the last :50 seconds...

[Wp28]

of the first half killed us.

 

[Thelt]

That and refusing to tackle Derrick Ward and Kasay missing only his second field goal of the season.

 

[stratocatter]

Beason dropped an easy Int right before that FG. And we sure should have tried to answer with the time we had left.

 

[Thelt]

I have no problem with playing it safe. We were just as likely to have a costly turnover in that situation as to score. Remember being aggressive when leading going into half time in Minnnesota?

 

[gottalaff]

We were just as likely to have a costly turnover in that situation as to score.

Which says alot.

 

[stratocatter]

I was squawking about what we did at Minny for sure, I wanted us to be conservative. Last night we were near our 40, at Minny we were in the 20 something YL; the game just felt different. All I got.

 

[magnus]

I have no problem with playing it safe. We were just as likely to have a costly turnover in that situation as to score. Remember being aggressive when leading going into half time in Minnnesota?

yep. There's nothing to read into here. Up 11 that late in the half you kill the ball and get the ball back right after the half.

Essentially, yes, we should've picked the ball off. If we did, maybe we do something different, maybe we don't. In the end playing that situation conservatively, playing the FG at the end conservatively, generally wins and should've been enough to win.

 

[SilverSurfer]

We should have tried to score instead of killing the clock. We had 50 seconds and 2 timeouts left. Throwing it way downfield probably even if we had turned it over would probably only have been as bad as punting at worst and we could have won the game with points. Play to win instead of playing not to lose. Fox's fault. If we lose at New Orleans and don't win the division, unless we win the Super Bowl I would get rid of him. But that's just me.

 

[Wp28]

yep. There's nothing to read into here. Up 11 that late in the half you kill the ball and get the ball back right after the half.

Essentially, yes, we should've picked the ball off. If we did, maybe we do something different, maybe we don't. In the end playing that situation conservatively, playing the FG at the end conservatively, generally wins and should've been enough to win.

When you have :50 seconds, 2 TO's, and the most dynamic playmaker in the league you have to crawl our from under your own nutsack and give 89 a chance to make a play.

 

[buck nasty]

obviously their nutsack isn't big enough to crawl out from under. it it was, they'd of tried to score.