1. I do not understand what we are trying to do on offense, at all. We just seem to do things that make no sense. Seems like Henning is trying to be so clever that he puts the offense in a hole. 2. WTF is up with our time outs? How the F does Sparano call a time out with 1:33 left in the first half when we have the ball on the 5 yard line? We got lucky and ended up getting a FG at the half but come on, horrible call. 3. How the F do you call a time out with 14 seconds left in the game when all you are going to do is kick a FG? That time out caused us to have to kick the ball off AND play another play on defense. Just flat out stupid. 4. Once again we dominate in the first half only to get dominated in the 2nd half. That tells me that teams are making adjustments to what we are doing but our coaching staff can't figure out how to counter what other teams are doing. 5. Why was JT not able to advance the INT? There was no whistle to stop the play... I don't get that... BTW, that was a horrible call. It was a catch and Clayton was down by contact.
As far as play calling and in game coaching decisions go, when you figure it out, please let me know. 'Cause I've been wondering the same thing and have absolutely no idea.
Couldn't have said it better myself. And on that call, if we got lucky there, I guess the refs are even w/ us for the Saints game now? J/K
[ 3. How the F do you call a time out with 14 seconds left in the game when all you are going to do is kick a FG? That time out caused us to have to kick the ball off AND play another play on defense. Just flat out stupid. the rule reads that if a penilty is called in the 2 min time area....the offending team is docked 10 seconds off the clock.......if we waited till 2 or 3 seconds and some one jumps or any such flag.....theres no time for the kick and the game would be over and we lose...........as far as i understand it
I dont think that rule applys to a play in which the clock is not running. The purpose of the rule is to keep a team from getting a penalty on purpose to stop the clock.
he couldn't advance it because it was called incomplete on the field. So when they reviewed it, they ruled the reciever didn't possess the ball to be ruled down by contact, and since it didn't hit the ground it was called an interception.
I don't understand the recent trend of criticizing the coaching staff for utterly inconsequential decisions. Its like there is some sort of bizarre Stockholm Syndrome here where people secretly wish we had another bad coaching staff. Really? You have a problem calling a timeout with fourteen seconds left? You know what the success rate on last second hail mary passes is? Can you tell me the last time one was successful in the NFL?
3. With 14 seconds if there is a bad snap the holder stands up and spikes the ball and we try to kick again. With 3 seconds left in the same situation we lose the game.
I got to take issue with the suggestion the defense is being poorly coached too. They are throwing near Belichickian levels of week to week gameplanning out there. If anything, the coaching is making the talent look better than it is. The defense isn't talented enough to shut down either the pass or the run without making adjustments that hurt one or the the other.Nor can they cover a good tight end with anyone in a season that has them facing the rogue gallery of elite ends in the league save a couple.
