Our offense is Pathetic

[dgack]

Originally Posted by warriorzpath

I am pro-gibbs, but at times he just doesn't seem to have thought through game situations. Like under 2:39 left in the game with 1 timeout. Call the timeout before or after the 2 minute warning ?

People have piled on this and I'm mystified as to why. That "horrible" call cost us exactly :09 of game time and had ZERO bearing on the outcome of that game.

[warriorzpath]

Originally Posted by dgack

People have piled on this and I'm mystified as to why. That "horrible" call cost us exactly :09 of game time and had ZERO bearing on the outcome of that game.

9 seconds at the end of the game is at least one more play and can change things dramatically, especially being only down by 3 points.

And you never know, if the timeout is called before the 2 minute warning - would green bay call a pass play to try to put the game away with the redskins playing run. It's not that much of a stretch, considering Favre and co's gambling mentally.

[dgack]

Originally Posted by warriorzpath

9 seconds at the end of the game is at least one more play and can change things dramatically, especially being only down by 3 points.

And you never know, if the timeout is called before the 2 minute warning - would green bay call a pass play to try to put the game away with the redskins playing run. It's not that much of a stretch, considering Favre and co's gambling mentally.

Time was not our enemy at the end, momentum was. That, and the pathological inability to make a play by anybody not named Cooley or Campbell.

[warriorzpath]

Originally Posted by dgack

Time was not our enemy at the end, momentum was. That, and the pathological inability to make a play by anybody not named Cooley or Campbell.

When you're down by 3 with a little over 1 minute left, one big thing that you are working against is time.

Of course the offense needs to make some plays, but it doesn't help to waste precious time on top of that.