One Decision Overlooked!

I must have repressed this memory because I went ape-shit over us not challenging that spot, especially after we used a timeout anyway!

I think that might have been the point in the game when my sister left the room and said she refuses to ever watch another game with me (I getting a little vocal with the
TV).

It's not like we should have been afraid to waste a challenge because it was so late in the game and we were using our 2nd timeout anyways. I really feel like most coaches would have tossed out the red flag just to be sure and it really pisses me off that gibbs didn't.I was pretty animated also, starting with the simultaneous posession that should have been a Campbell completion, then the idiotic reverse call on a wet track, but especially that horrible spot. Is it just me or do Gibbs and our other offensive coaches seem to go clueless at crunch time? Whether it's time management or an obvious challenge like that spot, we just seem to have a Chinese fire drill on the sidelines when we need calm, cool decision making in the crunch. At least our 25 year old QB seems to be cool under fire.

I mentioned the Cooley spot on an earlier thread. It should have been 4th and about half a yard instead of 4th and 1 1/2. I totally agree that Gibbs and our 20 other coaches screwed up that none of them saw fit to push for a challenge. This referee crew was perhaps the worst we saw all season. They missed obvious calls both ways (Bubba Franks should have had a TD with a force out after the Portis fumble).

I don't think that was a force out, the CB clearly has to prevent you from coming down in bounds, he could have still got a toe in and didn't so it was the right call.

The worst call of the Game was on Thrash what was he suppose to Do Woodson was trying to tackle him and he was trying to get free, absoultely game changing horrible call.

I don't fault the reverse call, remember sometimes on a wet field the defense goes one way a slips then he is off to the races, they just played it well.

Yeah that was a mega shitty spot on that catch by Cooley. I was hoping for a challenge too.

50 yd atttempt maybe?

It was the right call to go for it. A 50 yard attempt on a sloppy track would have been dumb.

It was the right call to go for it. A 50 yard attempt on a sloppy track would have been dumb.

Yeah but you have to be able to make those to be a wildcard team. I know its a double edged sword........

I don't think that was a force out, the CB clearly has to prevent you from coming down in bounds, he could have still got a toe in and didn't so it was the right call.

The worst call of the Game was on Thrash what was he suppose to Do Woodson was trying to tackle him and he was trying to get free, absoultely game changing horrible call.

I don't fault the reverse call, remember sometimes on a wet field the defense goes one way a slips then he is off to the races, they just played it well.I totally agree on the ridiculous double call on Thrash and Woodson. Woodson was holding Thrash with BOTH hands TEN yards downfield, and the ref also calls Thrash for PI just for breaking free??? That was a huge call that prevented the Skins from probably going up by 10 or 14 points early in the 2nd half.

I still maintain my stance against the reverse - the most likely guy to slip on a wet field when the reverse is called is the ball carrier, because he's going full speed and has to make the hardest cut to turn the ball upfield. Lastly, I hate it when Saunders has to revert to trickery when we're driving with momentum.

^ Soup I agree with tricky stuff and why Moss to run it if he is injured????? Use thrash or B. Llyod. UGH!!!! I had this game count as a lost in my season forecasting but I still think it is a game we should have pulled out.

I thought the spot was bad but the replay showed that Cooley didnt even hit the 1st down marker with the ball when he was tackled. It was a good move to not to challenge.

I liked the call to go for it.

Amazing that for a man who is as supposedly brilliant as Gibbs, this kind of clock mismanagement has become a trend this time around. As a skins fan I am SOOOOOO tired of saying "what if."

Yeah but you have to be able to make those to be a wildcard team. I know its a double edged sword........

not true.....a wildcard team would not have attempted that.....maybe a 25% chance suisham hits that....and a 30% chance of a bad snap or fumble.....rabach wasnt even in