Did Gibbs Make the Wrong Call?

the redskins did the right thing by running on that play, but i would've put sellers in at halfback mainly because i don't see portis as a short yardage back. A rollout with Brunell probably would've been more effective because he has more options, but the game was blown on other plays, not this one. Imo, the play that blew the game was the thirty yard td pass to sheppard at the end, by that point i had realized whenever we blitzed it wasn't doing anything, leaving walt harris on an island like that is a really bad idea, considering he's been burned other times already.
thank you.....over agressive D is killin us......BUT of course we dont have the talent to NOT bring the house...........:rant:

Gibbs made the right call running the ball here. Today showed how a 23 yr old QB headed for the junk pile ended up with a 119% QB rating. Our entire secondary looked like freshmen! Running into each other, getting burnt over and over and by Chris Simms! Granted our O put them in a bad situation atleast twice today, but say that's 2 TD's. I think a main problem was Taylor being out as they seemed to do as they pleased with our secondary. Grrrrrrrr.

I voted yes cuz it made sense with the ease in which the team had been able to run against the bucs defense all afternoon, but I could also have seen them call a bootleg. they had already gone for the bootleg on the 4th down conversion on the previous drive so maybe that's why they decided not to do it that time, who knows. I'm more inclined to question the defense playcalling and lack of a plays made on the defensive side of the ball especially in the 4th quarter. I think today's game demonstrated the teams need to address the defensive end position this off season.

I'm more inclined to question the defense playcalling and lack of a plays made on the defensive side of the ball especially in the 4th quarter.

Gibbs's offense scored 35 pts today and lost. Granted Brunell didn't help his defense with field position a few times today, but ya have to put this loss on the defense. And we weren't playing Plunkett or Elway or hell even Phil Simms, his Fireman Bob son beat us today! No excuse! None. :hitfan:

At that point in the game, the smart strategy is to kill the clock. You do that with a running play. If you don't make it, the clock still runs. You punt it away and rely on your defense. That was a good situation and should have worked.

I question why Gibbs tries to use a sports car like a Mack truck. In that situation Betts, Sellers or Cartwright are better for a tough inside run IMHO.

Portis had a good day and does everything the coaches ask. But he still doesn't get the runs he got in Denver, mostly because our offensive schemes don't run him to the outside enough. He's very good, but we need GREAT.

I agree with the call, O line knows in that situation Gibbs is gonna call a running play. Bottom line, it was two yards and you gotta get those short yardage type plays to win.

The way the skins were running the ball they had to go with a run there. It keeps the clock moving. Not being able to run the clock out was perhaps the only thing the offense did wrong yesterday but when the game was turned over to "The U" I'm sure nobody thought they would blow it.

Had the skins passed and it not worked Gibbs would have been ripped a new one by everyone. JG made the correect call.

There were better calls Gibbs could have made. A pass in the flat to Sellers or Cooley would have made more sense. When it's 3rd and short, I want the ball in the hands of someone with more size than Clinton Portis.

It was the right call for the right situation. I think the 2 yards were "too long" for Mike Sellers, which was the reason why you give it to Portis. Even if the team didn't get the first down, the clock continues to run. It's easy to say we should have passed after the fact, but at the point in time, running was the best option.

I agree with the call, O line knows in that situation Gibbs is gonna call a running play. Bottom line, it was two yards and you gotta get those short yardage type plays to win.

It was 3rd and a LONG 2. Closer to 3rd and 3 in my book.

And I totally agreed with Troy Aikman. Remember the play they called on 4th and 2 on the Tampa 35 yard line? That one worked, why not playaction pass and get Cooley into the flat one on one with somebody.

I like Cooley 1 on 1 against a defender a lot better than I like Clinton Portis against a giant pile.

At the time of the decision, there were 2 and half minutes left on the clock. If you run it and don't make it, that still leaves Tampa with 2 minutes to get down the field. That's PLENTY of time. So Tampa was going to have plenty of time to score whether the Skins ran or passed incomplete. If they're going to have plenty of time either way, you might as well take your best shot.

Portis against a pile is not the smartest thing to do.