Week 18 game thread?
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I’d wager if he got stuffed there at the end they just let the clock run. It gets too risky from that distance.
Kind of like the 6 seed for the Pats. Buffalo is probably a bit tougher if a first round game but they avoid KC until the AFCCG now.
Yeah they gave up almost twenty yards on runs. That’s the death of their season, not the TO.
Well, it would have been more like 53 (unless they stuffed him for a loss of yards). I think they would have kicked anything up to 60 anyway.
They threw on 3rd and 8 from their own 44 with 2:22 left. If they wanted a tie they could have run up the middle again, clock goes down to 2:00, punt it deep, and the Chargers go conservative and they're both in. They clearly were never trying to tie.
The Raiders also ran for 174 yards and passed for around the same amount. Not like they couldn't get first downs this way. If they only wanted a few first downs, running it would be the obvious route to get enough firsts while killing the clock.
They should probably move the team back after that disaster.
And kept throwing after they were already out of danger of both field position and losing.
Eh, I don’t think so. It’s a weird quirk, but it made the game more compelling and surely kept viewers watching. I mean, the Steelers were only in that position because they tied, and didn’t beat the Lions, anyways.
Instead of running up the middle they had been planning to run up the other middle.
Didn’t go into much detail, but pretty definitively said yes, the TO changed their strategy.
I don’t know why this is hard. He said we changed our strategy after the timeout.
High likelihood that the Pats are going to have to beat the three best teams in the AFC if they want to make the Super Bowl. Good luck, fellas…
I thought he was much more fun than usual and maybe he still has animus against Pitt from his playing days
If Bisaccia took a tie and the Raiders lost, never mind got their doors blown off in KC next week, he not only wouldn't have gotten the Raiders job fulltime, but he'd also never get another HC opportunity again. He had to play to win.
This is the playoffs, that’s usually how it works unless you’re one of those three best teams.
You think the chargers are going to get aggressive with 2 minutes left in a game they don't need to win from deep in their own territory?
Nevermind that I saw how animated Carr was after an incompletion on the final drive. Is this interim guy going to tell him to frigging settle for a tie?
I think Kaepernick's playoff record of 181 yards rushing by a QB is safe, but Allen could break 100 Saturday night.
I asked if it was Carr who said the strategy changed. That was answered.
Then I asked if he had indicated how the strategy changed. That was answered.
I don't know what is confusing you about this
I think he also realized the matchups would have been better than they are now.
Raiders at KC--old school rivalry
Pats at Bengals--Bill versus a young gunslinging QB
Chargers at Bills--two mega-talents at QB squaring off.
Beats
Steelers at KC--Ben on his last legs getting blown out by the Chiefs
Pats at Bills--Third round of a matchup we've already seen twice in the past few weeks.
Raiders at Bengals--Memories of what? Stan Fritts running against John Matuszak and company?
All you're saying is that the strategy changed (as voiced by Carr), but we don't know how it changed. Maybe they were getting ready to pass, but then because of the TO decided to run. Or they were going to pitch to the left, but decided to run up the middle during the TO.
If that’s true that’s mystifying. And no idea how they can read lips through a hand, but hey!