hail2skins Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 Was at the stadium and was curious what the hell happened early in the 4th when we were going to attempt a 50-yard FG but got pushed back for delay of game and sent the punting unit on? Granted, Gano is not automatic from that distance, but if he hits that, and then we get a TD (and 2-pt conversion) later, we're only down 3. Granted, it wound up being moot anyway, as we couldn't stop Philly and they ran out the clock, but if we had held, it would've been nice to have potentially only been down 3 instead of 7 with probably only 1:15 or so left and no timeouts. Either way, seemed like an embarrassing sequence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 I think it's on Shanahan. He said after the game that he wasn't sure about trying the field goal even before the penalty. He waffled too long, and then the penalty took the decision away from him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonkFan8 Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 As has been the case this season, the clock management in key situations has been questionable at best. Same issue prior to half time. It seemed to me like Shanny thought he called a TO (they showed him red faced and yelling at a ref). As soon as the penalty occurred I knew they'd punt it and had no issue with that call. Just a shame they took that penalty there. I don't know if it's Kyle or what, but the clock management issues need to be rectified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slacky McSlackAss Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 I thought he did it on purpose to give more room to punt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoVaSkins21 Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 Yeah that was truly brainfart moment on the part of Shanahan. I thought this team that moved beyond those clock management issues. I guess not. However, in the rest of post, you're speaking hypothetically when talking about getting a TD because they weren't doing squat against the Eagles D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skins island connection Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 I thought Kyle had dropped his crayon and couldn't fill in the blank... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RansomthePasserby Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 I thought he did it on purpose to give more room to punt. Yeah, I thought the same thing. Like, they thought about kicking the field goal, but their guts told them to hold off and punt, and used the penalty to give them more room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 I don't know if it's on Shanahan,.. after all it's a special teams play. But I think the explanation offered on TV was reasonable. We had some injuries and some players on the field who had not played any yet this year, and that could have easily caused the confusion in getting the FG package in. After all, FG team doesn't change unless there's an injury. There isn't any difference between the 20 yard FG personel and the 50 yard FG personel. And you all know me, I'm always ready to point out Danny Smith's mistakes. But I can't lay that on the coaches. A backup has to know his assignments regardless. Ultimately Smith is responsible, but.. this one is at least understandable, even if it sucked. Now, had the game come down to 3 points, I'd be much more angry over it. But as it is, I think it was just an unfortunate mistake by players in new situations. No excuse.. but a reasonable explanation. ~Bang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifthorkid88 Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 Shanny didnt wait too long. They had a late player getting on the field. Probably a result of the earlier injuries to the linemen. Someone probably didnt know they were supposed to be in as a repalcement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skins2victory Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 It was weird because it looked like Mike tried to call time out. On TV after the flag was thrown, I could read Mike's lips saying "I called time out". I dont know, he must not of said it in time I guess?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 FWIW, at the end of halftime Gano was warming up and hit either a 54 or a 59 yarder to that same end of the field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirt Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 I wish they had let him boot the 56 yarder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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