TE snap counts......vs Vikings.....

[Shane Falco]

I don’t think much of it. It’s one game and they game planned to play bully ball. If it becomes a multi game trend, ok. But for one game and a very good game plan? Nope, no knee jerk reaction here.

 

[Confluence]

I don’t think much of it. It’s one game and they game planned to play bully ball. If it becomes a multi game trend, ok. But for one game and a very good game plan? Nope, no knee jerk reaction here.

Sure.
I'm no Tomlin apologist, but, there was a notably different approach on Offense this game.

There was a different approach on Defense the past two games. Who'd have guessed they'd move TJ around a bit, and blitz around him? lol

The same old part was the turtleball approach in the 4th, and the onfield communications breakdowns by the D in the 4th.

 

[slashsteel]

Very Interesting...but stupid!
I just have a one word question for this mind boggling play call decision...
WHY?!?

Perfect time to be in a very conservative defense.
1. It was late in the game
2. We had a 2 score lead
3. You had back ups in the secondary due to injuries.

The only reason for their decision to call a "difficult" scheme that I can think of ....is Tomlin/Austin were looking for a splash play (int) to cement the deal?
However, that is a head scratcher because all we needed was a punt or stop on 4th down and games over. I might be open to their reasoning if the Vikings were on our side of the 50...but they were not, and maybe could somewhat understand it, if we still had all our starters on the field...
The very last thing we needed was a 80 plus yard pass play to the goal line!
41's hustle and amazing straight line speed, won that game for us.

I also looked at a picture of the play and saw Clark and Slay trailing. So they were the two players within the vicinity.

 

[Fiji Mariner]

Also noting our DC said that late CB snafu big play given up was on him with two CBs out he called a “difficult” play. (according to him)

But that just goes to the continual year to year players chronic episodic confusions on both sides of the ball.

Always comes back to coaching a recurring theme.

Obviously we were too thin at pedigree in the given situation for the next men up to be communicating to each other to man up the guy in front of you…it is a very complex scheme to defend every blade of grass…we blinked, eyelids will be removed and have time to heal over the bye week before the next tired broken gameplan makes the Stains rookie look like the second coming of Steve Young, Boomer Esiason or Kenny Stabler.