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Originally Posted by over the mountain
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1st drive, 3rd and 1, we call (for some reason) a pass to Thompson ... which worked for a 20+ yd gain. penalty negated play, eventual punt.
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Looking at 4 offensive plays after that penalty:
3rd and 2 at WSH 27
(13:48) (Shotgun) K.Cousins pass deep right to C.Thompson pushed ob at NYG 40 for 33 yards (B.Meriweather).
PENALTY on WAS-J.Reed, Offensive Pass Interference, 10 yards, enforced at WAS 27 - No Play.
3rd and 12 at WSH 17
(13:19) (Shotgun) K.Cousins pass incomplete deep right to C.Thompson.
4th and 12 at WSH 17
(13:07) T.Way punts 53 yards to NYG 30, Center-N.Sundberg. D.Harris to 50 for 20 yards (J.Jeffcoat). Penalty on NYG-R.Jennings, Running Into the Kicker, offsetting, enforced at WAS 17 - No Play.
Penalty on WAS-B.Breeland, Player Out of Bounds on Punt, offsetting.
4th and 12 at WSH 17
Punt Blocked by Rashad Jennings Out of End Zone For Safety
1st and 10 at WSH 6
(9:03) A.Morris left tackle to WAS 9 for 3 yards (B.Meriweather, J.Bromley). WAS-
S.Lauvao was injured during the play.
2nd and 7 at WSH 9
(8:42) K.Cousins pass short middle intended for P.Garcon
INTERCEPTED by P.Amukamara [D.Kennard] at WAS 20. P.Amukamara to WAS 14 for 6 yards (D.Carrier).
Yes, I get that coaching can be and should be critiqued, but IF you take away the penalties - which primarily are on the players, and secondarily on the coaches - 2 times over we would not have had a punt blocked for a safety - the first penalty negated a first down far away from the end zone, and 3 more opportunities to run or pass, and the second penalty (both a bone headed play and secondarily a ST coaching error) negated a successful punt.
then we ran ([sarc]WHAT, I thought we didn't [/sarc]) and lost our LG for injury then KC threw what everyone is saying was absolutely on him.
So at that point we were down by 9 and we must have gone pass happy listening to the Warpath subtext.
Of course our next 3 and out was a
run/pass/
run/punt series. (NY got a FG)
then a
run/pass/
run/pass/
run/run/pass/
run/pass/fg series (NY got a FG)
then a pass/
run/pass/
run/pass/
run/pass(penalty)pass pass/
run/pass(A Roberts drop)/pass/FG (End of half)
11 runs to 13 passes, the last 3 passes got forced into it based on the penalty and the drop.
Honestly, looking at that made me more so wonder if we have a strong tendency of alternating pass/run or if that was a quirk. But I don't think it shows a team that just got away from the run.