News: PFT: Mike McCarthy didn't think he'd win a challenge when officials spotted CeeDee Lamb short

[Reality]

 

[phildadon86]

 

[speedkilz88]

This is the kind of stuff that makes me want to fire the guy. He needs to at the very least get a new instant replay guy in the booth to tell him when to challenge. The current person is an idiot.

 

[tyke1doe]

Translation: I was clueless at a critical point in the game.
Yeah, tell us what we don't know.

 

[glimmerman]

Didn’t they show the replay on the board there. I thought it was obvious. Was furious when they didn’t challenge..

 

[Aftershock]

I didn’t mind that. The play call after that was mind boggling. 4th and inches and call a bootleg??? Just pound Zeke in.

that’s kmoore trying to be cute and too smart for his own good. “They THINK I’m gonna run so let me play action and pass it”.

hey bozo. It’s INCHES. JUST RUN THE BALL OR SNEAK IT.

 

[terra]

At that point of the game what the hell did he have to lose vs LOSING the game?

 

[droopdog7]

I mean, wait to see the dang replay at least. I was yelling at the TV to get a look at the replay. This was like freezing your own kicker bad.

 

[quickccc]

This is the kind of stuff that makes me want to fire the guy. He needs to at the very least get a new instant replay guy in the booth to tell him when to challenge. The current person is an idiot.

McCarthy practically confessed that he flat blew it by non-challenging the Lamb reception.
Means his game management decisions are still much in question.

Also means he does have the proper "spotters" handy to significantly help him either.

 

[JBond]

Just when I start to appreciate MM he does something like this. Ended up in a dead drive. Why not challenge?

 

[Aven8]

He got too flustered by that hot ref chick all night!!!

 

[Ken]

Then punt the damn ball.

Geezus...this was such a braindead sequence and it drives me nuts. Under no circumstances should we be rushing to the line on 4th down at our OWN 34... Let alone how the game was going and being on the road. Just a TOTAL joke.

If i was playing my 11-year-old son in Madden, this is the kind of call i would expect. Not from a super bowl winning coach.

And IF you are going to do this idiocy....qb sneak it.

We literally handed them the game with this.

 

[DallasBlockersClub]

1) I think he’s wrong
2) At that juncture in the game, you roll the dice with the challenge. It was critical.
3) Fourth down call sucked

 

[MarcusRock]

If only he felt that way about the Dez no-catch in Green Bay way back when.

 

[Aerolithe_Lion]

Even if you don’t think you’ll win, you challenge anyway to show you have your WR’s back who thinks he got it. What did CeeDee think after Mike said he couldn’t be bothered? Good job saving that first half timeout?

 

[Creeper]

The problem is giving both sides only two challenges. The guys in New York who are supposed to review plays to get them right should review spotting the ball too. It should not be about coaches making the right decisions when to challenge or using up their only 2 challenges, it should be about getting the calls right. If the NFL is worried about the length of games then they should show it be reducing the number and length of commercial breaks.

 

[droopdog7]

This is the kind of stuff that makes me want to fire the guy. He needs to at the very least get a new instant replay guy in the booth to tell him when to challenge. The current person is an idiot.

The instant replay guy? They ran up to the line with lightening up their rear end. I mean, I guess he may have seen a replay but we sure didn't. By that time, they were already committed to running a play.

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

Sean Peyton would have challenged it.

 

[droopdog7]

Just when I start to appreciate MM he does something like this. Ended up in a dead drive. Why not challenge?

It wasn't why not a challenge, it was, why not wait to see the replay.

 

[SultanOfSix]

It was a horrible spot and should've been challenged.