Originally posted by cwilson830:
Originally posted by KID9R:Theres exceptions to every rule. A fresh set of downs inside the 5 would certainly be an exception.
Except for last week when he did it right? Or let me guess, that wasn't one of the NEVER EVER'S it was different.
Originally posted by monsterzero789:
Originally posted by cwilson830:
Originally posted by monsterzero789:
Originally posted by cwilson830:
Originally posted by Joecool:
Originally posted by SonocoNinerFan:
Originally posted by Joecool:
This does not include context. If Poker players and Black jack players strictly went by stats, they would be losers. You must go by context more than anything and their offense was starting to rev up and our primary goal should have been keeping that offense off the field for longer.
I got your context right here . . .
Dallas' 2nd half drives . . .
Drive #1 - Kitna at QB / 7 Plays/48 yards / Ends with Whitner INT
Drive #2 - Kitna at QB / Short Field due to Smith INT / 5 Plays/18 Yards / TD to Austin
Drive #3 - Kitna at QB / 6 Plays/23 yards / Ends with Brock INT
Drive #4 - Romo at QB / 3 Plays/-2 yards / Punt (Romo looked like a whipped puppy)
Then the Akers FG to go up 10, which looked pretty damn good at the time . . .in context as you say.
Then the D fell a sleep and Romo went off.
Context meaning getting the ball 15 yards closer to the End Zone. It wasn't a 5 yard penalty that would probably force us to kick a 50 yard FG. It was a 15 yard penalty.
Now let us throw in more context.
1. DAL will go into two-minute offense mode.
2. 11 minutes remaining to score 10 points.
3. DAL has a top 10 QB
4. We couldn't stop 82 all game
5. TOP.
If you trust your offense, you take the first down. Harbaugh doesn't have a lot of trust in our offense.
This had nothing to do with the offense. It was about trusting the defense to hold a 2 score lead with 10 minutes left.
lol if that were the case we might as well kick on first down when we're in field goal range
Wha? your not even making sense anymore
What part of what I said was confusing?
I'm not necessarily disagreeing with the decision (we don't know what Harbaugh knows after seeing the O day in and day out). But if we assume Harbaugh made an informed/intelligent decision, he decided: 3 points (and therefore, two-score lead) > a FG attempt + the time run off the clock - the potential for a turnover / negative yardage.
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You cant take away guaranteed points in that position. Crazy things happen in football (all Craig had to do was hold on to the ball) to try to risk, what, a minute and a half, maybe 2 trying to go 3 and another field goal (which in itself also isn't guaranteed). But that doesn't mean Harbaugh doesn't trust the offense. He put his money on the D who had only allowed 14 points in 50 minutes of action to hold 10 points over the last 11 minutes. Which was the right call. Now of course we know that the D folded like a house of cards but that doesn't change the fact that the call to keep the points was the right one.
edit: quotes got messed up
[ Edited by monsterzero789 on Sep 19, 2011 at 8:23 PM ]