The after London semi-meltdown thread.

[Bucket]

Originally Posted by MTK

Yeah and if you keep going for the TD everyone would go completely apeshit if you were to loose a fumble.

Sucks to miss a FG like that but it happens.

The only thing I would of changed. Is after the timeout by Marvin Lewis. I would of put my offense back out there like I was going to run a play now and try to lure defense offsides. Worse thing that happens is you call a timeout and put Hopkins back out there just to break the ice.

[calia]

Originally Posted by Bucket

The only thing I would of changed. Is after the timeout by Marvin Lewis. I would of put my offense back out there like I was going to run a play now and try to lure defense offsides. Worse thing that happens is you call a timeout and put Hopkins back out there just to break the ice.

I'm not sure. He had just made the practice kick and your idea would have the effect of icing him longer.

It was a bad miss. Period. On to the bye!


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[punch it in]

Originally Posted by Bucket

The only thing I would of changed. Is after the timeout by Marvin Lewis. I would of put my offense back out there like I was going to run a play now and try to lure defense offsides. Worse thing that happens is you call a timeout and put Hopkins back out there just to break the ice.

Chances are you wont draw them off, and than you are in essence icing the kicker yourself. I dont think it breaks the ice i think it thickens it. Just a longer time to think about it.
But hey in retrospect anything different seems good. Lol. Ill never get that kick out of my head. I know it was not the super bowl but it was London. Different type of football sunday - up early. Only game on. It was right before the bye so you get two weeks of victory celebration. Damn.

[Bangee7]

Originally Posted by punch it in

Chances are you wont draw them off, and than you are in essence icing the kicker yourself. I dont think it breaks the ice i think it thickens it. Just a longer time to think about it.
But hey in retrospect anything different seems good. Lol. Ill never get that kick out of my head. I know it was not the super bowl but it was London. Different type of football sunday - up early. Only game on. It was right before the bye so you get two weeks of victory celebration. Damn.

I know you keep dwelling on the kick, but seriously, it should never have come down to needing that kick.

We marched up and down the field on them....over 500 yards of offense and only 27 points.

I sure as heck hope our coaches are re-examining their red zone offense.
1 TD in 4 tries inside the RZ (25%) won't win many games.

To me, that continues to be the biggest failing so far this year & hopefully the bye week will help get the proper focus on it.

McVay (and/or Gruden) need more help with their Red Zone play selection.

[punch it in]

Originally Posted by Bangee7

I know you keep dwelling on the kick, but seriously, it should never have come down to needing that kick.



We marched up and down the field on them....over 500 yards of offense and only 27 points.



I sure as heck hope our coaches are re-examining their red zone offense.

1 TD in 4 tries inside the RZ (25%) won't win many games.



To me, that continues to be the biggest failing so far this year & hopefully the bye week will help get the proper focus on it.



McVay (and/or Gruden) need more help with their Red Zone play selection.

You are 100 % correct. I was really just referring to Buckets strategy after the timeout. Yes i wanted Hopkins head on a platter. Totally over it. Of course no game is decided on one play. A million things could have changed the outcome of that game. Our RZ offense being number one like you mentioned. It is nothing short of mind numbing terrible.