Did Gibbs Make the Wrong Call?

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Originally Posted by skinsguy

I can't believe it's Wednesday, and people are still whinning about this stupid 3rd and 2 call. It was the right call, case closed. Let me put it in perspective. Which would you rather do. Force your offense to go up against the # 1 defense in the league? Or allow your defense, which happens to be one of the better defenses in the league, go up against a young inexperienced quarterback? Honestly, if you're a coach in that situation, it's a no-brainer call. You run on 3 and 2. This isn't playstation or Xbox.

Your kidding right?

How can anyone say giving an offensive opportunity to the opposing team is the right move?

Did you watch the game?

Did you see at that point they were pretty much doing whatever they wanted to us in the air?

Did you notice our big time defense isn't so big time with player's like Griffen and Taylor out?

I can't figure out why anyone would say running there is the right call? We are horrible running the ball in short yardage situations, the right move is to go to your strength in that situation, what did running the ball accomplish? Nothing! A first down was needed other wise Tampa gets the ball back with enough time to go down the field regardless.

If you think the defense is that great then why not take a chance at doing what we do best rolling out with a short passing game, if it fails let the defense bail us out? Either way the defense still has to make a stop.

Bottom line loser's leave the game up to chance, any time you run a series of play's on offense as we did you leave yourself open to the possibility of a big play from the opposition, Gibbs went into scared mode on that last series instead of attack mode. If we were up by 2 scores it's a different story.

If we had a good short yardage running game I would have no problem with the call, but can anyone remember the last time we were able to run the ball when the defense knew it was coming?

Relying on your defense in situations like that is a last resort, kind of like taking knee with time on the clock to rely on a 50 yd field goal, both should be relied upon only if all else fails.