NFL 2024 | Wild Card Weekend

Dan_F said:
Not a massive surprise. For the most part, the Texans have been beating up on bad teams and losing to anyone half decent. Anything good they do offensively comes from Stroud and not Slowik.
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Good timing from me :lol:
 
Justin Herbert's 1st half:

8/20
97 yards
0 TD
1 INT
35 rating

To be fair to him there have been a few bad drops.
 
unchanged_lineup said:
Chargers only used 19 seconds off the clock on their possession :lol:
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Reminds me of Dallas in Jan 95 at San Fran in the NFCCG. Dallas had cut the score to 24-14 after spotting SF a 21-0 lead in the opening five minutes off three consecutive turnovers in their own half. Dallas had slowly began reasserting game tempo and had stopped SF to get the ball back with about 1:02 remaining in the first half but at their own 16. One would think just run/kneel it out, maybe SF takes a timeout (had two) or lets time run out to regroup during halftime. Run on first down and play accordingly to how SF reacts.

Cue three straight incomplete passes, not a single sniff of the power run Dallas was good for, forcing a 23-yd shanked punt that set SF at Dallas 39 with 0:33 (a better punt probably results in a different outcome perhaps). Passing also saved SF two timeouts, possibly, which they used to gain 11 quick yards. Cue Jerry Rice sprinting past Larry Brown to catch a 28-yd score and a 31-14 SF lead right before the half ended. Momentum back to SF and basically sealed the game. Dumb offensive play calling and terrible discipline and game management by the coaching staff.
 
MrMarcello said:
Reminds me of Dallas in Jan 95 at San Fran in the NFCCG. Dallas had cut the score to 24-14 after spotting SF a 21-0 lead in the opening five minutes off three consecutive turnovers in their own half. Dallas had slowly began reasserting game tempo and had stopped SF to get the ball back with about 1:02 remaining in the first half but at their own 16. One would think just run/kneel it out, maybe SF takes a timeout (had two) or lets time run out to regroup during halftime. Run on first down and play accordingly to how SF reacts.

Cue three straight incomplete passes, not a single sniff of the power run Dallas was good for, forcing a 23-yd shanked punt that set SF at Dallas 39 with 0:33 (a better punt probably results in a different outcome perhaps). Passing also saved SF two timeouts, possibly, which they used to gain 11 quick yards. Cue Jerry Rice sprinting past Larry Brown to catch a 28-yd score and a 31-14 SF lead right before the half ended. Momentum back to SF and basically sealed the game. Dumb offensive play calling and terrible discipline and game management by the coaching staff.
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Belichick did a great segment on his Coaching YouTube channel about how bad teams just don't help their defense by calling three straight pass plays and going 3 & out to take off 20 seconds on the clock. Can't remember the episode but I think he analysing a Chargers game when he segued into that.
 
Braindead play call that if one of your receiving options is running a route that doesn't go 3 yards past the line of scrimmage.
 
P-Ro said:
Braindead play call that if one of your receiving options is running a route that doesn't go 3 yards past the line of scrimmage.
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He probably was supposed to but when he fecked it up not sure why Herbert threw it anyway
 
P-Ro said:
Belichick did a great segment on his Coaching YouTube channel about how bad teams just don't help their defense by calling three straight pass plays and going 3 & out to take off 20 seconds on the clock. Can't remember the episode but I think he analysing a Chargers game when he segued into that.
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If Jimmy was still there that year no way that sequence plays out; Belichick would probably feel the same.

For starters, Jimmy probably doesn't hire Zampese as his OC (Norv had left for Washington that year). Second, at 1:02 on their 16, my guess is Jimmy tells the OC to play chess here, they run Smith on first down which probably takes 4-8 seconds off the clock. If they gain a first down both teams probably just wind down the clock, though dependent on the run yardage and/or if penalty added as this would change how Dallas plays chess here.

If no first down on the first run I figure SF call timeout #2, with let's say 0:56 left. Dallas either calls a run or a QB kneel on second down knowing SF will likely call timeout #3, which leaves 0:54 to 0:48 left. If it's third down, which is highly probable, Aikman can kneel and with the 40-second play clock they can snap the punt with 0:15 to 0:09, no time to do much of anything with no timeouts and ball between the 40s, and Dallas was a very good blocking unit on kicks so a block was probably less likely than a TD return. SF might get 1-2 deep shots but doubtful much of anything comes from it. Would have made for a nail-biting final few minutes with SF up 31-28 late.
 
MrMarcello said:
If Jimmy was still there that year no way that sequence plays out; Belichick would probably feel the same.

For starters, Jimmy probably doesn't hire Zampese as his OC (Norv had left for Washington that year). Second, at 1:02 on their 16, my guess is Jimmy tells the OC to play chess here, they run Smith on first down which probably takes 4-8 seconds off the clock. If they gain a first down both teams probably just wind down the clock, though dependent on the run yardage and/or if penalty added as this would change how Dallas plays chess here.

If no first down on the first run I figure SF call timeout #2, with let's say 0:56 left. Dallas either calls a run or a QB kneel on second down knowing SF will likely call timeout #3, which leaves 0:54 to 0:48 left. If it's third down, which is highly probable, Aikman can kneel and with the 40-second play clock they can snap the punt with 0:15 to 0:09, no time to do much of anything with no timeouts and ball between the 40s, and Dallas was a very good blocking unit on kicks so a block was probably less likely than a TD return. SF might get 1-2 deep shots but doubtful much of anything comes from it. Would have made for a nail-biting final few minutes with SF up 31-28 late.
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Way before my time (obviously) but I'll give it a watch on YouTube.
 
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