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EternalEnigma21 · 11-14-2005, 08:16 PM

He called the right play there, you can't crucify gibbs for getting somewhat conservative there and keeping the clock running....

but (and this is probably why I'm not an NFL coach) I would have definately gone for it (even on our own 20) on 4th and 1.

I mean we punt from our own 5, and you can bet they start in their own territory anyway... not only that, but we keep letting teams back in games by not putting them away with our offense. The eagles could have scored that last TD, and we should have been another TD ahead in that game.

If we don't make it, our D is somewhat fresh defending a shorter field (supposed to be in our favor, because there's less field to protect) and they play for a tie with no time and all we have to do is watch the pass with a more crowded secondary.

If we make it... game over.

I don't see how we can come back, take a lead, and then just let teams back in ball games like we do. Ther's been 2 games this year out of 9 that haven't been edge-of-seat finishes, and we've outgained alot of opponents that we've lost to in close games dramatically. We have to start putting teams away when we get ahead. If we can play great from behind, we should be able to keep it up.

11-14-2005, 08:16 PM	#40
EternalEnigma21 Assistant Regional Mod Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Carbondale CO Age: 46 Posts: 2,958	Re: Did Gibbs Make the Wrong Call? He called the right play there, you can't crucify gibbs for getting somewhat conservative there and keeping the clock running.... but (and this is probably why I'm not an NFL coach) I would have definately gone for it (even on our own 20) on 4th and 1. I mean we punt from our own 5, and you can bet they start in their own territory anyway... not only that, but we keep letting teams back in games by not putting them away with our offense. The eagles could have scored that last TD, and we should have been another TD ahead in that game. If we don't make it, our D is somewhat fresh defending a shorter field (supposed to be in our favor, because there's less field to protect) and they play for a tie with no time and all we have to do is watch the pass with a more crowded secondary. If we make it... game over. I don't see how we can come back, take a lead, and then just let teams back in ball games like we do. Ther's been 2 games this year out of 9 that haven't been edge-of-seat finishes, and we've outgained alot of opponents that we've lost to in close games dramatically. We have to start putting teams away when we get ahead. If we can play great from behind, we should be able to keep it up.