Tokadub":15tqbs3h said:
We could of EASILY won the game if Jamal Adams could catch a ball off his facemask instead of playing like a 5 year old...
I understand your sentiment that the coaches aren't playing to win but DK not going out of bounds there was one of the stupidest plays I've ever seen.
You would have a much better argument if DK had even a chance to make a play, he had no chance it was just idiotic I'm sorry to say.
It was like if I had 1 play in the the NBA and I tried to dunk on Hakeem Olajuwon, Dikembe Mutombo, or Kareem Abdul-Jabbar... Not only can I not dunk but they are gonna block it! That's how unlikely DK was to make anything happen on that play.
I had a DVR failure so I haven't been able to see the replay of the game, but if you take a look at the game situation, 14 seconds left, down by 3, ball at the Steelers 35, Hawks with no timeouts, and think about what you would do if you were Pittsburgh, you can get an idea of just how unlikely it was that any player is going to score a touchdown from 25 yards out near the sidelines.
From the Steelers perspective, the worst thing that could happen to them would be to allow a play to get either into the end zone or a completed pass on the sideline and inside the 20 where their odds of scoring on one play are much greater. So how are you going to deploy your defense? You're going to have 5-6 defensive backs between the 20 and the goal line with instructions to keep everything in front of them. You're willing to give up a play that nets 10 yards, as the Hawks did, because worst case is that the Hawks tie the game on a still challenging 40 something yard FG and send it to overtime.
It is absurd to claim that Metcalf had even a snowball's chance in hell of scoring on that play.
