. We are in range for a 52 yard FG. The options should be one of two things:

1. Run the ball or call a short pass play to make the attempt shorter. Then kick it.
2. Take a chance for a pass for the 1st, but then kick it.

YOU ABSOLUTELY DO NOT THROW THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD AND THEN PUNT IT. THAT IS TOTAL CHICKEN XXXX AND JUST STUPID.

You have to try a 52 yard FG. I am sorry, this is the NFL. And we have one of the best kickers in the game.

I want the guy gone.

The biggest aspect of that sequence is that our punt team waited until the other team got set while running their extra 5 or 6 players off the field, instead of snapping the ball and getting a free 5 yards to make it a 47 yd FG. The entire team has no mental capacity whatsoever. I'd wager they've been instructed to wait and see the receiving team's alignment before they snap, so that's exactly what they did. Same reason the offense snaps the ball as the playclock expires, and same reason the D is running around not set before the other team snaps it.

I remember a HS basketball game a few years ago, where the ref whistled the ball in play, but one coach kept his team huddled a few more seconds. The opposing team inbounded the ball and got an uncontested bucket. Were Garrett the opposing team's coach, they'd just wait til the other team was on the floor and set before throwing it in.

And yesterday, Mike McCarthy foolishly threw a challenge flag on a turnover. Jordy Nelson, knowing the rule and that it's an automatic challenge and that throwing the flag is a penalty, grabbed the flag and tried t hide it.

Do we have a single player who would've thought to try that? I seriously doubt it. More than likely, most of our guys would be like Donovan McNabb, admitting he didn't know the overtime rules.

[17yearsandcounting]

Originally Posted by Boysathelm

You don't try for the 52-yard field goal. It was pretty windy in that game, and the chances of Dan making that kick in such conditions would have been slim.

Give me a break, this is the same clown that desperately tried it in Baltimore to win the game.

[Word Mofo]

I thought they should have gone for it. 3rd and 9 right? That's doable.

[Word Mofo]

Originally Posted by Double Trouble

The biggest aspect of that sequence is that our punt team waited until the other team got set while running their extra 5 or 6 players off the field, instead of snapping the ball and getting a free 5 yards to make it a 47 yd FG.

That was pathetic, I agree! Collinsworth's head almost exploded when he saw that

[Venger]

They needed to think beforehand so that 3rd and 9 could be 4th and 4. Or the 52 yarder was 47 instead. I would have treated that position on the field as 4 down territory myself, and acted thusly on 3rd down, making a play to get a better 4th down or FG opportunity.

[Blackspider214]

Originally Posted by Irving Cowboy

Actually a difference of 22 yards in case he missed a field goal that he has never made before, which there is a very good chance he misses.

Be smart.

This is the same guy who settled for a 50+ yarder in Baltimore with the game on the line and ran one play in the last 40 seconds with a timeout. This guy obviously has no clue what he is doing at all. The playcalling was horrendous all game long, especially right there. 3rd and 9, and you throw an 18 yard out down the field when nothing has been open down there at all?

How about a good 6 yard pass somewhere and get a closer FG?

He's a moron who is in way over his head. But hey, it's a process right. We'll evaluate and move on.

[coogrfan]

Originally Posted by CATCH17

And we could've snapped the ball and got it 5 yards closer.

Bingo. I have no problem with passing on a long fg in that situation, but if we had been more alert we could have caught the Skins w/13-14 guys on the field.

[Dodger12]

Originally Posted by 17yearsandcounting

Its total reactive BS after this sissy gifted New Orleans 3 before the half last week

This. The guy has no feel for the game. He gives Drew Brees the ball back with plenty of time to march down the field when we should have been in a commanding position at the end of the half.

Same last night. I think we went into the half with two time outs. You don't need to get pass happy from that part of the field. We had enough time on the clock and two time outs to use the whole playbook and use the whole field. The guy is just a horrible play caller...plain and simple.

[percyhoward]

Originally Posted by CATCH17

And we could've snapped the ball and got it 5 yards closer.

All Moorman had to do when he saw that they had 14 men on the field was wait until we were set, then call for the snap.

Flag. Bring in Bailey for 3 points.

[AKATheRake]

My favorite with Garrett is how he always runs on 2nd and 1. Always!

Also, I know Tony's more of a scrambler than runner but how do you not design a few plays for him to swing out of the pocket a game? The guy was probably the best passer on the run in the league at 1 point. He also used to get us a 1st down or 2 a game with his legs. Adds another dimension to the game.

How do you not make an ascerted effort to run more play action, screens and more than 1 throw beyond intermediate routes all game? How about a reverse or trick play once every game to a few? Especially when you have an opposing defense being so 1 dimensionally aggressive all night in a playoff implicating game.

I don't know what Garrett has positively demonstrated offensively over his coaching career in the NFL prior to 2007 that warranted him being gifted play calling responsibilities in the first place? I can assure you he has done absolutely squat since 2007 to continue to be gifted his play calling responsibilities. I'm also a firm believer that to be awarded a HC position you would have had to at least demonstrate success at a coordinator level somewhere in this league. Possible be a successful HC at the collegiate level. Otherwise how can you substantiate managing any type of coordinator while being a HC?

Bottom line is that Garrett, as the majority of the fans not wearing rose colored glasses would know, has been gifted an incredible opportunity solely based on speculative potential and currently innacurately perceived brightness.

[Wolfpack]

Originally Posted by CaptainAmerica

It's a classic Garrett move. Overreact to last week's criticism. It goes back to 08 at least when he called 10 running plays one week and the next week he went run heavy after enduring a week of criticism.

This...you can predict him so easy.

[cajuncocoa]

Originally Posted by newlander

.....only matters if Al Davis Jr. agrees with it: he isn't getting any younger....starting to look like Al and the crypt keeper morphed into one billionaire bumpkin owner

Sad, but true.