Originally posted by brodiebluebanaszak:
II'm going to quote myself so I can provide what I think is the most egregious example of turtle play calling in the entire game.
It came in the fourth quarter as we're winding down the clock it's third and eight with about a minute something left no timeouts for Dallas. The ball is going to stay on the ground and we need 8 yards. Now what do you call? Do you sneak in a pass play? Too risky. Kyle calls a line plunge. Gets 6 inches.
Now why do that? Why not call a play that might get eight yards on the ground? Why not give it a shot and do something positive to get the first down? It all worked out in the end. But that decision irked me. If Kyle wants to win a Super Bowl he needs to lose that kind of thinking in my opinion.
Even in your wrong scenerio. 3rd and 8 Midfield 1:15 left no TOs for dallas up by 7.
You run the ball, punt with 35 seconds left, and make them drive 80yds in 30secs.
IF you get it to 4th and<5 maybe come out and see if you can get them to jump, then take the delay.
4th and sneak, call a TO and try again. If you catch them not ready and can get 3yds on your sneak, snap it.
But otherwise you punt it as high as you can, like 6 second hang time.
Then rush 2-3 with a spy who gains depth. Play a deep cover 3 prevent and make the tackle in bounds. A 20yd completion in bounds ends the game(see the Shultz running clock play)
