Originally posted by philosoraptor:Originally posted by defenderDX:Originally posted by philosoraptor:Originally posted by defenderDX:Originally posted by philosoraptor:Originally posted by defenderDX:Thl and Jonnydel
care to go in depth about how we would punt on 4th &1 or more despite being down 17-20 points?
because the game was already lost and there is no need to get embarrassed even more. they werent going to get 17 points in 4 minutes, dont even say maybe, there was no way, they were mentally beaten at that point. So what they go for it, make it and just punt 4 downs later? or wait, they dont convert on 4th, your qb looks like even more of a fool, and seattle puts up another 7 on you.
that's just scared thinking. what about not going for it int he 3rd quarter?
tomsula punted many times on 4th down. dude is a joke
I understand the 3rd quarter, maybe. if you do that in your own territory all you do is potentially make the gap either bigger. Just posted this in another thread. best case scenario you get a garbage time touchdown to make pissed off fans like you feel less butthurt, worst case scenario kap throws a pick or two to their awesome secondary trying to force it and you get his confidence hang over like you did versus the packers. which one of those seems more likely. all of a sudden the oline will start pass protecting, receivers will start running wide open, and kap will see them when they do? or that you just embarrass their self and turn a steep loss into a massive blow out on live television. Yeah, I bet you would be sitting here even happier, "atleast they went for it" when the score is 30+-3.
this aint madden where oyu just go for and turn off the game if it doesnt work out. guarantee people would be more pissed.
Tomsula and the entire offensive staff is conservative and has been shown to be. we were 2-4 against a division rival. i dont give a s**t that there's 4 minutes left in the game and we're down by 17. if it's 4th & 2 at least try
Again, your qb is shellshocked. why make it very likely worse for some idealistic reason? At the end of the day does doing that actually going to change the outcome of the game, doubt it. If the offense was actually able to move the ball that day, and kap didnt look like he was a freshmen qb playing against the varsity guys, then yes, id say go for it. All your doing is making it worse for him, or even opening him to more punishment behind that oline. there was nothing to be gained from doing that, zero. I see no benefit, none.
This is one good reason why to go for it. Tell the QB that there isn't much to do so just play loose. Sometimes, players play looser this way and build a little momentum as it is an opportunity to take some risks and attempt tighter throws with nothing to lose.