The last drive for Washington

[CATCH17]

Was that not one of the absolute worst playcalls you've ever seen?


They are down in their own end with no timeouts and they run a quick pass? What was that?

 

[reddyuta]

Was that not one of the absolute worst playcalls you've ever seen?


They are down in their own end with no timeouts and they run a quick pass? What was that?

they didnt even have timeouts,its a giveup play.

 

[Carson]

Was that not one of the absolute worst playcalls you've ever seen?


They are down in their own end with no timeouts and they run a quick pass? What was that?

Just trying for a quick play to get yards.

With no Reed, Paul and more offensive line out, they were grasping at straws.

Likely thinking we were in a dime, he could pick up 10-15 yards and spike it up

 

[jazzcat22]

Maybe Linehan hacked their headsets.

 

[CATCH17]

Just trying for a quick play to get yards.

With no Reed, Paul and more offensive line out, they were grasping at straws.

Likely thinking we were in a dime, he could pick up 10-15 yards and spike it up

You have to get out of bounds so trying a play just to pick up yards needs to be something down the sideline.

That play was as bad as a handoff almost.

 

[IheartRomo]

Was that not one of the absolute worst playcalls you've ever seen?


They are down in their own end with no timeouts and they run a quick pass? What was that?

Traded 20+ seconds for 4 yards. Absolutely horrific strategy and even worse execution.

 

[Verdict]

Let's not look a gift horse in the mouth.

 

[Seven]

Who...... cares?

 

[LoneStarDawg]

Was that not one of the absolute worst playcalls you've ever seen?


They are down in their own end with no timeouts and they run a quick pass? What was that?

Agreed! I laughed and then shook my head at that one. If had timeouts would’ve been different.

 

[LoneStarDawg]

Let's not look a gift horse in the mouth.

True, but no reason to skip a chance to make fun of a long time rival.

 

[Aven8]

To be fair it was raining cats and dogs. I don't know how anyone could complete anything over 10 yards.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Was that not one of the absolute worst playcalls you've ever seen?

They are down in their own end with no timeouts and they run a quick pass? What was that?

 

[Direwolf63]

I thought Byron Jones was going to drop that.

 

[BotchedLobotomy]

Was that not one of the absolute worst playcalls you've ever seen?


They are down in their own end with no timeouts and they run a quick pass? What was that?

I would rank the pass call at the end of the Packers game infinitely worse than this one.

 

[Lutonio]

Looked like a little gamesmanship with our players arguing and distracting them as well.

Was it Mayors?

 

[CowboyStar88]

I thought Byron Jones was going to drop that.

Shoot I think he thought he was gonna drop it

 

[SSoup]

I think they got cute and talked themselves into thinking they were about to catch us being overly aggressive or something.

It's also possible they had no faith in being able to pass-block long enough for someone to get open downfield. And even if they protected long enough to throw it downfield, had lost all hope of the receiver holding onto the deep pass even if it hit him right in the hands. So they thought, "hey, let's throw it short and get a convoy going. I'll bet on their defensive backs missing tackles and turning the ballcarrier loose sooner than I'll bet on our receivers holding onto a pass."

But I tend to think it's the first one.

Lots of offensive coaches outsmart themselves and make dumb playcalls because they have this idea that the defense won't see it coming and they'll show everyone their big brass balls.

When teams are in a time-crunch situation, it's why you see lots of teams throw the ball in the middle of the field instead of towards the sideline. Or why you see a ballcarrier turn upfield instead of heading for the sideline like he ought to. They know the defense is expecting the ball to go to the sideline, but they have this stupid fantasy that they'll do the unexpected (throw it down the middle, or turn upfield instead of heading straight to the sideline). They have this fantasy where they do some brave, ballsy thing that catches the defense by surprise and goes for a TD, and everyone hoists the playcaller or the QB or the ballcarrier (whoever made the dumb decision) up on their shoulders and start chanting their names, like the end of Rudy. It almost never plays out that way, though.

 

[DCreppinBoysfan]

I almost felt bad for them. That looked like us.... on