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Coff · 10-07-2014, 08:46 AM

Negatives: Not going for it on fourth and short deep in Seahawk territory, then immediately trying an onside kick after the field goal. What kind of asinine reasoning is that? To beat a team like Seattle, the Skins need to take risks, but in that case they took the wrong one. I can reluctantly agree with the decision to kick the FG (though that smacks of a team trying to lose by fewer points rather than trying to win), but to then try an onside kick with the league's worst special teams unit makes no sense.

And as we have seen so many times, when the defense is called upon to make a late fourth quarter stop, they allow a long drive that ends in points. Just once I'd like to see the defense come up with a stop in that situation.

All that aside, it was nice to see the team keep fighting and turn this into a game. On the heels of last week's debacle, things looked like they were about to get ugly quick on the first drive. The guys really hung in there and fought it out. I think conventional wisdom would say that if our starters were healthier, we would have played better. But sometimes there's something to be said about the additional effort you're going to get from guys who are out to prove they are more than backups, and I think we saw some of that spirit from the defense.

10-07-2014, 08:46 AM	#11
Coff Impact Rookie Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Halfmoon, NY Posts: 688	Re: Skins vs Seasquawks Positive and Negatives Negatives: Not going for it on fourth and short deep in Seahawk territory, then immediately trying an onside kick after the field goal. What kind of asinine reasoning is that? To beat a team like Seattle, the Skins need to take risks, but in that case they took the wrong one. I can reluctantly agree with the decision to kick the FG (though that smacks of a team trying to lose by fewer points rather than trying to win), but to then try an onside kick with the league's worst special teams unit makes no sense. And as we have seen so many times, when the defense is called upon to make a late fourth quarter stop, they allow a long drive that ends in points. Just once I'd like to see the defense come up with a stop in that situation. All that aside, it was nice to see the team keep fighting and turn this into a game. On the heels of last week's debacle, things looked like they were about to get ugly quick on the first drive. The guys really hung in there and fought it out. I think conventional wisdom would say that if our starters were healthier, we would have played better. But sometimes there's something to be said about the additional effort you're going to get from guys who are out to prove they are more than backups, and I think we saw some of that spirit from the defense.