07-08-2017, 08:46 PM
(07-06-2017, 07:35 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Sure, taking a knee on your own 6 yd line, with 0.25 seconds to go, might be the safest option. But playing "safe" all the time just makes for complacency, allowing the opponent to be the aggressor.
Yep, exactly what i meant to say, you just said it better Sunset.
(07-06-2017, 09:47 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: Agreed,
I can't remember now if it was early last season ? possibly the season before last ? But we were either on a bye week or playing in prime time. Anyways I was half watching a 1PM game, I'm thinking it was Jacksonville vs. Tennessee, not totally sure.
One team was up like 27-3, right in there somewhere ? Big lead - controlling the game. The losing team was forced to punt with like a minute left before halftime. The team with the big lead got the ball back at like their own 30. And I remember I was so dumb struck when they came out attacking down the field ! I remember saying Marvin would have run the clock out there for sure. The drive stalled and they settled for a FG, 30-3 or thereabouts at HT.
Checking back later the final score was like 33 -27 or something ? Point being Marvin just will not ever play like that, and it hurts bad in today's NFL.
It never happens, even if we have the ball at the 45 or midfield, we still will take the knee.
(07-07-2017, 08:51 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: This is the same coach that would take a knee when the other team would jump offsides! That's all you need to know about Marv's marbles.
Imagine how many more points we would score if we took those shots down the field...
Especially with John Ross. There is hardly anything to lose when the other team jumps off sides, except a TD for us.
