Tetsujin Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 I'd be watching games with a team up by 3 scores half way through the 3rd Q, and QB1 is still in the game. The QB2 is experienced and not awful, the D is playing well, so why keep QB1 in for so long, sometimes until the final drive), subjecting them to more hits and such? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wackywabbit Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 So the Falcons should have benched Matt Ryan in the SB? You have to have much >99% change of winning the game to go to the backup. You just CAN'T lose a game because you stopped trying to win. Individual games are too important in the NFL. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elky Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 Points forwarded can be used as a tiebreaker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyMossIsBoss Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 3 minutes ago, Tetsujin said: I'd be watching games with a team up by 3 scores half way through the 3rd Q, and QB1 is still in the game. The QB2 is experienced and not awful, the D is playing well, so why keep QB1 in for so long, sometimes until the final drive), subjecting them to more hits and such? We've seen 3 score leads with 20 minutes to go evaporate plenty of times before, and that's WITH the starting QB still in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlowe22 Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 No lead is safe unless it’s astronomical. I’ve seen my team win a game down 16 with 3 minutes left. And we all remember 28-3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tetsujin Posted December 13, 2019 Author Share Posted December 13, 2019 5 minutes ago, wackywabbit said: So the Falcons should have benched Matt Ryan in the SB? You have to have much >99% change of winning the game to go to the backup. You just CAN'T lose a game because you stopped trying to win. Individual games are too important in the NFL. I'm not talking about a SB. The starting QB could always go back in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wackywabbit Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Tetsujin said: I'm not talking about a SB. The starting QB could always go back in. Your standard for a regular season game being "safe" is not nearly high enough. You can't be THAT protective of your starting QB, you have to chance that they can play out games. Edited December 13, 2019 by wackywabbit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamondbull424 Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 4 minutes ago, Tetsujin said: I'm not talking about a SB. The starting QB could always go back in. You don’t “go back in” in a football game as a QB. You sit down and get out of a rhythm and you lose because you couldn’t get back in one, would make no sense. This is like in basketball taking a player who is on fire and putting him on the bench and then telling him, okay go back out there. Doesn’t work that way. When in a groove you ride it out until obliteration. 4-5 scores with a quarter to go is the only time you take that chance of removing your QB. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VigilantZombie Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 Stats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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FrantikRam Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 Lots of people don't remember the origin of Ryan Fitzpatrick, but both and he and Marc Bulger led improbable 3 score comebacks late in the 4th quarter in 2003 and 2005. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmittyBacall Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 Pulling your starters is waving the white flag, rolling over, and saying "we quit". Why, as a head coach, would you want that precedent in your locker room? Win with grace and lose with dignity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancerman Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 1. If you are on the winning side, you don't want some inexperienced guy to make a stupid mistake that gives the other team a chance. Belichick pulled Brady against the Jets earlier in the year and the backup made two giant errors that gave the chance a chance. QB's such a steep decline after the starters and touching the ball every play makes it high risk. 2. If you are on the losing side, you can't just give up. You only do that if your actual QB is playing like **** and you are trying anything to try to win Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolts223 Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 9 hours ago, Tetsujin said: I'd be watching games with a team up by 3 scores half way through the 3rd Q, and QB1 is still in the game. The QB2 is experienced and not awful, the D is playing well, so why keep QB1 in for so long, sometimes until the final drive), subjecting them to more hits and such? Dude that's not even close to a safe lead. Teams have come back from that far down at that point in the game many teams. Only time you should be pulling a QB is if it's like 42-3 halfway through the 4th quarter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m haynes Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 (edited) So many answers for this one. Lunkhead coaches. He can easily get hurt on any play, we practice to finish games, we working on stuff, that the way we play. Just pick one dumb excuse. Edited December 14, 2019 by m haynes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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