Pete Presser
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There's the fear component, right there. Good QB's relish punishing the blitz. So do good coaches. If the dux sell out to stop the run, any completion results in big yards (and a much higher FG %) or a TD. Both were better options than running down the clock and trying a FG in that situation.Tequilla said:Actually, your idea that Oregon has to defend the end zone is absolutely wrong there. If we keep running plays there we probably call timeout before 3rd down as the clock was running and I think we had multiple timeouts available.
Oregon’s going to do 2 things on defense there ... sell out against the run to force 4th down, call timeout, and at least have a chance to do something with the ball. The other is to play heavy press coverage sitting on shorter routes trying to get an extra handful of yards.
Which means that if we decide to throw the ball it is Browning against a blitz throwing a 1 on 1 jump ball ... not his strength.
I firmly believe that had we picked up the 1st on 2nd down we’d have kept running plays.
I don’t think that this was just a spur of a moment decision where Pete froze and got conservative. With how planned out he is I’m sure this is a situation where they’ve worked through guidelines of what they want to do in varying circumstances.
Hindsight is always 20/20. Make the kick and nobody is saying anything. Run a play and either lose yards (with a missed kick) or a turnover and the ire to Pete increases.
In the end it’s a 37-38 yard kick that Henry has plenty of leg for ... he missed the kick.
There’s things I’d have probably done differently if I was Pete ... but it’s splitting hairs. At some point it just comes down to executing.
So essentially what you're saying, Teq, is that Pete trusts his kicker better than his QB in that situation. And how pathetic is that? -
FTFMFYFE
In that situation, you do whatever you can to make it a shorter FG try.
That's it, and that's all. Fuck all other arguments, explanations or defenses.
Pete: You fucked the dog on that one. -
You do whatever you can to not have to kick a field goal, period.TurdBuffer said:FTFMFYFE
In that situation, you do whatever you can to make it a shorter FG try.
That's it, and that's all. Fuck all other arguments, explanations or defenses.
Pete: You fucked the dog on that one.
Play to score TD's.
Fuck FGs.
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You realize there's a game clock, right?HillsboroDuck said:
You do whatever you can to not have to kick a field goal, period.TurdBuffer said:FTFMFYFE
In that situation, you do whatever you can to make it a shorter FG try.
That's it, and that's all. Fuck all other arguments, explanations or defenses.
Pete: You fucked the dog on that one.
Play to score TD's.
Fuck FGs.
Of course you go for TDs first and FGs are a consolation prize. Well, for most teams anyway. -
When you have 50 seconds and two TO's left with the ball on the 22 yard line in a tie game you shouldn't be playing for a FG at that point.TurdBuffer said:
You realize there's a game clock, right?HillsboroDuck said:
You do whatever you can to not have to kick a field goal, period.TurdBuffer said:FTFMFYFE
In that situation, you do whatever you can to make it a shorter FG try.
That's it, and that's all. Fuck all other arguments, explanations or defenses.
Pete: You fucked the dog on that one.
Play to score TD's.
Fuck FGs.
Of course you go for TDs first and FGs are a consolation prize. Well, for most teams anyway. -
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You're right about that but it was the wrong decision even if Henry made it.Tequilla said:Actually, your idea that Oregon has to defend the end zone is absolutely wrong there. If we keep running plays there we probably call timeout before 3rd down as the clock was running and I think we had multiple timeouts available.
Oregon’s going to do 2 things on defense there ... sell out against the run to force 4th down, call timeout, and at least have a chance to do something with the ball. The other is to play heavy press coverage sitting on shorter routes trying to get an extra handful of yards.
Which means that if we decide to throw the ball it is Browning against a blitz throwing a 1 on 1 jump ball ... not his strength.
I firmly believe that had we picked up the 1st on 2nd down we’d have kept running plays.
I don’t think that this was just a spur of a moment decision where Pete froze and got conservative. With how planned out he is I’m sure this is a situation where they’ve worked through guidelines of what they want to do in varying circumstances.
Hindsight is always 20/20. Make the kick and nobody is saying anything. Run a play and either lose yards (with a missed kick) or a turnover and the ire to Pete increases.
In the end it’s a 37-38 yard kick that Henry has plenty of leg for ... he missed the kick.
There’s things I’d have probably done differently if I was Pete ... but it’s splitting hairs. At some point it just comes down to executing. -
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And he went ahead and told that to Oregon before the FG try, right?UWhuskytskeet said:
