Five thoughts on the Saints' sad performance in Seattle

jlouhill · 01-09-2011, 08:45 AM

Originally Posted by Fleured

The fourth-down and inches play took waaaaay to long to develop. I agreed for the Saints to go for it but just dive under and get those two-three inches! Why did they bother wasting time handing the ball off to the back and having him run into the wall of linemen.
Drew, here's a plan. Snap ball. Hold ball. Lower shoulders. Plow through a small opening somewhere between linemen. Simple. It would have taken all of 1.5 seconds to complete.
2¢

I was thinking the same thing here. I just knew Drew was going to take the snap and lower his head and fall forward. I was in shock when he stood up to hand the ball off.

Saint_LB · 01-09-2011, 08:53 AM

Originally Posted by jlouhill

I was thinking the same thing here. I just knew Drew was going to take the snap and lower his head and fall forward. I was in shock when he stood up to hand the ball off.

I hear you...I was shocked as well. Why run a play that has a shot of losing yardage? QB sneak and the only thing that can happen is he either gains nothing or picks up yardage. In a situation like that, even if it looks like he didn't gain enough, you always have the possibility that the ref will spot it 2 inches farther up the field. Who knows...he could've been a Saint fan. At least give him a chance to help us. No way he's gonna pick up that ball and give us that good of a spot...it was way too short.

01-09-2011, 08:45 AM	#1
jlouhill 500th Post Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Denton, Tx. Posts: 692	Originally Posted by Fleured The fourth-down and inches play took waaaaay to long to develop. I agreed for the Saints to go for it but just dive under and get those two-three inches! Why did they bother wasting time handing the ball off to the back and having him run into the wall of linemen. Drew, here's a plan. Snap ball. Hold ball. Lower shoulders. Plow through a small opening somewhere between linemen. Simple. It would have taken all of 1.5 seconds to complete. 2¢ I was thinking the same thing here. I just knew Drew was going to take the snap and lower his head and fall forward. I was in shock when he stood up to hand the ball off.

01-09-2011, 08:53 AM	#2
Saint_LB Deuce Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 2,894	Originally Posted by jlouhill I was thinking the same thing here. I just knew Drew was going to take the snap and lower his head and fall forward. I was in shock when he stood up to hand the ball off. I hear you...I was shocked as well. Why run a play that has a shot of losing yardage? QB sneak and the only thing that can happen is he either gains nothing or picks up yardage. In a situation like that, even if it looks like he didn't gain enough, you always have the possibility that the ref will spot it 2 inches farther up the field. Who knows...he could've been a Saint fan. At least give him a chance to help us. No way he's gonna pick up that ball and give us that good of a spot...it was way too short.
Saint_LB Deuce Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 2,894	Whether you think you can or think you can't...you're right!