Originally posted by NinerPrideinNJ:Exactly, there was no reason for that EZ bomb to Sanders since they had time to get the first down and KS's bread and butter had been running the ball and dink-n-dunk over the middle all season and throughout the playoffs. He should've kept doing what worked but, as many fans have said, he tends to make stupid coaching mistakes when under pressure. Despite JG stating that they hit that deep play every time during practice, I didn't see nearly enough of it during the regular season in REAL games to justify taking the high risk in the SB with the game on the line.
Originally posted by cciowa:
Originally posted by SteveYoung8:
Originally posted by cciowa:
if you think jimmy needs to. so does kyle
NO question about it, agreed. IMHO, the luster of his "offensive genius" as worn off a bit with this SB loss. That label was nice 3 years ago when he was hired but now it's getting dinged up. The guy had his SB-winning father in his corner and two weeks to prepare yet fielded an anemic, under-performing offense despite ranking #2 in scoring and going up against an average Spags D. No excuse. He #$%^ the bed, big time.
and " you have to give the chiefs credit" is a weak built in excuse in my opinion. i blame kyle more than jimmy for the loss . but the over throw to sanders was on jimmy.
But who's the guy calling an extremely low percentage deep bomb pass on a crucial 3rd down in the Super Bowl, with a QB who, despite his strengths, has never shown to be very good at throwing this pass at all?
They needed to get a first down or close to it on that play for a manageable 4th. Terrible, risky homerun call. Of course if he completes it, the whole narrative changes, but I'd still say it was a dumb playcall that had a fantastic, lucky outcome.
JG needs to become A LOT more comfortable throwing deep and outside the numbers before KS puts a SB win on his arm like that.
[ Edited by SteveYoung8 on Mar 24, 2020 at 9:22 PM ]
