Originally Posted by Hammock Parties:
I still have no idea why you even try that. The defense was playing well. One minute to go 80 yards with no timeouts? The Browns were not gonna do that.
Andy just has complete confidence in his offense at times.
Probably 95% of NFL head coaches punt in that spot. Maybe one or two try a run or QB sneak there. Nobody else is passing it. Nobody but Andy. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Hammock Parties:
I still have no idea why you even try that. The defense was playing well. One minute to go 80 yards with no timeouts? The Browns were not gonna do that.
Andy just has complete confidence in his offense at times.
Yeah you figure at least one play doesn't get out of bounds needing chunks, so they have what in 70 seconds, maybe 6 plays? [Reply]
Originally Posted by carcosa:
Hopefully that ballsy call gives Andy a little confidence boost as he starts game planning for Buffalo! If Patrick is out he'll need to call the best game of his life for us to win
Originally Posted by TwistedChief:
And it just looked so lame. And they appeared so disinterested. Like they were slow walking it and not even trying to make you think they were gonna run a play.
I'm still speechless.
I was fooled myself. Figured a timeout and punt was coming (although I was hoping they'd at least try a run and go for it). [Reply]
Originally Posted by KC_Connection:
Probably 95% of NFL head coaches punt in that spot. Maybe one or two try a run or QB sneak there. Nobody else is passing it. Nobody but Andy.
Does make me wonder if Andy doesn't trust the IOL enough to sneak it, which is what I hoped he would do. [Reply]
Originally Posted by KC_Connection:
Probably 95% of NFL head coaches punt in that spot. Maybe one or two try a run or QB sneak there. Nobody else is passing it. Nobody but Andy.
If I'm being objective, I would have preferred a QB sneak but perhaps with our interior O-line that was the best call. Certainly turned out to be the right one. Andy is a god damned wizard. [Reply]
Originally Posted by ReynardMuldrake:
Henne didn't even let the play clock run down! I was shocked.
That was by design I'd say. I bet you they have practiced that before. Everyone in the stadium thought they'd be running the clock down to 1 and calling a timeout.
Originally Posted by RealSNR:
If you’re going for it, the clock doesn’t matter. Incomplete pass? Clock stops. Failed sneak? Turnover on downs and clock stops.
Andy could see the defense was napping and knew this play would get them. Figured it might even be their best chance to win
WE have run the same or similar plays on third down and short in end of game situations too. It's really smart when you think about it. The QB is probably coached to just run for it if the pass isn't there. then even if you come up short the clock continues to run. The QB running on the bootleg probably has as much chance of being successful as pounding it right into the DL. [Reply]
