OFFICIAL SUPERB OWL 51 DISCUSSION THREAD

[MR25]

And they have a beast in Devonta Freeman.

[tifosi77]

I know this has been beaten ad nauseam, but I still can't believe how bad Shanahan was in the 2nd half.

https://twitter.com/PSchrags/status/828 ... wsrc%5Etfw

Biggest gaffe of the game: Shanahan's 2nd half play calling? Or Matty Ice taking a sack on 2nd and long, pushing the team to the edge of field goal range (and ultimately out of range entirely after a hold on 3rd-and-forever)? They started that series on the 22 yard line...

[LITT]

Matty ice was put in the position to throw by the bonehead play calling

[MWB]

They also weren't using the full play clock, or even close. They were snapping the ball with 12-15 seconds left each time it seemed... why not milk it when you're under five or six minutes?

[mac5155]

Almost like it's fixed.

[shafnutz05]

Yup, the play clock thing was another huge, constant gaffe.

Also, on that play that Matt Ryan got strip-sacked (and basically was the beginning of the end for the Falcons), Devonta Freeman had one of the worst missed blocks I've ever seen.

https://twitter.com/NFL/status/82843312 ... wsrc%5Etfw

[tifosi77]

They also weren't using the full play clock, or even close. They were snapping the ball with 12-15 seconds left each time it seemed... why not milk it when you're under five or six minutes?

They should've been milking it from their first possession of the second half.

[DigitalGypsy66]

The play clock stuff was baffling.

[LITT]

Yup, the play clock thing was another huge, constant gaffe.

Also, on that play that Matt Ryan got strip-sacked (and basically was the beginning of the end for the Falcons), Devonta Freeman had one of the worst missed blocks I've ever seen.

https://twitter.com/NFL/status/82843312 ... wsrc%5Etfw

When I saw this happening live it seemed like a miscommunication. The block freeman put on looks like someone setting up a screen but Ryan didn't even look there.

[malkintent]

it was third and 1. i cant get over that. run the ball. if you make it, run it three more times. if you dont, let the clock run and punt it. just arrogant playcalling.

[MrKennethTKangaroo]

In their limited defense, it is 2017 and teams throw on 3rd and 1 all the time in this day and age.

if anyone can find the stats, this gentleman would love to know how often teams threw on 3rd and 1 10 years ago compared to now.

[Pavel Bure]

In their limited defense, it is 2017 and teams throw on 3rd and 1 all the time in this day and age.

if anyone can find the stats, this gentleman would love to know how often teams threw on 3rd and 1 10 years ago compared to now.

Except for when leading in the Super Bowl in the last quarter and all you have to do is not turn the ball over in a horrible fashion.

[Sam's Drunk Dog]

IIRC, Freeman was in there because Coleman was injured on the previous play

[tifosi77]

In their limited defense, it is 2017 and teams throw on 3rd and 1 all the time in this day and age.

if anyone can find the stats, this gentleman would love to know how often teams threw on 3rd and 1 10 years ago compared to now.

Never heard of the source of this, but....


http://archive.advancedfootballanalytic ... art-1.html

It's from a few years ago, but that's all I got.

[MWB]

In their limited defense, it is 2017 and teams throw on 3rd and 1 all the time in this day and age.

if anyone can find the stats, this gentleman would love to know how often teams threw on 3rd and 1 10 years ago compared to now.

I heard someone talking about this, and they said yeah, throwing it isn't a bad idea, but they had three people going vertical and were in shotgun, so maybe not the best playcall.