NFL teams punt far too often, as several simulations have made clear. But apparently they fear the Monday Morning Quarterbacks enough to rarely go for it in their own territory. Doesn’t mean this particular decision was the right one tho.
Lost in this decision was the bizarre defensive gameplan by NO after they had pinned Atl. down on their own 5 with 2 minutes to go and no timeouts-talking about their blitzing on almost every single play, giving up big gains in the process. If they had just rushed 3 and kept back 8 and give up short gains, the Falcons would have run out of time before they could have gotten into FG range.
Did I hear the announcers correctly that Suh recently had to have a face-to-face meeting with the NFL commissioner about his conduct? If I did hear that correctly, you’d think that would have sent a message.
Apparently not. And now Fairley is doing the same dirty shit. Time to tale Schwartz out back and have him shot. Enjoy your pack of thugs who will miss the playoffs again Detroit.
