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Originally Posted by neugey (Post 187745)

I think Payton made the right call punting on 4th and 1. Morestead was punting awesome all day up until that punt and the return for TD.

Agree with you wholeheartedly neugey, especially on the one that got returned for a touchdown. We were deep in our own territory, and it was a good decision. Simple fact is, we have to be able to cover a freakin punt. Special teams was a big part of why we lost that game. I don't blame Payton for the decisions to punt at all. If this team had taken care of their assignments, nobody would have said anything about the decisions to punt.

On the flip side, if we had gone for it on 4th and 1, and not gotten it, I'm sure a lot of you guys would be on here blaming Sean for making a stupid play call. Point is, he made the absolute right call in the situation.

I do think that Sean deserves some blame for the playcalling in the second half in terms of sticking to the running game. I believe that we only ran the ball 10 times in the second half. We need to stay committed to the running game, and the offensive line needs to pick it up big-time.