01-24-2022, 01:56 PM
(01-24-2022, 11:15 AM)TheFan Wrote: I didn't mean all 3-4 took points off the board. They were two different thoughts and it was a poorly constructed sentence.
There was the one in the 4th you mentioned and then he had another near the end of the 2nd half that could have. He took a 12 yard sack that made the fg 54 yards instead of 42. Luckily McPherson bailed him out.
Yeah, perfect example. Prince false started the play before so it was 3-14. If you just want to protect the field goal in that circumstance you should call a run or a short screen. Or at least a couple of patterns at the sticks and a couple of outlet options. Instead, they sent two guys on the right deep and two guys on the left to the sticks.
Joe takes the snap and sets nine yards deep. Mixon stays in for protection and breaks out to the right flat late. Burrow looks deep right first. They were going for a home run. Chase looks set to go by the defender into the endzone, Joe cocks his arm, and at that moment Simmons breaks free right in his passing lane.
He can't throw it away because he's in the pocket. He probably can't even see Mixon with Simmons in his face at that point and he doesn't have time to redirect it to him anyway.
It sounds like you think he should have just eaten the ball in that moment. Instead he tries to spin out to the left. And notice that in that moment, his receivers at the sticks don't come back to him. Instead they break for the endzone as well. Joe tries to set up to throw it that way but the edge defender and Simmons converge for the sack.
This was never a "let's try to get the first down but make sure we secure the field goal" call. This was a, "let's take a kill shot just before the half" call. Trying to keep the play alive cost us three yards. Anyone crying about that should give back all the points and yards that Burrow has gotten us by extending plays and go find a "play not to lose" team to follow.
