Originally posted by jcs:
He was responsible for leaving unnecessary time on the clock and completely abandoning the run when his team just needed him to run out the clock up 28-3
How about the defense not allow a 25 point lead to disappear in under 2 quarters of football?
And Kyle did run the ball. The score was 28-12.
Kyle called 2 runs in a row and then on 3rd down asked his MVP QB to pick up the first down vs a loaded box(and after Coleman got injured on the 2nd run The result? Ryan fumbled the ball away. I'm sure that was Kyle's call right? Freeman misses the pressure pickup and Ryan doesn't get the ball out.
The next drive nobody was complaining about Ryan passing the ball when he hit Julio Jones for 27 yards to get them to the Patriots 22 yard line.
Next play - Freeman run for -1 yards.
Play after is the Ryan sack when throwing the ball away would've been smarter given where they were on the field. Then the holding call on the next play pushing them even further out.
Pretending that Kyle didn't try to run the ball and that's where the majority of the blame for that loss goes is absolutely idiotic. I know you're not out here blaming Saleh for the 2019 loss or Wilks for the 2023 loss. You're putting it all on Shanahan.
Keep the same energy then...