How does Sparano blow a 24-3 lead over the saints?

[peplaw06]

Miami's play-calling and clock management late in the fourth quarter was absolutely horrific.

When they were down by six points with 3:23 remaining, they called seven consecutive passes. They're the No. 2 rushing team in the NFL, they had two timeouts and had plenty of time left to mix in a few runs, and they decide to have Chad Henne throw on every play.

After Henne's interception was returned for a TD, they were down 12 points with 1:53 remaining and still had two timeouts. Obviously, they had to score a touchdown with enough time remaining to recover an onside kick and score again. So what did they do? THEY RAN THE BALL ON THE FIRST PLAY. Then they threw short passes into the middle of the field and let the clock run down instead of using their timeouts. They finally started using their timeouts in the final 40 seconds -- but they used them on downs when they could have spiked the ball to stop the clock. They didn't even TRY to score a touchdown (throwing a pass into the end zone) until 17 seconds remained. So the BEST CASE SCENARIO using their strategy would have been to recover an onside kick with 16 seconds left and attempt a couple of 55-yard hail marys. But of course, they mismanaged things so badly that they ran out of time before scoring even one TD, let alone two.

Sparano clearly needs him a Jason Garrett.

 

[dbair1967]

How do you blow a 24-3 lead?

Keep this man away from your football team.





YAKUZA

Yeah, but Parcells says he makes a hell of a stromboli

 

[TellerMorrow34]

Do you know what you are talking about?

My guess is you don't have a clue.

Chad Pennington?

11-5 in 2008.

0-3 in 2009.

Pennington has been done for a couple of weeks.

Ahh, now I see. I misread his post. I thought he was saying Pennington was still playing.

"Well, don't I look like the ****ing *******" - In my best Jack Nicholson (good god I am on fire right now) voice.

LOL. It's all good man. I can see where my post was miss leading.

 

[Yakuza Rich]

Yeah, but Parcells says he makes a hell of a stromboli

Nah, he'd screw that up too.







YAKUZA

 

[ArmyCowboy]

Miami's play-calling and clock management late in the fourth quarter was absolutely horrific.

When they were down by six points with 3:23 remaining, they called seven consecutive passes. They're the No. 2 rushing team in the NFL, they had two timeouts and had plenty of time left to mix in a few runs, and they decide to have Chad Henne throw on every play.

After Henne's interception was returned for a TD, they were down 12 points with 1:53 remaining and still had two timeouts. Obviously, they had to score a touchdown with enough time remaining to recover an onside kick and score again. So what did they do? THEY RAN THE BALL ON THE FIRST PLAY. Then they threw short passes into the middle of the field and let the clock run down instead of using their timeouts. They finally started using their timeouts in the final 40 seconds -- but they used them on downs when they could have spiked the ball to stop the clock. They didn't even TRY to score a touchdown (throwing a pass into the end zone) until 17 seconds remained. So the BEST CASE SCENARIO using their strategy would have been to recover an onside kick with 16 seconds left and attempt a couple of 55-yard hail marys. But of course, they mismanaged things so badly that they ran out of time before scoring even one TD, let alone two.

You're the number two running team in the league.

You're up 24-10 at halftime and you run the ball a grand total of 11 times in the second half.

That's how you blow a lead like that.

 

[Chief]

Yeah, but Parcells says he makes a hell of a stromboli

:laugh2:


I agree with the quarterback guys.

My opinion on this, more than ever, this is QB league.

An old high school coach (who has won 6 or 7 state championships) told me a couple of years ago, "If you ain't got a quarterback, you ain't got crap."

That's true on all levels.

Look at the bad NFL teams ... the Browns, the Raiders, the Rams, the Commanders, etc. Now, the Titans and Dolphins, too. They have lousy quarterback play.

Jake Long may turn out to be a great tackle, but the Dolphins made a mistake by not picking Matt Ryan. Simple as that.

 

[Yakuza Rich]

:laugh2:


I agree with the quarterback guys.

My opinion on this, more than ever, this is QB league.

An old high school coach (who has won 6 or 7 state championships) told me a couple of years ago, "If you ain't got a quarterback, you ain't got crap."

That's true on all levels.

Look at the bad NFL teams ... the Browns, the Raiders, the Rams, the Commanders, etc. Now, the Titans and Dolphins, too. They have lousy quarterback play.

Jake Long may turn out to be a great tackle, but the Dolphins made a mistake by not picking Matt Ryan. Simple as that.

I agree as well, but Parcells has been fantastic at developing QB's and drafted Henne in the 2nd round. And he's only in his 2nd year in the league. Takes time to develop.

When it comes to finding and developing a QB, Parcells is a guy that I give the benefit of the doubt to. Not only that, he took a 1-15 team into a 11-5 team in ONE YEAR. So it's hard to knock him too much.

But his defense blows. They should have won the Indy game with ease, but couldn't because in the very miniscule amount of time that the Colts had the ball, they would score.

If there's one thing about Parcells, he's never really found a D-Coordinator for his teams since Belichick. And Pasqualoni surely isn't the answer.





YAKUZA