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SNF -- 49ers End of Half Clock Management vs. What the Steelers Do

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Perfect clock management by San Fran there. After the long completion down to the four, they're not rushing down the field to spike the ball with thirty seconds left. They take their time, yet the defense is back on its heels after giving up a big play (and unable to substitute), Kaepernick snaps it with seventeen seconds on the clock, and boom, touchdown. If it's incomplete, there's still plenty of time to run second down and if needed, third down.

I guarantee if that's the Steelers, you'd have Ben loping down the field like a goofball, hurrying everyone to the line of scrimmage to spike it, giving the defense a chance to regroup. Then he'd throw two incompletions, and they'd be forced to kick another red zone field goal with 20+ seconds still on the clock. Classic.
 
Hineswardkickedurpanzyass said:
We would be down 52-3, watching the Broncos offense makes me wonder where we went so wrong.
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It is either coaching or talent. When you watch the no names put up big games against the Steelers, it is really hard to rule out coaching as the problem. When was the last time a Steeler no name had a big game?
 
Ben is no Manning. Broncos offense sucked before manning went to Denver. Great offense in Indy, great offense on Denver. Manning is a legendary QB......enjoy it you won't see another one coming close to #18 for a very long time.
 
What? Not perfect clock management. If the pass goes incomplete, there's 12 seconds left. Good luck getting the remaining 3 downs run if needed in 12 seconds. If somehow they run a play w/o stopping the clock there's a chance time runs out all together. They could have spiked the ball and saved some time and used a down they weren't going to have anyway.
 
I ******* HATE spiking the ball like that when you have a time out.

If you are going to throw away a down, hurry to the line, and run a quick 5 yard down & out and throw it to the sideline where only the WR can get to it. The deal is, have a PLAN, have a play that everyone knows will be run in that instance, and run it. Or just call the ******* time out. They have no problem with calling a time out in the 1st quarter after a commercial break, so why save it when you need to use it.
 
oicu8ad said:
I ******* HATE spiking the ball like that when you have a time out.

If you are going to throw away a down, hurry to the line, and run a quick 5 yard down & out and throw it to the sideline where only the WR can get to it. The deal is, have a PLAN, have a play that everyone knows will be run in that instance, and run it. Or just call the ******* time out. They have no problem with calling a time out in the 1st quarter after a commercial break, so why save it when you need to use it.
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This!! Well said. They never have multiple plays called for that situation, never. And they wind up wasting a down for no good reason.
 
As someone who watches the 49ers most weeks, I would say file it under the broken-clock-right-twice-a-day category. Harbaugh and Kappy are notoriously horrific in their clock management. Especially the latter.
 
Troglodyte said:
What? Not perfect clock management. If the pass goes incomplete, there's 12 seconds left. Good luck getting the remaining 3 downs run if needed in 12 seconds. If somehow they run a play w/o stopping the clock there's a chance time runs out all together. They could have spiked the ball and saved some time and used a down they weren't going to have anyway.
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Um, no. If the pass is incomplete, it's second down, not first down. 12 seconds is plenty of time to run 2 pass plays from the 4 yardline, and still leave time for a field goal on 4th down if necessary.
 
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oicu8ad said:
I ******* HATE spiking the ball like that when you have a time out.

If you are going to throw away a down, hurry to the line, and run a quick 5 yard down & out and throw it to the sideline where only the WR can get to it. The deal is, have a PLAN, have a play that everyone knows will be run in that instance, and run it.
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I say this pretty much every time I see the offense run up and spike it after a big play. Why in the hell don't you have a designed play for that situation? Instead of spiking the ball, run a pre-determined play. It doesn't have to be some complicated thing where all the players have to recognize the combination of whether the previous play gained 30+ yards, the location of the spot, the remaining time in the game, etc. Just have a couple plays ready that Ben can signal as they run up to the line (hey, still hustle up and act like you're going to spike it, it all helps to catch the defense off-guard) using some kind of code word. A couple different passes, maybe a run play, that he can communicate without huddling up. And for god's sake none of those plays should be a WR bubble screen.
 
topseed said:
Um, no. If the pass is incomplete, it's second down, not first down. 12 seconds is plenty of time to run 2 pass plays from the 4 yardline, and still leave time for a field goal on 4th down if necessary.
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Two well executed quick pass plays. If Kapernick pulls up and scrambles before throwing they are likely down to one. If he runs and is stopped short the clock likely runs out.
 
someone just asked me "are the 49ers undefeated or are they 4-3?"
 
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