Few interesting things happened this weekend...
A) Norv Turner proved his excellence as a head coach. If you played football at all, you know exactly what play I am talking about. Let me paint the picture for you.
- In Foxboro
- Playing arguably the best offense the NFL has ever seen
- Nine minutes left to play
- Down two scores
- AFC Championship game
- 4th down and 10 on the Patriots 36
Who in gods name would punt it in this situation. This seems like it's straight out of NCAA '07. You know, that mode where you can re-orchestrate "one of the greatest comebacks of all time." Can you imagine being a Chargers fan after you see the punting team come out on the field? The Patriots didn't even rush anyone because they thought they were going to fake it. One of the worst calls I have seen a professional coach make.
The only thing that was even better than this was the typical Norv Turner series of downs that preceeded this call. (Yes, it was so bad I wrote it down afterwards)
1st & 10 on the Pats 36 - Down ten, everyone in the world (except Norv Turner) knows they need to get to the 30 to give their kicker a chance in hell at making a field goal to make this a one score game. Chargers try a 30 yard bomb down field
2 & 10 on the pats 36 - Perhaps try a run to get a chunk of yars so you can at least try to get inside Kaeding's range? 15-yards incomplete pass.
3 & 10 - Draw? You can guess what happened, an incomplete pass.
At least take a shot at a 52-yarder, I think Kaeding has the leg to at least get it close. Judging by that punt this is what Turner expected to happen next:
- 3 & out
- Chargers score
- 3 & out
- Chargers score a game winning drive (either a TD or a field goal depending on the first score)
I'm not an incredibly smart guy, but Norv Turner seems like a moron.
On another note, did you see how Phillip Rivers handled their win in Indy? A year after complaining how the Pats handled their playoff win in SD, Phillip is five feet from the stands, jumping up and down, yelling obscenities at the Indy fans. Solid work guys, real class act.
The only person Phillip Rivers seems to hate more than an Indy fan is LT. That relationship is as stable as Ryan Leaf, they yell at eachother more than any QB-RB tandem in the league. An infant would have better odds surviving a night with Brittney Spears than the Bolts would have at winning the Super Bowl.
B) Tom Coughlin moved back a step in evolution...
One of my favorite parts of watching that NFC Championship was my buddy and I betting money on whether or not Coughlin was going to cover his face at all. He seriously looked like an Everest climber in the locker room afterwards.
Speaking of the locker room, my buddy also made a great point this weekend, has Terry Bradshaw ever done an interview for the losing team in a game? Imagine Terry interviewing Mike McCarthy after that game...
Terry: "HEY MIKE, GREAT GAME OUT THERE TODAY!"
Mike: "Thanks, things just didn't fall our way out there. Congrats to the Giants, they played a great game."
Terry: "IT'S OK, YOU'LL GET 'EM NEXT WEEK MIKE. HEY HOW ABOUT THIS WEATHER, CRAZY EH?"
Mike: "Um, yeah it was pretty cold out there. It definitely changed how we coached and played over the coarse the game."
Terry: "YEAH, BOY IT WAS CRAZY. I WAS FREEZING MY LITTLE BUTT CHEEKS OFF. SO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO COME BACK FROM THIS LOSS?"
Mike: "Well, we just have to go back to the drawing board, fix our mistakes and hopefully make some strong moves in the off season to come back a better team next year."
Terry: "WAIT THIS IS THE PLAYOFFS? WOW, HOW TIME FLIES! I LIKE TURTLES. BACK TO YOU GUYS"
Make sure to watch him after his next game, it's like he does a line of blow before every interview.
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