I can understand kicking it away from Norwood, but why squib it? Kick it high in the air near the 25 yard line....force an up man to catch it.
I dunno. When they squibbed it, i knew it was a bad decision.......still, there's not excuse for the defense to give up a 30 yard out pattern on the next play...... On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 11:55 AM, Won Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ESPN radio did an interview with Mike Ditka and he said he understood the > decision. It was the players who failed to execute properly. The kicker > makes a pretty poor squib kick and the safety fails to cover an out patter > to the sidelines. > > Smith, during the post game interview, said he decided to squib kick it > because > 1) Norwood had run it back long on them the previous kick. I can't > remember the exact yardage but it was either 65 or 85 I think. > 2) his guys were tired > > > -----Original Message----- > From: G Money [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 12:46 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Dallas/Cardinals > > Orton led an amazing drive that culminated in a touchdown to give the > bears > a 1 point lead with 11 seconds left. > > Instead of kicking it deep...presumably stopping the Falcons near the 20 > yard line with 5 or 6 seconds left on the clock....they squib kick it to > near the 40 yard line, leaving 8 or 9 seconds. One 30 yard throw later, > and > you have a 47 yard field goal with 1 second left. Game over, Falcons win > by > 2. > > If i was a bears fan, I'd be FURIOUS with Lovie Smith this morning....he > coached scared, and it cost them the game. > > On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Scott Raley -ITC > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > They didn't show in the NBC thing last night how Atlanta got in place to > > kick the field goal (at least the kick off part), they showed the last > > catch > > and hurry up to get the kick off.. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: G Money [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 9:15 AM > > To: cf-community > > Subject: Re: Dallas/Cardinals > > > > That wasn't HALF as unbelievable as the Chicago-Atlanta finish. > > > > I phucking HATE the squib kickoff....that is what cost Chicago the game. > > You > > kick it deep and dare the other team to run it back. Otherwise, you set > > them > > up for exactly what happened yesterday: one 30 yard completion, field > goal. > > Ball Game. Chicago lost that game because they were scared......they > > deserved to lose it. > > > > On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 6:45 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox < > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Did you guys see that last play! Unbelievable! > > > > > > -- > > > I'm searching > > > I'm yearning > > > I'm wondering > > > Waiting for our time to come > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:273972 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
