10-07-2024, 02:07 PM
(10-07-2024, 01:45 PM)Fan_in_Kettering Wrote: My whole issue with the run, run, and run again strategy was the wind. I was in Paycor Stadium yesterday for the game and the wind was swirling. In fact, Evan McPherson missed quite a few practice field goals in pregame warm-ups. In my opinion, making a 50 yard field goal in a swirling wind was low probability anyway. If the wind was calm, I would not have been concerned.
The announcers stated that McPherson had been perfect in practice kicks in this particular direction. So, it must have been practice kicks going in the opposite direction that you had seen. The announcers also said the wind was slight at the time of the kick and going in direction he was kicking.
It's a painful way to lose a football game. But had the snap and hold been good, I think it would have been a high-percentage kick for McPherson.
