The Packers still had a timeout. And Rodgers went 37 seconds with zero timeouts against the 49ers in week 3.
Certainly how I was feeling. As soon as they scored my first thought was "Great, tie game and probably not enough time to get into FG range" and I wasn't liking our chances in OT that much. Oddly enough I felt a big sense of relief when they dialed up the 2pt call.
Can't believe Harbaugh is asking for his player's advice.
Not to bring up a sore subject but they could have had all three time outs. He called 2 in the first 6 minutes or so of the 4th quarter.
There would have been fewer seconds left if, as I think they would have, they kicked it to the 5. And if The Pack had to have a field goal or not; I don't think that makes any difference.
I stand corrected, you are right, we did have a TO left. I'm still kicking the XP if I am the Ravens. Since in either case, if you are successful, you still have to stop that Master. The Ravens had their own Master on the sidelines....Justin Tucker. Lifetime he is 99% on his XP's and 91% on FG's.
According to AR, that is the way all the coaches are doing it now.
Didn't cost them the game did it?Not to bring up a sore subject but they could have had all three time outs. He called 2 in the first 6 minutes or so of the 4th quarter.
I'm just sayin.
Sorry I didn't mean to interrupt. Please continue.
I'm not saying I would have gone for it. Just giving a thought of what the Ravens might have been thinking. I kick the extra point every time in that situation.
You jumped into the middle of the discussion as to a theoretical game if Ravens had tied or went ahead after their last TD. Rodgers would've needed to drive for a game winning field goal and would have had a better chance with more TOs.
I agree. Someone (Phil Simms?) mentioned the 2 point play should’ve been tried on the TD series prior to that one.
What I will say though is that even if the Ravens convert, you give Rodgers 40+ seconds with a timeout only needing 40-50 yards for the win. If they kick the extra point, it's likely that Rodgers and LaFleur play it conservative and take their chances in OT as opposed to risking a turnover.
I have heard this discussed also. As Harbaugh being miked up proves he did not know if he was going for the win when they scored the previous TD. Heck he didn't know for sure after scoring the second TD. All of the players votes had not been counted yet.
Possibly, he didn't need them against the 49ers though. Reality is, no one can name a game where Rodgers burning timeouts to avoid delay of game penalties cost them a game.
For me, the reality is that it is just sloppy. Bad fundamental and more care and thought should be taken. He should know before getting to the line if it is worth calling a time out if the play clock goes down.
I disagree. If he looks at the defense and sees a mismatch and needs to make adjustments to exploit it then he will need the time to do that. On some plays he just runs out of time making those adjustments. That is all.
I have decided that you have to take the bad with the good. Yes, Rodgers could try to speed things up a bit and possibly put himself into a position where he doesn't have to burn a timeout on 3rd/4th down because he cut it too close. However, if he thinks the benefit of burning a TO at that moment is good, I have to respect his judgement. Rodgers bread and butter is his ability to read a defense and audible and that takes time. For every one of those TO's he burns, he probably has had 10+ plays that he took the play clock down to 1 or 0, doing what he does well, just as the ball was finally snapped.
I think he is on autopilot and just has it in his mind to call a timeout and save five yards w/o actually having given it thought beforehand.
Yes. We’re winning these games. That’s objective #1.
Yes and that is taking the bad with the good part that I was referring too. There are definitely times were I think taking the delay of game would have been a smarter move. Maybe by the time he hits 40, he will have this part of his game down to an exact science.
