detlef Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 Houston is down 12 to Tenn and they have the ball with 5 minutes left. On two separate occasions today, they went for it on 4th well inside FG range. They make those and it's a 6 pt. game. I see this all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorstCoachingEver Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 (edited) I think the bigger screwup was in the PITT-PHI game. As pointed out by the announcers, coaches show their stupidity by going for it on 4th down when they should be kicking FGs when down 9-11 points (since its a 2 score game). Then they go for the TD at the end. Edited September 22, 2008 by WorstCoachingEver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluedog Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 (edited) same thing happened in the Jags game against the Colts. Instead of going for a field goal, the Jags went for a TD attempt that failed. Had they gone for the field goal, Colts would have only been able to tie with the 4th quarter TD instead of going up by two points. Luckily this didn't come back to bite them in the arse as Scobee was able to kick the game winning field goal. Edit to add: it was the Jag's first drive in the 2nd quarter. Edited September 22, 2008 by bluedog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTSuper7 Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Has anyone alerted NFL coaches to the "kick the FG first, then try the onside kick" strategy when down two scores at the end of a game? I hear announcers making this comment frequently in this situation, and it makes sense, but I can't remember ever seeing a coach actually do it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowboutthemCowboys Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 I think the bigger screwup was in the PITT-PHI game. As pointed out by the announcers, coaches show their stupidity by going for it on 4th down when they should be kicking FGs when down 9-11 points (since its a 2 score game). Then they go for the TD at the end. Agreed. I coulda really used that one from Reed too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziachild007 Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Houston is down 12 to Tenn and they have the ball with 5 minutes left. On two separate occasions today, they went for it on 4th well inside FG range. They make those and it's a 6 pt. game. I see this all the time. Actually they went for it on fourth down a total of 5 times in the game (4 inside the 20). One was converted (and led to the SlatonTD), two were picks, another was converted, but a few plays later in the same drive they failed to convert another fourth from the 2. Don't really blmae Kubiak for going for it on that one though. You should be able to put it in from 2 yards out. The others should have been kicked though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS Miscreant Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Has anyone alerted NFL coaches to the "kick the FG first, then try the onside kick" strategy when down two scores at the end of a game? I hear announcers making this comment frequently in this situation, and it makes sense, but I can't remember ever seeing a coach actually do it... The Bucs did it today and came back to tie the game and win it in overtime. Granted, they didn't kick the FG and then kick an onside kick but they did kick the FG with 3 mins left and sent out the D to get the ball back and the rest is history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtdickens Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 You would like the Browns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTSuper7 Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 The Bucs did it today and came back to tie the game and win it in overtime. Granted, they didn't kick the FG and then kick an onside kick but they did kick the FG with 3 mins left and sent out the D to get the ball back and the rest is history. This is different. They had enough time to let their D get the ball back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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