11-03-2015, 01:01 PM
(11-03-2015, 12:55 PM)djs7685 Wrote: Yes, calling 3 passes was fine when you have one of the best passing offenses in the NFL.
The execution just wasn't there. You can't cry about the OC's calls when it was just flat out poor execution by the players.
Like I said, 1 run/2 pass or 2 run/1 pass would have been a fine choice there too. There are a lot of options when you're that close to the goal line. Not many plays outside of telling the QB to close his eyes, turn around, and kick the ball into the stands is really "bad play calling" in that situation when you have the most efficient passing offense in the NFL and a solid run game.
One of those passes is executed better and we don't have this conversation. If Hill runs up the gut 3 times for 0 yards and a fumble, then we'd have a different conversation about how they were too conservative. OCs are always damned if they do, damned if they don't.
If Hill had done that, I certainly wouldn't be blaming the OC because It would have seemed to have been the right thing to do. It isn't like we were having a lot of success throwing the football against them.
