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NoCalHail · 11-29-2015, 05:08 PM

Since I am using the 1st place thread to only celebrate, I will level the mood in here a little.

First off, huge win that does NEED to be said FIRST AND FOREMOST. No matter how you do it, winning is the needed result. Ok so.....

For a game the 'Skins were dominating so soundly for 3 and a half quarters, we nearly gave this one away because of 2 quick scores. In all honesty this game should have been out of reach before it even got to the 4th quarter. Lots of missed opportunity early on, and did anyone else think Gruden went way too soft on his play-calling on the final drive of offense prior to the Giants getting their first TD? It was first & 10 inside their 20, score was 17-0, and I know a FG isn't the worst outcome, but you gotta call plays like you want that TD. It seemed like the entire sequence it was just being called to setup a FG. If you put the ball in the endzone, making it 24-0 instead of 20-0, the game is effectively over and you probably see the Giants hitting the panic button on offense.

Also, a rare critcism of Jordan Reed coming, but does he just not have a high football IQ? He is an absolute beast of a pass catcher which is of course needed for this offense, but the little things he does wrong week in and week out. He is always good for 1-2 holding calls per game which are obvious rule-breaking offenses, and then I notice on a lot of pivotal conversion downs he is cutting his routes 1-2 yards short of the marker, and I know sometimes he can go into beast mode and run through the tackler, but why do that?

Anyways, I am extremely happy they won the game and went into 1st place, it's just that I was watching a game that should have been way out of reach before the NYG ever got their first score, and it ended up being way too close for comfort.

HTTR~!

11-29-2015, 05:08 PM	#378
NoCalHail Special Teams Join Date: Sep 2015 Posts: 368	Re: Skins gmen GameDay thread. Since I am using the 1st place thread to only celebrate, I will level the mood in here a little. First off, huge win that does NEED to be said FIRST AND FOREMOST. No matter how you do it, winning is the needed result. Ok so..... For a game the 'Skins were dominating so soundly for 3 and a half quarters, we nearly gave this one away because of 2 quick scores. In all honesty this game should have been out of reach before it even got to the 4th quarter. Lots of missed opportunity early on, and did anyone else think Gruden went way too soft on his play-calling on the final drive of offense prior to the Giants getting their first TD? It was first & 10 inside their 20, score was 17-0, and I know a FG isn't the worst outcome, but you gotta call plays like you want that TD. It seemed like the entire sequence it was just being called to setup a FG. If you put the ball in the endzone, making it 24-0 instead of 20-0, the game is effectively over and you probably see the Giants hitting the panic button on offense. Also, a rare critcism of Jordan Reed coming, but does he just not have a high football IQ? He is an absolute beast of a pass catcher which is of course needed for this offense, but the little things he does wrong week in and week out. He is always good for 1-2 holding calls per game which are obvious rule-breaking offenses, and then I notice on a lot of pivotal conversion downs he is cutting his routes 1-2 yards short of the marker, and I know sometimes he can go into beast mode and run through the tackler, but why do that? Anyways, I am extremely happy they won the game and went into 1st place, it's just that I was watching a game that should have been way out of reach before the NYG ever got their first score, and it ended up being way too close for comfort. HTTR~!