Wild card weekend game discussion

[PeaveyFury]

These are two good teams with good coaches who both botched their way into overtime.

[yourout]

About time for a Cousins special pick six

[OldSchoolSnapper]

That's obviously what they were afraid of, but 21 seconds is really plenty of time to run a designed play for the end zone and even if you get tackled, if everyone knows the plan, you should be able to spike. Brees has to get rid of it quickly but you could have devised all this with the TO.

 

That they didn't use it at all makes it look pretty stupid.

[OldHeidelberg]

I continue to be in awe of how many NFL coaches absolutely do not know how to manage the clock at the end of the game/half.

 

I think it's a control thing, it's too much for them to be on top of everything but they don't want to cede that call to some clock management specialist. I thought they should have called the timeout on the play before the attempted spike. Still enough time to throw over the middle and run up and spike it if needed.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

Wow, the monkey is off Cousins' back if they punch this in.

[wildcat83]

That's obviously what they were afraid of, but 21 seconds is really plenty of time to run a designed play for the end zone and even if you get tackled, if everyone knows the plan, you should be able to spike. Brees has to get rid of it quickly but you could have devised all this with the TO.

 

That they didn't use it at all makes it look pretty stupid.

 

Going to get criticized a lot more if Brees doesn’t touch the ball in OT.

[homer]

Nice.....now throw a pick, Cousins.

[PeaveyFury]

That's obviously what they were afraid of, but 21 seconds is really plenty of time to run a designed play for the end zone and even if you get tackled, if everyone knows the plan, you should be able to spike. Brees has to get rid of it quickly but you could have devised all this with the TO.

 

That they didn't use it at all makes it look pretty stupid.

 

Going to get criticized a lot more if Brees doesn’t touch the ball in OT.

 

Playing for overtime with a HOF QB and over 21 seconds should be criticized regardless, IMO.

[wildcat83]

Stop running sideways at the goal line.

[yourout]

That should be offensive PI

[OldSchoolSnapper]

Those were two stunning throws to win it.

[HarveysWBs]

That's obviously what they were afraid of, but 21 seconds is really plenty of time to run a designed play for the end zone and even if you get tackled, if everyone knows the plan, you should be able to spike. Brees has to get rid of it quickly but you could have devised all this with the TO.

 

That they didn't use it at all makes it look pretty stupid.

 

Going to get criticized a lot more if Brees doesn’t touch the ball in OT.

Every time I wonder "what would it have been like if Green Bay hired Payton and not MM?" I remember, there's probably a reason he's only won one Super Bowl with a Hall of Famer of his own, and it isn't all bad officiating. That being said, Saints fans are going to have more officiating controversy to get worked up about after this one.

[MrTPlush]

Lol the joke of the PI replay lives on. They don’t replay that?

 

That looked worthy of replay and in my opinion maybe worthy of an overturn. That is the exact situation they put it in for...big plays at the end.

[yourout]

They need to remove the PI review if they are not going to call that.

[homer]

That was a good no call. Not even as bad as the call against UW in the Rose Bowl.

[wildcat83]

Wow is the PI review system a joke. They may not over turn it, but why on earth is it not reviewed???? The entire point of it was game altering plays... um ..... game winning walk off touchdown? Yea, prolly should take a look...

[homer]

I mean they should still review it because that's the whole point but no way that was getting reversed.

[OldHeidelberg]

That is just insane, I thought it would get overturned as he clearly got position with the push, and they don't look at it? The NFL sure loves controversy.

[PinaMadness]

Wow is the PI review system a joke. They may not over turn it, but why on earth is it not reviewed???? The entire point of it was game altering plays... um ..... game winning walk off touchdown? Yea, prolly should take a look...

Probably the same reason they didn't in the Sunday Night game. Riveron will say it was reviewed and there was nothing.

[wildcat83]

I mean they should still review it because that's the whole point but no way that was getting reversed.

 

He created all of the separation by extending that arm. Probably would stand as called, but by the book that’s OPI

[PinaMadness]

All of those people who said the Packers can’t beat the Saints next week were correct

[OldSchoolSnapper]

That was a good no call. Not even as bad as the call against UW in the Rose Bowl.

 

Yeah, I'm not getting the indignation over this. That was ticky tack at best. There is no way to overturn based on the precedent set this year.

[PeaveyFury]

Geaux Philly

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Well, I guess I kinda thought this may happen, but I didn't believe it. Go Eagles I guess?

[PeaveyFury]

I expected that to get reviewed and maybe overturned if for no other reason than the NFL owed New Orleans one....