Originally posted by CharlieSheen:
Originally posted by DrEll:
Originally posted by CharlieSheen:
Originally posted by SmokeyJoe:
Yea, I'm going to pass on waiting 30+ years to hit a 'sample' of 500 OT games, lol. The 9-6-1 record for the receiving team accounts for every game ever played under this set of rules, except for our Super Bowl loss. So 9-7-1 total. You can compare those results to the analytical modeling that indicates the decision is 50/50.
I think that's more reliable information to form an opinion than what effectively boils down to a feeling that you want your team's hand forced on 4th down. Nothing is stopping an aggressive 4th down approach on the initial drive, when it's the same or lower risk.
It was the wrong decision. None of this win/loss data changes that. A tennis player doesn't automatically win because he gets the advantage, and football teams don't automatically win when they get the advantage of receiving second in OT. The Bears and Bills lost because they turned the ball over, not because of the Rams/Broncos getting the ball first
We lost kicking a FG on our first possession. We are the example of why you never receive in playoff OT
Again, records aside, who ELSE has done it. Smokey out here throwing analytics and records trying to spin it so it seems Kyle made the right decision yet no other team that has won the toss in OT has decided to take the ball first except if Kyle. There is no mythical third possession that you play for lol.
Some of these guys will do anything to absolve Kyle of blame from all the SBs he's blown. The team that gets the ball second could be 0-500 and you still wouldn't see a coach electing to receive, because it's not the right decision and puts your team at a disadvantage in the first 2 possessions
And all of you guys will make up rules for Shanahan that aren't there for other coaches.
Difference is majority of us can call out Shanahan when it's warranted and still have the ability to think rationally about the fact that our best path to winning a SB is with Shanahan, not some unknown.
Until Shanahan shows he's losing the team or not getting them to play up to their talent level then he'll be fired like anyone else. This idea that Jed won't fire Shanahan if it's warranted is idiotic at best.
It's 2026 and some of you are still stuck in 2024. And the bulk of you were the ones screaming this season was going to be a disaster from the start and the team was rebuilding.
Suddenly it's time to move on from a HC who made chicken salad out of chicken sh*t this season.
