Originally posted by Blitz:Originally posted by chico49erfan:Originally posted by Blitz:
It ain't the offense's job to get first downs, convert 3rd downs or anything of the sort, it is simply to score more points than the other guy, anyway you can get it, and to protect that ball along the way.
No offense, but this is absolute nonsense. That's the ENTIRE point of the offense. To convert on 3rd downs to keep the drive alive -- to keep the D off the field. When you do this, you do the next thing: score points. And you want to score more than the opponent.
No offense, but this is complete BS. I can prove it very easily.
A team is awarded a win based upon ONE thing and ONE thing only: Scoring more points than the opposing team. At the end of the day, there are only two stat's that matter, points for and points against. Make a thousand first downs, hold sustaining drives that hog up 59 minutes of the game and it still doesn't mean jack s**t if at the end of the day you don't have more points for than points against.
Now to prove how faulty this logic is that people are using here is: People are forgetting that the offense had another chance to score and win, but VD dropped the ball. He should have caught the ball, and he should have scored. See how f**ked up that line of reasoning is? See how it IGNORES ALL MITIGATING FACTS surrounding the situation? How about Walker giving up on the route? If he hadn't of done that we would have won. IN other words, the logic your using is faulty because even if the niner's had done something differently, it doesn't necessarily change the outcome. They had the game until THE DEFENSE FAILED TO DO IT'S JOB, which happened approximately 2 seconds before the end of the game. The offense did it's part (score more points than the opponent) and the defense did theirs right up until 2 seconds before the game at which time they blew it, epically, with the help of a hall of fame, once in many thousands throw and catch by the opposing team.
The facts: The offense scored enough points to win the game. The decision was made for the offense to protect the ball as much as possible and eat up clock first and foremost, then put the protection of that lead into the defense's hands, which was the right decision based upon the mitigating circumstances. The defense failed to do that.
Playcalling at the end of the game is what killed us...we let Favre march down the field uncontested, and we finished the game leaving the back of the endzone and corners completely unprotected. Why we deviated from the defense that was successful all game long in the final 90 sec is what is killing me...you play soft at the end and you will find yourself with a loss...