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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.iirc, Simms (may have been Nantz) said the right side was wide open.Chung was just too anxious on that play, not sure if he would gotten the 1st if he caught the ball cleanly but at least he would of gave himself a chance.
iirc, Simms (may have been Nantz) said the right side was wide open.
Calls for it, and cant ******* catch the ball. ugh
iirc, Simms (may have been Nantz) said the right side was wide open.
I call BS on this. There's no way a coach leaves this big of a decision to a ST player!
On the replay it shows a Jet coming in on the right and his man did not have him sealed off. Maybe after him it was wide open.
This is the kind of play that never would have happened back in the day. A young player never would have been left with that option at his disposal. It's just a stupid "trying to be a hero" play and it's coaching that's not paying attention to detail.
Down 7 - 3 at the half is a very diffferent dynamic than being down 14 - 3 at the half. Killer is the Pats were getting the ball to start the 2nd half.
It's really not bad on the coaches. The up man, fullback, whatever you wanna call it (Chung) on kickoffs has protection and audible duties. If he recognizes a certain punt defense matchup such as 4 on 3 and deeply set backers (which he had), it's commonly a greenlight. Given the game situation, time, down, distance, ect...Westhoff shoulda seen it and had a different look called. It was actually a nice recognition by Chung, and the block was there between the guard and tackle to walk four yards. This is especially true given how hard the backers were driving towards the wall formation. Sucks they didn't execute, but the play was there and it coulda gone a lot further than four yards. Sometimes the ball just doesn't bounce your way.
I don't pin this on Chung. First, his coaches told him he had an option. If they were not comfortable with it, they could have a) told him before the play not to do it or b) called a timeout after they saw him make his audible before the ball was snapped-(assuming they even heard him or saw him make the signal).
Personally, I figured the defense would hold them to 3- acceptble for the upside for a huge play on the fake. Down by 10 going into half I thought. I was not right as it turns out.