NudeTayne Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 With the refs officially declaring the ball short by a foot or so, with how the defense was playing and the momentum of the game, would it have been worth attempting to put the game away by going for it--QB sneak or FB dive etc.--on 4th & short? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MistaBohmbastic Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Hindsight is always 20/20. But yeah, I thought so. The way we were running the ball, and the fact that we had all the momentum led me to believe that we would have converted. Still, we're on our own 20 yard line. Conventional thinking of NFL teams is that you've gotta punt the ball from that far back. And, if they couldn't convert, could you imagine the criticism that Hue Jackson would be facing? However, the courage by this team to go for two on all those TD's were bold and aggressive, I love it. It showed Hue's faith in Baker's abilities. That's playing to win. Maybe the decision to punt was playing not to lose instead. I would have gone for it, but I'm not a coach. The worst part of debating hypotheticals...we'll never know. And that sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaidersAreOne Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 It would have been extremely risky. If you get stuffed, putting the opposing team that close is a recipe for disaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwibrown Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Qb sneak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas5737 Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 1 hour ago, Kiwibrown said: Qb sneak. That's what I said in the GDT. The normal call there is to punt, but in a game like that where the team will the ball last often wins I'd go for it with a sneak and take my chances. I'd say sneaks for less than a yard work more often than giving the opposition the ball with a minute and a half left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwibrown Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 I don't think i was a bad decision by hue to punt. i don't think hue had a bad game as coach, he did a good challenge with the Duke 2 pointer. the worst coaches today were Williams, running too much cover 2 zone amos. and whoever stopped chubb getting the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aztec Hammer Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Sneak the ball ffs. if you can’t get an inch, you don’t deserve to win. you’re also fighting the Browns mystique of losing in spectacular fashion. As soon as we punted that ball, I knew we had lost. ***** move from a ***** coach who also sat there and watched us give up 20 points straight with no adjustments. He needs to go. He’s rubbish. He’s our Jeff Fisher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnies20 Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 With The movement we were getting up front? Absolutely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LETSGOBROWNIES Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Hue was in a tough spot imo. If he goes for it AND THEY MAKE IT, everyone is cool. Most would still never give him any credit, but they’d be happy with the outcome. If he goes for it and they fail, people are beating Haslam’s door down demanding the head of the incompetent fool who gave them the ball at the 20. He chose to punt the ball away and force the opponent to go the distance and score as well as get the 2 pt conversion to win. They did just that. Punting was the right call then, it’s the right call now tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aztec Hammer Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 22 minutes ago, LETSGOBROWNIES said: Hue was in a tough spot imo. If he goes for it AND THEY MAKE IT, everyone is cool. Most would still never give him any credit, but they’d be happy with the outcome. If he goes for it and they fail, people are beating Haslam’s door down demanding the head of the incompetent fool who gave them the ball at the 20. He chose to punt the ball away and force the opponent to go the distance and score as well as get the 2 pt conversion to win. They did just that. Punting was the right call then, it’s the right call now tbh. You have to have big nuts in a situation like that. Sneaking for the game there is a big **** move that would win you a lot of respect from the players and fans. Yeah it could backfire but f it, most winners are the ones who go for the jugular and assume the risk in order to achieve that big moment. And to be honest, how often does a qb sneak not gain an inch? I maintain with a strong degree of likelihood that had we sneaked the ball there, we would’ve won the game. And not lost it like we did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LETSGOBROWNIES Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 1 minute ago, Aztec Hammer said: You have to have big nuts in a situation like that. Sneaking for the game there is a big **** move that would win you a lot of respect from the players and fans. Yeah it could backfire but f it, most winners are the ones who go for the jugular and assume the risk in order to achieve that big moment. And to be honest, how often does a qb sneak not gain an inch? I maintain with a strong degree of likelihood that had we sneaked the ball there, we would’ve won the game. And not lost it like we did. I mean it obviously could have worked but the risk huge. We had a chance to win the game either way, so it didn’t “cost us the game”, but it was huge obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buno67 Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 If the ball wasn’t inside the 30 you prolly go for it. You’re that far back, you have to punt, specially with how bad he refs were at spotting the ball yesrteday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brooks1957 Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 I knew it, I knew it, I knew. Watch the NFL backpedal and say "Whoops we should not have respotted the ball". And the league wonders why fans think the game is fixed. Total incompetence at every level. I am so angry at the lack of respect for common sense http://www.footballzebras.com/2018/09/clevelands-rage-against-the-replay-machine-is-justified/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawgX Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 11 hours ago, RaidersAreOne said: It would have been extremely risky. If you get stuffed, putting the opposing team that close is a recipe for disaster. This. I say trust your defense in that scenario. Obviously if Hue would have went for it and we made it, then everyone would have obviously been cool with it. Had we not, people would have been calling for his head (more so than they already are). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brooks1957 Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 5 minutes ago, DawgX said: This. I say trust your defense in that scenario. Obviously if Hue would have went for it and we made it, then everyone would have obviously been cool with it. Had we not, people would have been calling for his head (more so than they already are). And this would be a bad thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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