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L-Jam3 wrote: Sun Jan 13, 2019 2:38 pm
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L-Jam3 wrote: Sat Jan 12, 2019 11:11 pm Goddammitt, take the time out BEFORE the two-minute warning, Jason. It saves you at least 5 seconds.
But then that opens the door for a 3rd down pass against the 2 minute warning.
Right - you should never call a timeout right before the 2 minute warning.
You do if you’re losing and on defense, trying to conserve clock.

No, you do not. The number one goal here before conserving clock is "stopping the other team", and you've just made that significantly harder now in order to save 5 seconds.
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Gunpowder wrote: Sun Jan 13, 2019 2:49 pm
L-Jam3 wrote: Sun Jan 13, 2019 2:38 pm
Gunpowder wrote: Sun Jan 13, 2019 11:36 am
degenerasian wrote: Sat Jan 12, 2019 11:25 pm
L-Jam3 wrote: Sat Jan 12, 2019 11:11 pm Goddammitt, take the time out BEFORE the two-minute warning, Jason. It saves you at least 5 seconds.
But then that opens the door for a 3rd down pass against the 2 minute warning.
Right - you should never call a timeout right before the 2 minute warning.
You do if you’re losing and on defense, trying to conserve clock.

No, you do not. The number one goal here before conserving clock is "stopping the other team", and you've just made that significantly harder now in order to save 5 seconds.
I have no idea how a significant tactical advantage because of the scenario is < 10 seconds when you consider time saved both before and after the 2-minute warning.
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Anybody know why game clock continued after the develin penalty on punt at around 6:00 fourth quarter. If that works you could continue with false start penalities indefinitely to end the game.
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Under five minutes a lot of the clock rules change.
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That underthrow by Brees was awful (or very good if we're complimenting the underthrow)
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I had to go do something and just turned the game on. Like, wtf? I thought the Saints were the favorites.
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Pruitt wrote: Sat Jan 12, 2019 7:45 am
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Pruitt wrote: Fri Jan 11, 2019 11:10 pm Betting wise, I took the Saints and the underdogs in the other 3 games.
Assuming these are ATS picks, that sounds like a good bet to me. The Saints are the only favorite that I expect to win comfortably. I really think the Cowboys will upset
the Rams and that the two AFC favorites could have tough games.
Yeah, ATS.

But I've got to say, no result would surprise me this weekend.
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The Eagles should really get some shit for declining the holding call with 12 minutes to go in the second* that led to the Saints fake punt. Backing up the Saints to 3rd and 10+ at the NO 20 is far more desirable than 4th and a foot given the situation.

In a tie game, maybe the Saints punt. But the odds of a conversion of that length are extremely high. Add in the fact the game was 14-0 at that point and you have a coach who is aggressive (for NFL standards) across the field and you have to accept that penalty every single time.

ETA: I have a tweet along these lines in real time so I'm not being reactionary because the Eagles lost. It was a bad decision if they won. And it's a bad decision because they lost.
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Brontoburglar wrote: Sun Jan 13, 2019 9:41 pm The Eagles should really get some shit for declining the holding call with 12 minutes to go in the second* that led to the Saints fake punt. Backing up the Saints to 3rd and 10+ at the NO 20 is far more desirable than 4th and a foot given the situation.

In a tie game, maybe the Saints punt. But the odds of a conversion of that length are extremely high. Add in the fact the game was 14-0 at that point and you have a coach who is aggressive (for NFL standards) across the field and you have to accept that penalty every single time.

ETA: I have a tweet along these lines in real time so I'm not being reactionary because the Eagles lost. It was a bad decision if they won. And it's a bad decision because they lost.
I agree with you. But, if they accepted the penalty, and Brees then completed a 20 yard pass on 3rd and 10+ to keep the drive going, Pederson would have been crucified.
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sancarlos wrote: Sun Jan 13, 2019 9:54 pm
Brontoburglar wrote: Sun Jan 13, 2019 9:41 pm The Eagles should really get some shit for declining the holding call with 12 minutes to go in the second* that led to the Saints fake punt. Backing up the Saints to 3rd and 10+ at the NO 20 is far more desirable than 4th and a foot given the situation.

In a tie game, maybe the Saints punt. But the odds of a conversion of that length are extremely high. Add in the fact the game was 14-0 at that point and you have a coach who is aggressive (for NFL standards) across the field and you have to accept that penalty every single time.

ETA: I have a tweet along these lines in real time so I'm not being reactionary because the Eagles lost. It was a bad decision if they won. And it's a bad decision because they lost.
I agree with you. But, if they accepted the penalty, and Brees then completed a 20 yard pass on 3rd and 10+ to keep the drive going, Pederson would have been crucified.
if Brees completed a 20-yard pass *and* they scored a TD on the drive

I realize the discussion is largely outcome based, but the odds of converting 4th and a foot >>>> Brees completing a 20-yard pass. It's one of the situations where conservative football coaches have warped our sense of logic and understanding. In any other context you offered someone one chance to get one unit or two chances to get 31 units they are choosing the one chance for one unit. But since this is the NFL people think it's a wild decision to go for it via fake punt or run when you just need a foot because you're at your own 30 and trailing 14-0.

This graphic is 4 years old, so I would like to see what it is updated given the offensive trends in football. But there's a 40% difference in general conversion rates on 4th and 1 (longer than what the Saints faced) and 3rd and 11.

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Brontoburglar wrote: Sun Jan 13, 2019 10:01 pmIt's one of the situations where conservative football coaches have warped our sense of logic and understanding.
Isn't the math here "how often would Brees convert 3rd and long" versus "how often would the Saints for it on 4th and short * expected conversion rate"? The decision isn't mathematically sound but probably strategically sound.
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You weren't excited by the Patriots' running game with Gronk blocking all day?
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A_B wrote: Sun Jan 13, 2019 2:35 pm This is a joyless game.
To circle back to this, I kind of meant that the Patriots don't really seem to take joy in winning. It's just machine-like. Do the job. Move on.
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mister d wrote: Mon Jan 14, 2019 8:58 am
Brontoburglar wrote: Sun Jan 13, 2019 10:01 pmIt's one of the situations where conservative football coaches have warped our sense of logic and understanding.
Isn't the math here "how often would Brees convert 3rd and long" versus "how often would the Saints for it on 4th and short * expected conversion rate"? The decision isn't mathematically sound but probably strategically sound.
yes, that plays a significant role and even strengthens my thinking that the Eagles should have accepted the penalty because I believe "how often would the Saints go for it on 4th and short" is at or near the top compared to the rest of the NFL.

You can easily argue "how often would Brees convert 3rd and long" is up there too. As it should be. But given that the Saints are getting desperate and your defense (at the time) is playing well, I think there's a very good case to be made for pushing them back.
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So this is just an NFL version of "intentionally walk the shittier hitter to set up the double play because that's easily to explain afterwards"?
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Brontoburglar wrote: Sun Jan 13, 2019 3:32 pm
Gunpowder wrote: Sun Jan 13, 2019 2:49 pm
L-Jam3 wrote: Sun Jan 13, 2019 2:38 pm
Gunpowder wrote: Sun Jan 13, 2019 11:36 am
degenerasian wrote: Sat Jan 12, 2019 11:25 pm
L-Jam3 wrote: Sat Jan 12, 2019 11:11 pm Goddammitt, take the time out BEFORE the two-minute warning, Jason. It saves you at least 5 seconds.
But then that opens the door for a 3rd down pass against the 2 minute warning.
Right - you should never call a timeout right before the 2 minute warning.
You do if you’re losing and on defense, trying to conserve clock.

No, you do not. The number one goal here before conserving clock is "stopping the other team", and you've just made that significantly harder now in order to save 5 seconds.
I have no idea how a significant tactical advantage because of the scenario is < 10 seconds when you consider time saved both before and after the 2-minute warning.
It's 5 seconds. If a play goes off at 2:05 and takes 7 seconds, the clock stops at 1:58, not at 2:00.
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mister d wrote: Mon Jan 14, 2019 9:33 am So this is just an NFL version of "intentionally walk the shittier hitter to set up the double play because that's easily to explain afterwards"?
Perhaps. NFL conventional wisdom is so overwhelming skewed against going for it on 4th down that even one of the better coaches in Pederson got it wrong. Hell, the FOX announcers were saying the Saints should “take the points” on their 4th and goal play when down 14-0. They have one of the best QBs and best offenses ever — of course they should go for it there! Payton’s two decisions to go on 4th down were both clearly correct but NFL coaches are so risk averse that I’d bet hardly anyone else would’ve gotten both those decisions right.
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Brontoburglar wrote: Sun Jan 13, 2019 9:41 pm The Eagles should really get some shit for declining the holding call with 12 minutes to go in the second* that led to the Saints fake punt. Backing up the Saints to 3rd and 10+ at the NO 20 is far more desirable than 4th and a foot given the situation.

In a tie game, maybe the Saints punt. But the odds of a conversion of that length are extremely high. Add in the fact the game was 14-0 at that point and you have a coach who is aggressive (for NFL standards) across the field and you have to accept that penalty every single time.

ETA: I have a tweet along these lines in real time so I'm not being reactionary because the Eagles lost. It was a bad decision if they won. And it's a bad decision because they lost.


Tomlin caught shit for taking the penalty this season, because fans will complain about anything. I agreed with taking the penalty in that case, though in this one I'm not sure in this case how apt I'd be to give Drew Brees a 3rd and 10 shot as compared to Blake Bortles.
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Gunpowder wrote: Mon Jan 14, 2019 9:48 am
It's 5 seconds. If a play goes off at 2:05 and takes 7 seconds, the clock stops at 1:58, not at 2:00.
Right. I'm talking about the time spent after the 2 min warning on the next play to call timeout in addition to the time you're letting tick off ahead of the 2 min warning to let it get to that point.
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Brontoburglar wrote: Mon Jan 14, 2019 10:16 am
Gunpowder wrote: Mon Jan 14, 2019 9:48 am
It's 5 seconds. If a play goes off at 2:05 and takes 7 seconds, the clock stops at 1:58, not at 2:00.
Right. I'm talking about the time spent after the 2 min warning on the next play to call timeout in addition to the time you're letting tick off ahead of the 2 min warning to let it get to that point.

Call a timeout at 2:05. Next play takes it to the 2 minute warning most likely - I guess you could get lucky and stop their play by 2:01 or something. Let's assume you don't and the play takes 10 seconds. Clock is at 1:55 if you stop them in a situation where they can now throw the ball with impunity.

Let the clock run to 2:00, then a 10 second play and I'll give you a second to make the time-consuming timeout signal. In reality I think you tell the ref before the play that you intend to call timeout after the tackle, which you probably make because the other team is strongly incentivized to run the ball. So there's 1:49 now.

I don't follow where the extra time is coming from.
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After looking at the official log book, I realized I must've thought there was more time after the second down. 1st Down was a Todd Gurley run at 2:11, immediate Dallas Time Out. 2nd down was CJ Anderson run at 2:08. Say that takes three seconds, then yes, there's no sense taking the time out after 2D.

If 2nd down was at 2:11, then I will still say take the time out after the run. 2:08 is too long to take an 8-second pass play.

Of course, in that instance, they could play-action and surprise the fuck out of the defense....
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I would certainly take the timeout at 2:11. Not sure where my line would be drawn...at 2:05 I'd let it run. At 2:08? I'd have numbers people that tell me the expected time that the other team uses per passing play.


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2:03 is definitely too close. Payton called his first timeout at 2:08 though and had plenty of time to spare.
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I'm agreeing with you GPJ

Was saying that letting the clock run from 2:07 to 2 and then calling timeout at 1:57 after third down is far preferable to calling timeout at 2:07 and potentially getting the ball back at 2 because of the tactical advantage
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I just realized my < may be the issue here. I was using that as "greater than" in terms of more advantageous and not in terms of comparing two units of time
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Brontoburglar wrote: Mon Jan 14, 2019 12:12 pm I just realized my < may be the issue here. I was using that as "greater than" in terms of more advantageous and not in terms of comparing two units of time
Ahhh yeah I took it the opposite way.
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