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11-20-2007, 11:54 AM
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Re: 2 Qualms with the loss
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11-20-2007, 11:56 AM
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Re: 2 Qualms with the loss
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11-20-2007, 09:40 PM
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Re: 2 Qualms with the loss
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11-20-2007, 10:54 PM
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Re: 2 Qualms with the loss
I disagreed with the decision to kick a FG, but it certainly wasn't unreasonable. Suisham was on a roll prior to that missed FG attempt, we were leading the Cowboys by a TD, it was early in the game, Dallas had been stuffing the run, and the attempt was under 50 yards.
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11-20-2007, 11:05 PM
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Re: 2 Qualms with the loss
Regarding Suisham, you have to bear in mind that Gibbs gets to watch him kick in warmups and that is perhaps a factor in that decision. He may have been drilling 50 yarders with ease for all we know.
Also, if you go for it and don't make it, the psychological blow to your offensive group is much greater than either not going for it or missing the kick. Something like that could have set the crowd off and gotten Dallas started a lot faster than what they did.
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11-20-2007, 11:39 PM
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Re: 2 Qualms with the loss
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Do you think Bill B. kicks it on 4th and 1 risking giving it back on the 40? No freakin way. He goes for it all the time. The guy is ruthless. Again, Gibbs had to realize that Dallas was going to score TD's. Espeically with Taylor and Rogers out. He's on the road and a little outmaned. You can't go into Dallas, or TB with that type of attitude. It has cost us games this year. Also if you make it it breeds confidence in the offense. It gives the guys a little swagger and that is what this offense needs. Some confidence, arrogance and swagger. Dallas' offense sure has it. All of the guys on Dallas offense are so confident. You can just see it on the sidelines. Sorry but I didn't see that last year when Parcells was coaching. Alot of that comes from Wade and Garrett showing confidence in the players. Gibbs simply doesn't do this and it shows. I would bet any amount of $ if it was Al S. call we would have went for it. |
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11-21-2007, 09:43 AM
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Re: 2 Qualms with the loss
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I have been a fan and around fans long enough to know we are never happy when a play doesn't work and always seem to know better than the coaches on the sidelines. A good example is Dungy going for it on 4th and 1 inside the 10. If the team doesn't make it, everyone in America would call him stupid for not kicking the winning FG then. They made the first down and he is looking like a genius now. There is a very fine line between being an idiot and a genious on all 4th and inches plays. It takes and idiot to go for it and the one who makes it is a genius. |
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