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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.Haven't had coffee yet, but I thought Harper dropped it before he was touched.
FYI in his illustrious career Troy Brown fumbled 11 punts, during his tenure her Welker fumbled 5 punts.. when you are forced to use a practice squad player this kind of thing can happen. Cold snowy night on the big stage in the bright lights.. stuff happens.
Agreed that stretch was worthy of criticism.Also, has anyone taken a view on why they ran the ball three times with time on the clock and timeouts available at the end of the first half?
Meanwhile the Broncos scored in 1:17 without their timeout, and in fact, with US calling a timeout. They moved the ball 75 yards in 30 seconds, with a chunk of that letting the clock go down to the 2-minute instead of wasting a down to spike the ball.
They seemed to be playing it safe and not to lose. Maybe they were afraid of a turnover w/the weather conditions. Usually they come away with points in that situation. Points they badly needed in hindsight.Also, has anyone taken a view on why they ran the ball three times with time on the clock and timeouts available at the end of the first half?
As long as Gronk is OK, I'm willing to write Sunday in Denver off as a bad night on many fronts and move on to Philadelphia.
In BB I trust, but they got the ball at the 20 with 2:07 left on the clock, three time outs and the two minute warning. For Brady, that's usually "all night." Instead, they run the ball five times, to the extent that the Broncos call a TO so they have to punt or run a play.They seemed to be playing it safe and not to lose. Maybe they were afraid of a turnover w/the weather conditions. Usually they come away with points in that situation. Points they badly needed in hindsight.
Harper should not be returning punts, period. NEVER a job for a rookie. NEVER. I don't care if it's a defensive lineman down there catching the ball. Once your aces are out (Edelman, Amendola), you put in whoever has the surest hands to field punts and cut your losses.
We'll agree to disagree. Giving the ball back to Denver on the wrong side of two minutes gave the Broncos time to keep their playbook intact, without having a second-game-starting QB trying to manage it all. If you were playing against 2013 Peyton, I get it.
Not so much here. Kill that damned clock!
Throwing with 2 minutes and 30-someodd seconds instead of milking the clock to the 2-Minute Warning against a team with only 1 Timeout left was the most egregious mistake made.
Not only did it give Denver plenty of time, it cost us Gronk.
Unreal.
Throwing with 2 minutes and 30-someodd seconds instead of milking the clock to the 2-Minute Warning against a team with only 1 Timeout left was the most egregious mistake made.
Not only did it give Denver plenty of time, it cost us Gronk.
Unreal.
Also, has anyone taken a view on why they ran the ball three times with time on the clock and timeouts available at the end of the first half?