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12-23-2013, 12:15 AM #13Pro Bowl Poster
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Re: FG attempt down 20-0 --- Harbs actually said ....
I am befuddled. Just like I was confused by that 3rd and 1 play call when you knew you were going for it on 4th down anyway. Just like I was confused by the ridiculous run to start the 4th quarter. They don't always make sense.
They were down by 20 points. A FG still puts you in a position of having to score 3 touchdowns with time dwindling. It made no sense except if you were just trying to stave off the shut out.
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12-23-2013, 12:17 AM #14Pro Bowl Poster
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Re: FG attempt down 20-0 --- Harbs actually said ....
back on twitter
"Well that was an appropriate last ride for Pees. A Bengals WR streaking in for a game winning touchdown in the closing minutes is the man’s preferred medium to express his art." - GreenWave52
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12-23-2013, 12:20 AM #16Legendary RSR Poster
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Re: FG attempt down 20-0 --- Harbs actually said ....
Yeah, I know.
But you repeating it doesn't make it more meaningful.
Harbs is cut from the same cloth as Belichick. He's not going to give you anything at a presser. And he's going to say anything during a presser to get the heat off.
It's been that way for five years now.
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12-23-2013, 12:21 AM #17Pro Bowl Poster
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Re: FG attempt down 20-0 --- Harbs actually said ....
Yes, kind of.
The offense gave absolutely no inclination that they could execute on any down, let alone fourth and in the redzone.
As such, Harbaugh figured that instead of throwing away the series on an incompletion and the score still being 20-0, it would be more prudent to log an 'automatic' three points.
With the score at a presumedly assured 20-3 and a full quarter left to go, the Ravens would get at least three more tries, and only need 2 touchdowns and 1 field goal, rather than needing 3 touchdowns had they failed on fourth down and the score remained at 20-0.
As it turned out, the Ravens had five more offensive drives following the missed FG.
Warning - conjecture: When the Ravens scored a touchdown, the score was 20-7. If Tucker had made the aforementioned FG, it would have been 20-10. At 20-10, the Ravens only would have needed 1 touchdown and 1 field goal to tie. Alternatively, and to rewind to the play/missed field goal in question, had Harbaugh gone for the TD rather than the FG on fourth down, and the Ravens had failed to convert, then the Ravens would have needed 2 touchdowns after their first touchdown, rather than 1 touchdown and 1 field goal after their first touchdown had Tucker made the FG.
I'm not saying that I agree, but I hope this makes sense.
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12-23-2013, 09:12 AM #18Hall Of Fame Poster
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Re: FG attempt down 20-0 --- Harbs actually said ....
Harbaugh is generally (though not this past week) great at motivating his team, getting them ready to go, solving locker room situations, etc... all the before-game-day head coach type stuff.
But when game day comes along, he is a massive liability. He has an incredibly low football IQ, doesn't understand the game, makes horrible clock-management/game management calls, and just generally can't handle the game-day responsibilities of a head coach.
I'm not saying he's a bad HC, but it is what it is. Andy Reid is also one of the worst game-day head coaches in the league (which maybe explains all of Harbaugh's foibles since he learned at Reid's feet.) Reid has been very, very successful, so those limitations can be overcome, but I'm not sure how Harbaugh does it. Until he can start outcoaching the other guy on game days, John Harbaugh will never be an elite head coach, even if he's a very good one.
The field goal was an infantile decision. Stupid, super-low football IQ, and obviously done for no reason other than preventing a shutout. Craven and inexcusable.
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12-23-2013, 09:16 AM #19
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Re: FG attempt down 20-0 --- Harbs actually said ....
What kills me in bringing in Rice on 4th n 1 when pierce is clearly better in short yardage lol rice is done book it dumb ass coaching staff.
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Re: FG attempt down 20-0 --- Harbs actually said ....
I think this is pretty much it. The only possible thought process is "somehow" grab 2 TDs (we had almost the full quarter left) and that at the end we could have just enough time to get into range for a tying FG.
Slightly better odds, maybe ( I don't know...), than going for it and still needing 3 TDs. Maybe.
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12-23-2013, 09:36 AM #22Pro Bowl Poster
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Re: FG attempt down 20-0 --- Harbs actually said ....
I get it. But, in that case, why go for it on the preceeding 4th and 1 (which we didn't get) or the 4th and 3 (which we also didn't get)?
The argument will be made - because we didn't get those makeable 4th downs. I think once you are committed to the 4th down strategy, you have to stay with it.
In any event, we played a real playoff team yesterday and we will play a real one next week. Goong 0-2 in those games will tell us all we need to know. If we miss the playoffs by losing both games, you know we likely would have been one and done.
Now watch us lose a valiant heartbreaker or win and then have both Miami and SD win as well. That would be the worst outcome.
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12-23-2013, 08:20 PM #23Regular 1st Stringer
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Re: FG attempt down 20-0 --- Harbs actually said ....
He regrets it now. Something about the "flow of the game". Bullshit at it's finest!
http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/r...,1039964.story
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12-23-2013, 09:35 PM #24Pro Bowl Poster
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