11-02-2018, 05:28 PM
(11-02-2018, 04:51 PM)YsCascadia Wrote: I don't know if I would say that Mixon NOT score. However if he runs for a 5 yard gain to start the clock at the 2 min warning, and we take off the 45 seconds before making the next play, which should be a pass play to only get the 1st down, then hurry up and run another play to try and get another 1st down it would help burn out the clock, while also moving the ball forward. If Pittsburgh calls a TO (they had all 3) then great, now we run again to start up the clock. If they burn all 3 TOs then our chances of winning is increased. If they don't take a TO, when we get to 30 seconds, that is when we should be looking take our TOs. Keep getting 1st downs and when we are 20 seconds or less, score. Pooch kick, but keep the ball in the field of play and even more time would be taken off the clock.
I don't see the Steelers getting into FG range with 7 seconds and possibly no TOs remaining. The pressure wasn't on us to score as fast as we can. It was on their defense to try and stop us from eating the clock and scoring.
While I do understand the concept of the offense scoring and that they did their job and the defense is to prevent scores and ours did not do their job, I don't blame the players for going with the plays called, I do blame the coaches. The coaches job is to prepared for situational football. Marv has been terrible at this his entire time with us. How does Jeremy Hill NOT protect the football in that last postseason game?
That is what i really meant, have to score when you can as i later specified just saying if we ate up the clock more
we win that game. It is on Marv on that one, not the player as you say. Have to have your RB prepared in that
moment in a Playoff game with Hill. That still makes me wanna puke.
