DK is taking a lot of crap today

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Thing is, he was right.

DK has to fight for extra yards there because if he does not break free - we lose.

Sure it 'almost cost us the game' but it didn't.

And what cost us the game was going into overtime and doing nothing on offense.

DK isn't stupid.

You are on the road. If you go to overtime, especially with an overly conservative coach and a D grade QB, you are losing. And we did.

The only chance is breaking free fighting for yardage.

Shannon Sharpe was dead wrong. He doesn't watch Carroll enough to know we were running the effing clock down with minutes to go before the end of the game - seconds that became crucial to try to score a TD (which we did not) and even try for the FG.

DK was right even though he tends to lose the ball when he fights for yardage like that. Because if he fails to score there, we lose - and we did because he did.

'Hero ball' is the only way to overcome Carroll, who will happily run his own clock down WHILE BEHIND IN THE 4th QUARTER. It isn't a high % shot, but it is the only chance DK had and he took it.


His reaction to Sharpe is admittedly off. Shouldn't be reacting to Twitter after a loss regardless. But nothing wrong with how he played that.
 

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What are you talking about?
All he had to do was side step to his left and go out. Nobody was preventing him from going out of bounds.

It was a boneheaded play that nearly cost us the game. It was completely unnecessary

And here's the replay before someone gives the condescending "Did you even watch the game?"

[youtube]OcH1gIkBzXw[/youtube]
 

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I have no problem with what Dk did which was try and win the game. Take it out of the coaches’ hands.

Your best players are supposed to try and win games. We need more fire like that, even if we lose games
 

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Jerhawk":3i65l6zt said:
What are you talking about?
All he had to do was side step to his left and go out. Nobody was preventing him from going out of bounds.

It was a boneheaded play that nearly cost us the game. It was completely unnecessary

And here's the replay before someone gives the condescending "Did you even watch the game?"

[youtube]OcH1gIkBzXw[/youtube]

Jezzus Jer, Like It Or Not, do ya think that >>>MAYBE <<< he thought, in the heat of play, that he could break free AND SCORE???, because that's exactty what he looked like he was trying to do.
:roll: OH AND, the way you framed it?, Your post was asking for a "Condescending" reply.
 
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If DK runs out of bounds, he stops the clock.

Guarantee you that even with 18 seconds on the clock, Pete runs the clock down and plays to kick the FG.

There were precious few seconds on the clock.

The only way he wins that game is to take the decision/ball out of the coach's hands.

It did not work out because he wasn't able to get free. But it was the right call.

That is the point. Running out of bounds is the safer play but with Carroll on the sidelines and whathisname as your QB, it will just end in a loss - even if you bring it to OT.

You have to at least try or you lost already.

DK was right to do what he did, even though it did not work out for us.
 

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Is this thread for real?

The right play was to grab the easy extra yardage on the outside to give your kicker a higher percentage chance of making it.

Step out was all that was needed there. If it wasn't for Swain there would have been no OT.
 

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He really was not right.

No timeouts and an absurdly unlikely chance at a touchdown. Less than 17 on the clock.

He needed to step out. Period. I'm not absolving him of that just because the team was in a poor spot to begin with.
 

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scutterhawk":17qt9rsz said:
Jerhawk":17qt9rsz said:
What are you talking about?
All he had to do was side step to his left and go out. Nobody was preventing him from going out of bounds.

It was a boneheaded play that nearly cost us the game. It was completely unnecessary

And here's the replay before someone gives the condescending "Did you even watch the game?"

[youtube]OcH1gIkBzXw[/youtube]

Jezzus Jer, Like It Or Not, do ya think that >>>MAYBE <<< he thought, in the heat of play, that he could break free AND SCORE???, because that's exactty what he looked like he was trying to do.
:roll: OH AND, the way you framed it?, Your post was asking for a "Condescending" reply.

Hilarious. You really thought he had a chance to break through two tackles with 14 seconds left and score a TD? With no timeouts?

No, you simply proved my point. Congrats.
I expected someone to have a condescending reply. Wasn't expecting it to be you, but oh well.
 

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He’s the fastest guy on the field and they weren’t even trying to tackle him so yeah he has a chance to score if they didn’t place that punch perfectly.
 
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You either win the game in regulation or you lose in overtime.

Carroll isn't going to win a game in overtime on the road with a garbage QB, a garbage DC, and his garbage playcalling.

You have to win by just having a playmaker win the game for you. DK had to make a go for it.

You are right by the sideline, if you get tackled you go out of bounds and stop the clock. Nobody plans on the ball being punched out...(though this happens to DK enough on the sideline he needs to work on that).
 

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The right play by a mile was to take the couple extra yards and step out of bounds. Period full stop. 18 seconds is enough time to take at least one shot at the end zone or at least gain some yards to make the kick easier. Have to be smarter than that.
 

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There was a lot of yards to go, no extra time on the clock or time outs, and a number of defenders in front of him ready to take him down. I mean if he was within 2-3 yards of the end zone, sure. But I remember it being a decent amount of distance and what like 12 seconds left to go? Yeah not a great move on his part.
 

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TwistedHusky":bwf7vp4i said:
Thing is, he was right.

DK has to fight for extra yards there because if he does not break free - we lose.

Sure it 'almost cost us the game' but it didn't.

And what cost us the game was going into overtime and doing nothing on offense.

DK isn't stupid.

You are on the road. If you go to overtime, especially with an overly conservative coach and a D grade QB, you are losing. And we did.

The only chance is breaking free fighting for yardage.

Shannon Sharpe was dead wrong. He doesn't watch Carroll enough to know we were running the effing clock down with minutes to go before the end of the game - seconds that became crucial to try to score a TD (which we did not) and even try for the FG.

DK was right even though he tends to lose the ball when he fights for yardage like that. Because if he fails to score there, we lose - and we did because he did.

'Hero ball' is the only way to overcome Carroll, who will happily run his own clock down WHILE BEHIND IN THE 4th QUARTER. It isn't a high % shot, but it is the only chance DK had and he took it.


His reaction to Sharpe is admittedly off. Shouldn't be reacting to Twitter after a loss regardless. But nothing wrong with how he played that.
That might be the dumbest thing I've read related to football anywhere ever and 63 posts a lot
 

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Maelstrom787":36892whb said:
He really was not right.

No timeouts and an absurdly unlikely chance at a touchdown. Less than 17 on the clock.

He needed to step out. Period. I'm not absolving him of that just because the team was in a poor spot to begin with.
This. Catch it and get out of bounds. He should be taking crap for it, AND a more importantly LEARN from it.
That wasn’t smart football in his part. Situational awareness is part of football, his needs to improve in that area. Good thing is though, it’s fixable.
 

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Metcalf's decision not to step out-of-bounds denied his team 2 free chances to win the game. It very nearly denied the team a chance to go to OT. I'm surprised anyone is trying to support him.
 

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It was a stupid play and poor football awareness. He should have ran out of bounds.
 

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Jerhawk":2x9ey5r0 said:
What are you talking about?
All he (Metcalf) had to do was side step to his left and go out. Nobody was preventing him from going out of bounds.

It was a boneheaded play that nearly cost us the game. It was completely unnecessary

This right here.

If Metcalf was in the clear with no one around him for 10 yards, then maybe. But that wasn't even close to being the case in this instance. It was a stupid, moronic move similar to some of the bonehead plays that has happened before with this guy and that quite frankly, I'm getting damn tired of seeing out of him.
 
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If you have Wilson at QB, the smart play is to get out of bounds with 18 seconds left.

With Carroll and Geno?

Carroll is kicking that FG 100 times out of 100

Geno isn't scoring a TD in overtime.

So you better figure something else out. I don't have any problem with what DK did because it was the only way to win. Putting the game in Geno and Carroll's hands is will result in a loss, almost every time.

And since DK is one of our best players and one of maybe 2 difference makers left, and that assumes you include Tyler in that category, you had better embrace it.
 
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