Soul_Survivor88
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I know Jimmy G. had a rough start last night, but I think the one area where he stood out was his decision-making potential, as demonstrated by his decision to spike the ball in the final seconds of the first half. Mike Reiss breaks it down:
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=13436189
What Bill Belichick liked about Jimmy Garoppolo's performance
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In his Friday day-after-game conference call, Bill Belichick took it to another level, dissecting his thoughts on the following situation: Ball on the Packers' 49-yard line, 53 seconds on the clock, final timeout burned due to injury on the second play of the drive.
As noted Thursday night, these are the types of situations that Belichick attempts to create daily in practice, but there is no substitute for having them come up in games, when players have to react quickly.
Belichick's thoughts on Garoppolo's work in that area Thursday night?
"All things considered, he did a pretty good job with it," he said.
Essentially, what Belichick liked is that Garoppolo made the best out of a situation that wasn't ideal. The less-than-ideal part was that Garoppolo took a sack on second-and-5 with 27 seconds remaining, so the clock was winding down.
At that point, Garoppolo's presence of mind to spike the ball was smart.
If he didn't, the clock likely would have wound down to end the half before another play could have been run, as the Patriots had no timeouts to stop it. And even if the Patriots were able to run a play with four seconds remaining, the odds of scoring or getting out of bounds to set up another play were unlikely.
"I think Jimmy did a good job to recognize that situation; whether he should or shouldn't have been in it, that's really not the point," Belichick said. "The point is that once it came up, I thought he handled it well. I thought that was a good, quick decision on his part. It gave us an opportunity to attempt a field goal at the end of the half and Steve [Gostkowski] came through on a 56-yard kick. ... He saved us three points on that."
Belichick talks all the time about "situational football" and this was a shining example of it in the preseason opener.
It was an area where Garoppolo impressed his coach.
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=13436189
What Bill Belichick liked about Jimmy Garoppolo's performance
[.......]
In his Friday day-after-game conference call, Bill Belichick took it to another level, dissecting his thoughts on the following situation: Ball on the Packers' 49-yard line, 53 seconds on the clock, final timeout burned due to injury on the second play of the drive.
As noted Thursday night, these are the types of situations that Belichick attempts to create daily in practice, but there is no substitute for having them come up in games, when players have to react quickly.
Belichick's thoughts on Garoppolo's work in that area Thursday night?
"All things considered, he did a pretty good job with it," he said.
Essentially, what Belichick liked is that Garoppolo made the best out of a situation that wasn't ideal. The less-than-ideal part was that Garoppolo took a sack on second-and-5 with 27 seconds remaining, so the clock was winding down.
At that point, Garoppolo's presence of mind to spike the ball was smart.
If he didn't, the clock likely would have wound down to end the half before another play could have been run, as the Patriots had no timeouts to stop it. And even if the Patriots were able to run a play with four seconds remaining, the odds of scoring or getting out of bounds to set up another play were unlikely.
"I think Jimmy did a good job to recognize that situation; whether he should or shouldn't have been in it, that's really not the point," Belichick said. "The point is that once it came up, I thought he handled it well. I thought that was a good, quick decision on his part. It gave us an opportunity to attempt a field goal at the end of the half and Steve [Gostkowski] came through on a 56-yard kick. ... He saved us three points on that."
Belichick talks all the time about "situational football" and this was a shining example of it in the preseason opener.
It was an area where Garoppolo impressed his coach.