tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34077597.post116110998819869117..comments2023-11-02T09:51:08.198-04:00Comments on Feeding the Goat: The Fall of the Buzzsaw and MNFtrouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16951090490306266662noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34077597.post-1161136714391388572006-10-17T21:58:00.000-04:002006-10-17T21:58:00.000-04:00Isn't the point here that the guys in the booth di...Isn't the point here that the guys in the booth didn't even have this coversation at all?Gagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02491771177923757287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34077597.post-1161130668079675242006-10-17T20:17:00.000-04:002006-10-17T20:17:00.000-04:00Why not call a running play for 3 yards (or even 1...Why not call a running play for 3 yards (or even 1 yard)? I'll tell you why. Because James couldn't get any yards all night. More often than not, he got 1 if he was lucky. His final line was 36 rushes for 55 yards for an average of 1.5 yards per carry. Even those numbers are skewed. James had one 12 yard run, and a few others between 5 and 10 way back in the first quarter. Take those away, and he's averaging less than a yard per play.<BR/><BR/>Add to that the fact that the Bears are going to be keying on the run because they know Arizona wants to run the clock and Denny Green is a moron, and it begins to look to me like stupid calls.<BR/><BR/>I disagree that you have to assume your kicker is going to make a 40 yard field goal. I don't think you should trust your kicker for something like that, regardless of who he is. This year in the NFL, kickers are 83/113 (73%) from 40-49 yards, hardly a sure thing. The pressure's enormous in a situation like that where you have to make a kick to salvage a game that everyone knows your team goddamn better well win.<BR/><BR/>I know you want to give your Bears the credit (and Urlacher and company certainly do deserve some credit), but the fact remains that the Cardinals are the ones who giftwrapped that game. And yet the ESPN crew was too attached to their pre-conceived storylines to comment on any of these things during the game.trouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16951090490306266662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34077597.post-1161118319675436072006-10-17T16:51:00.000-04:002006-10-17T16:51:00.000-04:00I think Arizona did want to move the ball 10 or 20...I think Arizona did want to move the ball 10 or 20 more yards, but the Bears stopped them. The Cardinals had second down and three from the Chicago 24. They have a guy in James who wants the ball down the stretch. If you're Green, why not call a running play for 3 yards? Then on third down they only needed one yard. Again a running play isn't inappropriate. It is a safe call, but not a bad call. In the NFL you have to assume that your kicker can make a 40-yard field goal. That should be a gimmie.<BR/><BR/>Right before the kick, didn't you feel that he was going to miss it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com