When you play not to lose.
Denver was supposedly the team coming in playing not to get blown out. I know I felt pretty good about going into halftime at 17-3, thinking if we stopped the Broncos on their first two drives we'd at least net a FG and hopefully a TD, and it would be over.
Instead, we run a distustingly simple and obvioius run, run, pass, punt play call sequence the entire 2nd half. I honestly don't get it. Pete preaches you can't win the game in the 1st half, yet we sure as hell looked like we thought we won that game at halftime, at least on offense.
Crap happens you can't predict, which is why you need to be up by three scores before you start going ultra conservative.
Haushka missed a FG. It happens, no one is 100%.
Wilson gets sacked at the goal line. People get pissed that he's called a game manager, but the elite QBs have pocket prescence and field awareness to know where you're at and get rid of the ball faster in that situation. Manning NEVER takes that sack. Ever. I'm not mad as Wilson will learn from it and keep rolling, but it's a coachable moment for him.
Harvin runs a ball out he never should've, and gets dropped at the 9 yard line. Seriously, I know he's elite, but you barely catch the ball, and tip toe to stay in bounds barely make it out of the end zone. Take a knee man.
If we needed any proof they were playingstupid football, look at our drive in OT. We knew we needed to win, so we go with a great mix of run/pass and get what we need: 7-10 yards per pass and high percentage passes, mixed with inside zone runs when the defense isn't obviously ready for it. Gee, TD and we win. Why couldn't we do that the entire 2nd half ?
I felt bad about this game after the INT, when we went run, run, run, run, FG. I knew something bad was going to happen to us. I'm glad we won, but I really hope the coaches self evaluate and not make this mistake again. Championship football is crushing teams when we get the chance.
Denver was supposedly the team coming in playing not to get blown out. I know I felt pretty good about going into halftime at 17-3, thinking if we stopped the Broncos on their first two drives we'd at least net a FG and hopefully a TD, and it would be over.
Instead, we run a distustingly simple and obvioius run, run, pass, punt play call sequence the entire 2nd half. I honestly don't get it. Pete preaches you can't win the game in the 1st half, yet we sure as hell looked like we thought we won that game at halftime, at least on offense.
Crap happens you can't predict, which is why you need to be up by three scores before you start going ultra conservative.
Haushka missed a FG. It happens, no one is 100%.
Wilson gets sacked at the goal line. People get pissed that he's called a game manager, but the elite QBs have pocket prescence and field awareness to know where you're at and get rid of the ball faster in that situation. Manning NEVER takes that sack. Ever. I'm not mad as Wilson will learn from it and keep rolling, but it's a coachable moment for him.
Harvin runs a ball out he never should've, and gets dropped at the 9 yard line. Seriously, I know he's elite, but you barely catch the ball, and tip toe to stay in bounds barely make it out of the end zone. Take a knee man.
If we needed any proof they were playingstupid football, look at our drive in OT. We knew we needed to win, so we go with a great mix of run/pass and get what we need: 7-10 yards per pass and high percentage passes, mixed with inside zone runs when the defense isn't obviously ready for it. Gee, TD and we win. Why couldn't we do that the entire 2nd half ?
I felt bad about this game after the INT, when we went run, run, run, run, FG. I knew something bad was going to happen to us. I'm glad we won, but I really hope the coaches self evaluate and not make this mistake again. Championship football is crushing teams when we get the chance.
