Stupidity Rules the Day!!!!

[jefferyepayne]

I would have run the ball. HOWEVER. I'm not an NFL coach. Would I have called for a fake field goal down 16 to the Packers? Gone for it on 4th down various times in the playoffs in critical situations?

The reality is that to succeed in the NFL you sometimes have to do what's unexpected and take a chance. I'm not sure this was exactly the play I would have called in that situation to take that chance but I applaud the Seattle coaches for going with their gut and going against the grain. If their fake field goal against the Packers hadn't worked out, they would have been skewered a game earlier.

This time it just didn't work out for them. That's football.

jeff

[tonyo]

Originally Posted by jefferyepayne

I would have run the ball. HOWEVER. I'm not an NFL coach. Would I have called for a fake field goal down 16 to the Packers? Gone for it on 4th down various times in the playoffs in critical situations?

The reality is that to succeed in the NFL you sometimes have to do what's unexpected and take a chance. I'm not sure this was exactly the play I would have called in that situation to take that chance but I applaud the Seattle coaches for going with their gut and going against the grain. If their fake field goal against the Packers hadn't worked out, they would have been skewered a game earlier.

This time it just didn't work out for them. That's football.

jeff

More good points.

More from the "I'm not an NFL coach" angle: I was actually saying that New England should've let Lynch into the endzone on his first attempt so Brady would have almost a minute to get into field goal range. HA!



I also thought the Pats drawing the offside on the next play was equally as exciting

[Econteachert205]

I certainly think pete Carroll made a mistake, but at the same time he is a great coach and Seahawks fans should be grateful for his work there.

[gregr2]

Originally Posted by Econteachert205

I certainly think pete Carroll made a mistake, but at the same time he is a great coach and Seahawks fans should be grateful for his work there.

Agree. He pretty much said that he made a mistake after the game.

“There is nobody to blame but me,” Carroll said. “They busted their tails and unfortunately it didn’t work out ... It’s a very, very hard lesson. I hate to learn the hard way, but there is no other way to look at it right now.”