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Originally Posted by Paintrain
I agree, change made in my post, but you reinforced my point.. When that penalty occured, you can't run the ball again on 2nd and 14! You have to adjust your plans to the situation. We hadn't been successful running all day, what was going to change on that play. Conversly, Brunell had a QB rating over 100, was completing the short passes (when Royal wasn't dropping them) and getting protection.. We needed 7-10 yds on 2nd and 14. That would have made the difference on the kick.
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I don't think our passing game was exactly top notch. In fact, it was downright awful in the 4th quarter. In the 4th quarter Brunell dropped back 7 times and completed just 2 passes for 15 yards (that's just 2.1 yards per pass). Portis wasn't doing well either; he ran for 36 yards on 13 carries (that's just 2.8 yards per carry). The bottom line is neither the running or passing game was working.
Had Brunell gone 3 and out, people would be screaming for Gibbs' head. In my opinion, Gibbs made the right call, it just didn't turn out right.