red zone Posted December 13, 2004 Share Posted December 13, 2004 Just inside 2 minutes in the fourth quarter Chris Cooley caught one of his five balls on the night and basically dove for the sticks near the side line. The official gave us a horrible spot (shocker!) saying Cooley had gone out of bounds short of the marker. The stadium replay looked pretty conclusive Cooley had made it, but inside 2 minutes, challenges have to come from the officials in the booth. The Redskins called a time out, not to stop the clock, but to give the replay officials time to think about reviewing the play. Ultimately they did and they overturned the ruling on the field giving the Redskins a fresh set of downs. In a season when Coach Gibbs & Co. have been beat up for clock management, losing challenges etc., I thought this bit of "coaching" moxy should not go unheralded. Coach Gibbs is gonna get this thing right folks. :2cents: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skins11 Posted December 13, 2004 Share Posted December 13, 2004 Yep, that was a GREAT call. It was tooo bad the officials couldn't get their asses in gear fast enough. That timeout should have never occurred. And who knows what would have happened if we had that extra timeout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurman Posted December 13, 2004 Share Posted December 13, 2004 how much time was left on the play clock when Gibbs had to burn the TO? I remember thinking they should have just lined up and waited til the last possible second to call timeout. I wasn't paying very close attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red zone Posted December 13, 2004 Author Share Posted December 13, 2004 1:56 remaining. I looked at the clock. They pretty much had to burn the time out....:mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzSkinsFan63 Posted December 13, 2004 Share Posted December 13, 2004 the little gathering of dumbfounded zebras later in the game, was the officials wondering if they should give us our timeout back..they chose not to..go figure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cool Hand Loki Posted December 13, 2004 Share Posted December 13, 2004 There was also that punt where Gibbs was trying to get a TO, looked like he may have been thinking about going for it. The clock management stuff is really the only thing that bothers me about Gibbs. I trust his offensive aptitude, leadership qualities, all that stuff. But the clock issues are ridiculous. It's not as if it's been a few games here and there - it's every single contest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba9497 Posted December 13, 2004 Share Posted December 13, 2004 Originally posted by SkinsFan03 It's not as if it's been a few games here and there - it's every single contest. hardly, :doh: & compared to most teams.. about the same if not better. it was a good time out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red zone Posted December 13, 2004 Author Share Posted December 13, 2004 skinsfan03 wrote: The clock management stuff is really the only thing that bothers me about Gibbs. I trust his offensive aptitude, leadership qualities, all that stuff. But the clock issues are ridiculous. It's not as if it's been a few games here and there - it's every single contest. Well, '03, the point of my post was actually to site an instance were Gibbs and his staff actually managed a tough situation properly in crunch time for a change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mookie0720 Posted December 13, 2004 Share Posted December 13, 2004 The bottom line is that we shouldn't have had to use a timeout because the booth should've immediately reviewed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cool Hand Loki Posted December 13, 2004 Share Posted December 13, 2004 I realize the point of the original post, and I was trying to support it by citing the instance where Gibbs was about to use a timeout at a crucial moment to possibly gain control of momentum. Edit: I guess I should have added that it's too bad the refs didn't grant him the timeout, and that I thought it was a good call. The second part of my post was just a caveat. And Bubba, I don't know what games you're watching but the Redskins must have the most delay-of-game penalties of any team in the NFL. I guess you could put the blame on Brunell/Ramsey for not being cognizant of the playclock, but they're in that situation all too often. At some point, the efficiency and precision of the offense has to fall on Gibbs. I love the man, but enough is enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Tater Posted December 13, 2004 Share Posted December 13, 2004 However, we may have been hurt by winning the review. If it's second down, maybe we call something more conservative. I do know that I Portis had poped for a touchdown so I would have won both my bets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red zone Posted December 13, 2004 Author Share Posted December 13, 2004 bubba posted: hardly, & compared to most teams.. about the same if not better. Agreed Bubba! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
National Defense Posted December 13, 2004 Share Posted December 13, 2004 i was kind of surprised that we didn't go for it on the fourth and short the previous series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scowan Posted December 13, 2004 Share Posted December 13, 2004 We were 4-8 last night and now 4-9..... I would go for it, past the 50 yard line, on any and every 4th down and less than 3 for the rest of the season if we are not in FG range. Why are we so conservative. I did like that about Spurrier.... he would go for broke when we had nothing to lose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f_dallas Posted December 13, 2004 Share Posted December 13, 2004 I don;t know what their intent was (with calling the time out), but it certainly ended up helping by getting them the right call. I've ben doubfounded with the lack of official reviews, though. In the past couple weeks alone, there have been several plays the refs should have overturned (the Meyshawn one for the Cowboys sticks out), but didn't even review under 2 minutes. Out of curiosity, does it make any sense that coaches can't call for their own reviews in additiona to the Refs under 2 minutes? I understand keeping the booth out of the game until the 2 minute mark hits, but I do not understand why you have to hogtie coaches at the most critical junctures in the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Posted December 13, 2004 Share Posted December 13, 2004 I agree FD. Either the refs shouldn't hesitate to review questionable calls, or the coaches should be allowed to use their challenges inside two minutes. Right now some real bad calls are being allowed to stand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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