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 by RamsFanSince82
7 years 10 months ago
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United States of America   So. Cal.
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 by OldSchool
7 years 10 months ago
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United States of America   LA Coliseum
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dieterbrock wrote:Ok, so they did score a 2nd half TD....
I'll take a 28-3 lead with 20 minutes to go and expect my defense to hold them off every time. Sure we can play the should have/would have game, but the reality is that they shouldn't have had to if the defense makes 1 stop

You're right the defense played so good it gave the offense a 28-3 lead, scoring 7 of those points. Then the offense quit the last 20+ minutes and mailed it in. Shame on the defense for not being able to shut down Tom freaking Brady for 4 whole quarters and keep carrying the offense. It comes down to one thing. 3 minutes to go up by 8 all you have to do as an offense is get 3 points to help your defense out and they crapped the bed with bad play calling.

 by OldSchool
7 years 10 months ago
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RamsFanSince82 wrote:

Clearly the defenses fault for that play call when they could have iced the game.

 by BuiltRamTough
7 years 10 months ago
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Armenia   Los Angeles
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OldSchool wrote:You're right the defense played so good it gave the offense a 28-3 lead, scoring 7 of those points. Then the offense quit the last 20+ minutes and mailed it in. Shame on the defense for not being able to shut down Tom freaking Brady for 4 whole quarters and keep carrying the offense. It comes down to one thing. 3 minutes to go up by 8 all you have to do as an offense is get 3 points to help your defense out and they crapped the bed with bad play calling.

All the Falcons had to do is use math and logic the last 4 mins.

 by dieterbrock
7 years 10 months ago
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United States of America   New Jersey
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OldSchool wrote:You're right the defense played so good it gave the offense a 28-3 lead, scoring 7 of those points. Then the offense quit the last 20+ minutes and mailed it in. Shame on the defense for not being able to shut down Tom freaking Brady for 4 whole quarters and keep carrying the offense. It comes down to one thing. 3 minutes to go up by 8 all you have to do as an offense is get 3 points to help your defense out and they crapped the bed with bad play calling.

I blame the QB for not getting rid of the ball on that field goal fiasco. Way too much blame/credit on play calling imo, players have to execute. Matt Ryan melted when the heat got too hot and Brady rose up with the game on the line

 by ramsfan1977
7 years 10 months ago
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United States of America   New Jersey
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dieterbrock wrote:I blame the QB for not getting rid of the ball on that field goal fiasco. Way too much blame/credit on play calling imo, players have to execute. Matt Ryan melted when the heat got too hot and Brady rose up with the game on the line


I would think with the "street cred" Ryan has if he could/should have checked to a running play.

 by BuiltRamTough
7 years 10 months ago
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dieterbrock wrote:I blame the QB for not getting rid of the ball on that field goal fiasco. Way too much blame/credit on play calling imo, players have to execute. Matt Ryan melted when the heat got too hot and Brady rose up with the game on the line

So are you going to blame Russel Wilson for throwing an INT to Butler or are you going to blame Pete Carrol for not calling a run play?

 by Gareth
7 years 10 months ago
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United States of America   LA Coliseum
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dieterbrock wrote:But that's the thing, it's not fair to say play conservative and run clock, but still expect the Julio play to happen.


I think you missed my point. AFTER the Julio play, the whole situation changed. Now they are in field goal range. Now is the time to play conservative and make sure you put points on the board and essentially ice the game. It made sense to still take chances before the Julio play because it was obvious they needed one more score.

 by Gareth
7 years 10 months ago
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dieterbrock wrote:I blame the QB for not getting rid of the ball on that field goal fiasco. Way too much blame/credit on play calling imo, players have to execute. Matt Ryan melted when the heat got too hot and Brady rose up with the game on the line


I do agree that Ryan is largely at fault too. Bad play call but he's got to know that he absolutely can't take a sack in that situation.

No way Brady or Montana allows that.

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