Roger.Staubach Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 There were some crazy coaching decisions this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Blue Joe Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 The Steelers onside kick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 none of the above- I think Green Bay in man coverage in the corner of the endzone with 3 seconds left on the game clock- that D Coordinator should be fired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattFancy Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Easily Zorn. Don't blame Tomlin because his team still won. The Favre thing is whatever. And the Eagles won by 14. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 And there is no way it's Zorn. Had he kicked the field goal we still would have gotten blown out. It was an irrelevant decision Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JdoubleU Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Zorn. Get the 3 points, get the ball to start the 2nd half, maybe score a TD (gotta have hope). Your down by two TDs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JdoubleU Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Don't forget Jeff Fisher's not using any of his 3 Timeouts & putting it on his kicker to make a 50+ yarder. Lucky for Fish he made it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger.Staubach Posted December 22, 2009 Author Share Posted December 22, 2009 I went with the onside kick. However, it looks like I missed at least two other good ones. I'm particularly fond of the Green Bay defense against the Steelers. That WAS a horrible call by the D Coordinator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veretax Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 The skins need to lose out. Period. Play scrubs, I don't care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhouse Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Zorn's play call is idiotic but doesn't really mean much after all. But Tomlin with the onside kick almost cost him the season. But GB decided to bail him out with that prevent defense all the way down the field and their inability to prevent a prayer with 3 seconds left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRay Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 I would say Tomlin's decision but I understood his reason. His defense really haven't stop the Packers all game long it was a huge gamble. Big Ben had his back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Its a toss up between Reid's 4th and 1 and Tomlin's boneheadedness. I went with Tomlin because I've never seen anything like it before... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GibbsFactor Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 I don't see how Zorn should be in the conversation. He did the same thing against the Broncos and it worked. For him to be even considered a Head Coach at this point is ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westbrook36 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Tomlin Wins Points with TMQ: After scoring to take a 30-28 lead with four minutes remaining, Pittsburgh attempted an onside kick. On NBC's "Football Night in the Known Universe," Tony Dungy said he was "shocked" by the call. That's the point! The Packers were shocked too -- completely unprepared -- and the gamble might have won the game then and there had Ike Taylor of the Steelers not recovered the ball 1 yard too soon. Football pundits fell all over themselves assailing Tomlin's decision, which TMQ thought was a great call. This is another example of the phenomenon that sports-yak types don't want coaches to make innovative or risky calls (Bill Belichick on fourth-and-2 at Indianapolis and so on). Instead, they want game action to be ultra-predictable -- because the commentators don't want to be taken by surprise. Plus, here were the Green Bay possession results in the fourth quarter: touchdown, touchdown, touchdown. Tomlin knew his defense, especially his secondary, wasn't performing. The onside attempt made eminent sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westbrook36 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 I'd go with the Bengals leaving the sideline open with the Chargers 15 yards outside of FG range with 10 seconds left and no timeouts. Simply cover the sidelines and there is no way they can win the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDawg Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 I said Zorn, but only out of spite. Really, it was probably Green Bay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VA Cowboy fan Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 I have to go with Zorn.....you always take the points, even in a blow out half like last night. Take the 3 especially with the Skins getting the ball to start the 3rd quarter...could of been a quick 10 points and turned the game around.....LOL no not really but you still take the points where they are there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeroburrito Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 brad childress and mike tomlin. mike got really lucky. what a horrible decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhead36 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 What about Jeff Fisher not calling timeouts at the end of regulation? A Dolphin punt would have given them good field position and their kicker is money. With those choices I'd say Zorn's in terms of overall stupidity, but since it was in the end a meaningless decision either way because of the score I'd say Reid going for it on 4th and 1 from his own 29 in a game that was ultimately competitive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostofSparta Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Ironically, 3 of these 4 decisions are hailed as brilliant if they work. -If Ike Taylor is patient and waits for the ball to go another yard, Tomlin is brilliant for catching the Packers sleeping and winning the game in spectacular fashion (in a way different from how it was actually won). -Andy Reid's play worked, so in hindsight it's hard to say it was a bad call. But I'm in favor of trying to convert as many 4th and 1's as possible. -If Zorn's trick FG works, we go into halftime down 24-7 and with some possible momentum getting the ball after halftime. Besides, how many Redskins fans want this team to play like it has nothing to lose, and then ***** when they do JUST THAT? The dumbest decision by far to me was Childress and Favre. Maybe Childress was trying to prove he was in charge (and failed), maybe he was trying to save Brett from abuse for the playoffs (and pissed Favre off). Either way it's not often you see a coach try to take his star QB out of the game up by a point with more than a quarter still to play. It was a bad move, and it will have the most severe repercussions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seabee1973 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 The reason Tomlin went withh the onside kick is his defense hadnt stopped greenbay all day so even if they recovered GB had a shorter field to work with and Pitt would get theball back in time for a drive and it worked somehow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTK Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 I'd go with the Bengals leaving the sideline open with the Chargers 15 yards outside of FG range with 10 seconds left and no timeouts. Simply cover the sidelines and there is no way they can win the game. I agree and I can explain it in two words: Mike Zimmer. A good guy and may his wife rest in peace, but he can make some of the oddest calls at the wrong time in games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doncherry Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 I agree and I can explain it in two words: Mike Zimmer. A good guy and may his wife rest in peace, but he can make some of the oddest calls at the wrong time in games. that's all on the CB, not Zimmer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTK Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 that's all on the CB, not Zimmer. Partly...but why even blitz in that situation? Play an umbrella defense and force them to throw to the middle of the field. By playing man-to-man you take the risk of getting beat deep or on the sideline, which is what happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff in D.C. Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 And there is no way it's Zorn. Had he kicked the field goal we still would have gotten blown out. It was an irrelevant decision Technically that's true, it was one of the worst plays in NFL history and one of the worst calls, but you can argue that the decision part of it doesn't matter. Decision wise the worst call of the week is Tomlin, I don't care that they won the game, that onsides kick call was stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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