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Smuts' NFL Thread

By General Smuts, in General Football and Sport

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spacemunky

spacemunky

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Just now, Fear Of The Fox said:

Not really. No TOs. Under 20% chance for Jax to send the game in OT. 

I was just factoring it on their kicker.

 

Luckily, it never mattered :D

UniFox21

UniFox21

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14 minutes ago, Izzy said:

All these playoff games have been brilliant so far.

I'm still unsure how green bay managed to piss away such a decent lead yesterday, Bears were phenomenal on that 4th quarter

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bovril

bovril

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45 minutes ago, StanSP said:

Seemed stupid from Jags to 'let them score' that final TD. 

 

Risked too much. 

I am sure someone who watches American football much more than me could produce a stat proving it works more often than not, but it always seems a really bad idea to me considering how quickly and easily it can go wrong with the ball in your hands. 

CheeseHead

CheeseHead

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50 minutes ago, StanSP said:

Seemed stupid from Jags to 'let them score' that final TD. 

 

Risked too much. 

 

3 minutes ago, bovril said:

I am sure someone who watches American football much more than me could produce a stat proving it works more often than not, but it always seems a really bad idea to me considering how quickly and easily it can go wrong with the ball in your hands. 

 

On the balance of probabilities I think the Jags did the right thing. The Bills were in all probability going to score, and with the fact that the deficit would be 3 points and you have the best field goal kicker in the league, the best shot they had was to allow the TD and leave as much time as possible on the clock to get into field goal position. Didn't work out on this occasion but correct decision imo

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Fear Of The Fox

Fear Of The Fox

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1 minute ago, bovril said:

I am sure someone who watches American football much more than me could produce a stat proving it works more often than not, but it always seems a really bad idea to me considering how quickly and easily it can go wrong with the ball in your hands. 

These are tough decisions on the fly under strict time stress. It's the same in other sports like basketball. Most of the times it's better to have the destiny (ball) in your hands. 

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when_you're_smiling

when_you're_smiling

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1 hour ago, CheeseHead said:

 

 

On the balance of probabilities I think the Jags did the right thing. The Bills were in all probability going to score, and with the fact that the deficit would be 3 points and you have the best field goal kicker in the league, the best shot they had was to allow the TD and leave as much time as possible on the clock to get into field goal position. Didn't work out on this occasion but correct decision imo

This and the fact the Jags had no time outs left to stop the clock while the Bills could stop it whenever. If the Jags had stopped the play, the Bills would run 40 secs off the clock, then gone again and have three more goes at scoring from a place you’ll score from nine times out of 10.

SpacedX

SpacedX

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10 hours ago, UniFox21 said:

I'm still unsure how green bay managed to piss away such a decent lead yesterday, Bears were phenomenal on that 4th quarter

McManus costing them 7 points didn't help, nor did Jordan Love's fumble at the end, whilst Caleb Williams was superb for the Bears. They've been orchestrating these fourth quarter comebacks all season and did the same to the Packers in Week 16. 

 

I do enjoy the playoffs in which the plays are so bold. the pass from Williams on 4th and 8 was stunning athleticism from the QB. Loved the play action/pump fake which meant the Packers' secondaries were anticipated the screen pass, allowing DJ Moore (who was also brilliant), to ghost in behind for a simple catch and TD. The Tight End, Colston Loveland was impressive too, securing eight of 15 targets for 137 yards and catching the two point conversion at the end. 

 

So the Bears face the Rams in the divisional play off. Puka is on fire, whilst Stafford has been exceptional this season with that innate ability to pull out the stops in critical situations as he did yesterday. Not sure how significant the passing hand injury will be though. 

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Golden Fox

Golden Fox

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Buzzing after the 49ers win!!!

 

Looked a hopeless mismatch at times, with the offense unable to run or find much rhythm, and the Eagles marching up the field with ease early on, and then Kittle going down. But stuck around, and a trick play & incredible 2nd half defensive performance with a lot of spare parts to knock out the defending champions on the road!

 

Having got trounced by Seattle at home last week & another 6 day turnaround (while LA and Chicago have 8 days???), will start as big underdogs next week, but maybe a chance to catch the Seahawks being a bit complacent...

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