Yeah, maybe. Hyde’s been the workhorse with regards to carries, but Chubb and Johnson have combined for 284 yards on a combined 35 carries. That’s 8.1 YPC, pretty damn impressive, even with Chubb’s two outliers.
They were outplayed that game, too. Five giveaways* will give a win to even bad teams. Josh Rosen threw a 75 yard TD on his first pass, and was them held to 95 yards passing total for the rest of the game.
*: two strip-sacks, two backup RB fumbles, and an INT.
None so blind as will not see. The man is a disgrace to the sport and his team. Time for him to just make it official already and join the UFC
I’m all for aggressive coaching, but I’m not sure I go for two when losing by one with 30 second left and the opposing team having 2 timeouts and Phillip Rivers.
"One special case: when a team scores a touchdown late to narrow the score to 1 point and then a coach has to decide whether to go for an extra point and the tie or 2 points and the win. Amazingly, this is the one situation in which coaches have broken with orthodoxy and gone for 2 occasionally — even though the chart suggests that it often isn’t justified.
Whether to “go for the win” or not in this situation is intrinsically a pretty even decision — the difference between being up 1 and tied is the same as the difference between being down 1 and tied — and depends largely on how good your 2-point conversion unit is (note the tall lines in the -1 box). But toward the end of the game, remaining time becomes an extremely important factor. In particular, when your opponent is likely to get another possession and your team is not, going for 2 becomes something a coach probably shouldn’t do. This is because if the other team goes down 1, it may end up driving for a game-winning field goal with nothing to lose. Because the opponent is likely to take a lot of risks, go for it on fourth down, etc., those drives have a disproportionately high success rate. In this case, playing for the tie to get into overtime becomes the far better strategy."
It’s by no means an indefensible decision, but I think Vrabel fucked up. Especially for a team that is tied for the lead in their division at 3-3.
Another refs fucking the Browns incident. I’m about 90% disengaged from football from my peak.
What’s the record for overtime games in a season?
The Panthers, and especially Cam Newton, looked like utter crap all game and then come back and win in the 4th quarter. On the road. Against the defending champs. Football is funny. And awesome.
Is it not unsportsmanlike or delay of game or something to throw a challenge flag in the last 2 minutes?
I almost always prefer the go-for-it side of the decision, but I agree that Tennessee’s choice was at least questionable. Also I don’t know why the Chargers weren’t calling timeouts at the end there. They could’ve been getting the ball back with about 1:40 left, instead of :30, though it ended up not mattering. In fact, I guess you could argue that not calling TOs won them the game, since maybe Tennessee doesn’t go for 2 if there’s more time left.
How often has a team scored five points in a game. I can’t remember ever seeing it before.
I take it you’re not familiar with Scoragami?
And now the Ravens show why going for 1 is also the wrong decision.
I was not familiar with that, thank you.
That’s an interesting way to present the information. Five points is not common, but it’s happened more than I thought. Only once has a team ever scored four points for a game.
Is there a sweeter sound in football than your opponents’ game-tying/winning field goal attempt bouncing off the upright?
BONGGGG!!!
Amen to that!
Meanwhile, is there a more biased commentator than Tony Romo? Even I couldn’t believe it when he used the modifier “fortunately” when describing a Cowboys gain.
Justin Tucker had made 222 straight point after attempts before that one. I’d lay those odds anytime.
I only got to watch the first half of the Bears game, but I had assumed and read that Mitch Trubisky was further along in his development than he looked. He was very quick to take off and run, wasn’t very accurate, and looked a bit lost at times. There’s reasons for hope, but he still looks like a rookie QB to me.
I know some of you are concerned with the ridiculous QB-protecting penalty calls this year, if you even go near a QB you get flagged.
Well you’ll be happy to know that this doesn’t always apply. For instance, nothing wrong with this one.
But I don’t mind that one so much. The one that got me I can’t find a clip of - the Browns were down a TD, Tampa was driving down the field, they threw a ball to a receiver, he cleanly and clearly catches the ball, plants both feet, turns his shoulders, then gets hit and the ball bounces out. While that is a fumble 99% of the time, it is not against the Browns. It wasn’t just a bad real time judgement either - it was reviewed and upheld.
I really thought this year they were going to tone down the fuck the browns thing. Hard Knocks and the 0-18 turnaround storyline got a lot of people interested in following the Browns this year, and there’s a lot of “wtf, I’ve never watched the Browns before this year but do they always get this treatment like this?” going around discussion boards that I’ve seen. But no, it’s been as bad or worse this year than it’s ever been.
The worst part about this one is a flag was thrown, then picked up because Baker was a “runner” and so apparently it’s OK to launch the crown of your helmet into his earhole. Of course, everyone else in the world is going, “Wait, doesn’t the NFL have a rule about lowering and leading with the helmet?” Yes, it does. But apparently the application of the rule, much like the “falling on the QB” rule or rules about what is a “catch,” is very tricky. And this is the problem with NFL officiating. Nobody understands the goddam rules!
I think after last year, no one is surprised with what’s happening in Jacksonville. That defense couldn’t keep Bortles and the inept offense above water forever.
But what the heck is going on in Philadelphia? As a casual observer it seems like Wentz is playing fine, and they are out rushing their opponents (in yd/g anyway). Defense is creating turnovers and isn’t allowing a lot of points. Are they just missing that bit of magic it takes to get over the top in the NFL? Anyone that has actually watched Philly games have any input?