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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.As long as we don't give it to Maroney it should improve. "Hey, look the goaline!...ooops...FUMBLE"
You do know that Maroney only fumbled 3 times last season, right?
And twice he did it the end zone. You're right that 3 fumbles isn't a lot but every time he did it, it killed us. We would have won the Indy game if he didn't cough it up on the goalline.
I didn't realize he fumbled on the goalline on 4th and 2. . . .
Bad counterpoint. If Maroney doesn't fumble in the end zone, 4th and 2 doesn't happen. Anyway, though, I've been on record as saying that Maroney's fumbles are not a *huge* deal, but they ARE a problem that he needs to work on going into 2010.
That's my point—how do you know that for sure?
Because we would have been up an extra 7 points.
Again, though, that's my point. You're assuming that you can change the result of that one play without changing the rest of the game.
And twice he did it the end zone. You're right that 3 fumbles isn't a lot but every time he did it, it killed us. We would have won the Indy game if he didn't cough it up on the goalline.
Again, though, that's my point. You're assuming that you can change the result of that one play without changing the rest of the game.
If I remember correctly, didn't Welker return a punt to the redzone that basicaly made the fumble null.
Yes, Welker returned a punt into the redzone. That doesn't cancel out a turnover on the goal line though.
We can argue how much of an impact that had on the game, and whether it mattered little or lots to the outcome. But there's no argument that turnovers are a major statistical factor (perhaps the most significant) in the outcome of games. Losing a fumble doesn't help the cause, especially in scoring position.
In a game lost by a single point, every turnover counts. That doesn't mean Maroney alone should take the blame. Brady's INT was pretty bad, as was the play-calling on both sides of the ball in the second half. But there's no denying that the fumble hurt, regardless of what followed.
That was one of Brady's lesser boneheaded turnovers though. The safeties crossed on that play and he was baited perfectly by Bethea. Not to say it didn't suck because that turnover did, indeed, suck. But it wasn't as bad as some of his other INT's throughout the year.