Zeke's (almost) huge mistake that could have lost the game

[Coy]

you always fall down in that situation. rookie mistake.

I wouldn't blame him, that's why they have coaches.

 

[Nightman]

you always fall down in that situation. rookie mistake.

that would have been galactically stupid......."always" .........lol

 

[Nightman]

If you are losing you ALWAYS score the TD......rookie smarts

 

[stilltheguru88]

Yeah, instead, let's rely on the D to keep a top-notch QB from driving down the field to score with plenty of time to do so.

Because those odds are somehow better than the odds of Dan Bailey making a chip-shot FG to all you math-challenged fans.

Defense gets paid a lot of money to do a job .

 

[mattjames2010]

Defense gets paid a lot of money to do a job .

And that defense who we are paying the big money, most of them were nursing some boo boos on the sideline. We were down to a couple scrubs in the secondary by the end of the Steelers game, one of them got destroyed by Antonio Brown.

 

[Nav22]

Football isn't math. Math says go for it on 4th down, onside kick every time, and go for 2 every time. But we saw how that works. At the end of the day it's about making the best call you can based on gut feelings. I can't fault a guy for scoring a TD to give us the lead. Never leave it up to a kicker. I don't care if that's what math says.

None of those statements are even remotely true.

 

[Nav22]

Defense gets paid a lot of money to do a job .

And the Steelers offense plays for free?

 

[SoBlue128]

He should have gone down after the first down and had they not scored to come back and win the game in the end he would be the goat right now.

 

[big dog cowboy]

you always fall down in that situation. rookie mistake.

No my fantasy team needed the points.

 

[SportsGuru80]

No.....

 

[stilltheguru88]

And the Steelers offense plays for free?

(In my best Garrett voice) were only focused on Dallas cowboy football

 

[Vegas_Cowboy]

I don't post very often but I had to because this t

It wasn't a mistake or an almost mistake. When you are trailing you score when the opportunity is in front of you. Nothing is ever guaranteed, so you take advantage of your chances when you can. It is a different situation of you are protecting a lead, but when you are behind you take that touchdown. Bad snaps, bad holds, blocked kicks, missed field goal and in general stuff happens. Elliot did what he needed to do and it was the right thing to do.

The thread should've ended right here with this post. Unless you're protecting a lead, you score. PERIOD.

 

[DogFace]

This is in the top 10 silliest threads on Zone in the last year.

No way no how. Don't get cute. Game over.