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[PowerCreep]

GB kneeled rather than taking a chance on turning it over. I'm unsure how much time was left after the kick though.

I was confused by the fact that AZ kicked on 1st down with 14 seconds to go. There was plenty of time to take a shot into the end zone and if nothing there just throw it away. Just not fond of the conservative kick on 1st down. As luck would have it for AZ it worked out for them, but it didn't look good when GB won the toss.

[Snakespy]

Man I can't believe I didn't watch the end of that game. I turned of Call of Duty to check out the score and it was like 27-10 and GB had just lost the ball. So I figured the game was over and went back to playing...oops.

[Spank_Me_Hard]

GB kneeled rather than taking a chance on turning it over. I'm unsure how much time was left after the kick though.

I was confused by the fact that AZ kicked on 1st down with 14 seconds to go. There was plenty of time to take a shot into the end zone and if nothing there just throw it away. Just not fond of the conservative kick on 1st down. As luck would have it for AZ it worked out for them, but it didn't look good when GB won the toss.

Hmmm... totally missed that.

And I think that if I was GB that I would have tried for one play at the end of regulation to get 25-30 yards and then call a timeout if needed. Normally a long shot but the way that the defenses were playing today not out of the realm of possibility either. That way they could have tried for a long field goal at the end of regulation if they had been able to pickup 25-30 yards.

And I too was confused with Arizona's choice to try the field goal with 14 seconds left from 34 yards out. I think that *ANY* yards gained would have progressively increased the probability of the field goal going through. Maybe even progressively increasing the kickers confidence. The distance of 34 yards out is no "gimme"... not to say that it's exceedingly hard either... just saying that with plenty of time on the clock and timeouts that they could have easily moved up 5-10 more yards making it much more likely.

[PowerCreep]

Hmmm... totally missed that.

And I think that if I was GB that I would have tried for one play at the end of regulation to get 25-30 yards and then call a timeout if needed. Normally a long shot but the way that the defenses were playing today not out of the realm of possibility either. That way they could have tried for a long field goal at the end of regulation if they had been able to pickup 25-30 yards.

And I too was confused with Arizona's choice to try the field goal with 14 seconds left from 34 yards out. I think that *ANY* yards gained would have progressively increased the probability of the field goal going through. Maybe even progressively increasing the kickers confidence. The distance of 34 yards out is no "gimme"... not to say that it's exceedingly hard either... just saying that with plenty of time on the clock and timeouts that they could have easily moved up 5-10 more yards making it much more likely.

Well, they couldn't have settled for anything less than a TD at that point. They were out of timeouts. Fourteen seconds leaves enough time for an incomplete or a TD, nothing more, nothing less. They wouldn't have had time to put the fg unit on with a completion of 5-10 yards.

edit: Still, I would have liked them to at least take that shot for the endzone. The way Warner was playing - I don't think he would have thrown an INT at that point and even if he did, GB would have had to run it all the way back down the field which is unlikely too.

[Spank_Me_Hard]

Well, they couldn't have settled for anything less than a TD at that point. They were out of timeouts. Fourteen seconds leaves enough time for an incomplete or a TD, nothing more, nothing less. They wouldn't have had time to put the fg unit on with a completion of 5-10 yards.

The score was tied with 14 seconds left in the game. You are right about the timeouts. I thought that Arizona had at least one left. They had time for at least one more play though. Which could have been a slant out, a quick out, an out, or even a deep out. Which with a 5-10 yard gain (or more) would have potentially made all the difference in the world for the winning field goal in regulation. Max pass protection, and telling Warner that with any doubt... just throw it away to that sideline.

[r'aggro]

After a couple days of hand-wringing by all Hawks fans, looks like Carroll will be officially made Seattle's coach tomorrow morning. Even better, he's (per Mortensen) bringing Jeremy Bates with him to OC, and Ken Norton Jr. to coach the linebackers. Exciting ****, this is a (much needed) staff makeover.

Next up,
-get Floyd Reece or Omar Khan to GM
-DeWayne Walker as DC.
-cure cancer so Paul Allen never leaves us.

[md1198p]

check this out:

http://espn.go.com/blog/sportscenter...ance-great-job

[Soul Assassin]

lol... not a very good call!

[Boneycat]

My 1 game prediction for this coming week:

Chargers 38
Jets 10

San Diego will jump out to a quick 17pt lead which forces the Jets to rely more on Sanchez then running the ball. That's when they (Jets) get into trouble.

You read it here first!!!

[md1198p]

My 1 game prediction for this coming week:

Chargers 38
Jets 10

San Diego will jump out to a quick 17pt lead which forces the Jets to rely more on Sanchez then running the ball. That's when they (Jets) get into trouble.

You read it here first!!!

My 1st...

Minnesota 27
Dallas 20

Dallas jumps to a lead in the first half, say 17-7, but Minnesota owns the second half.

[md1198p]

Chad Ochocinco want to race Chris Johnson at the probowl, with the loser donating his game check to charity for Haiti.

Pretty sure we all know who will win, but its still pretty cool. Is there no one...or no thing for that matter, that he won't race lol?

[Soul Assassin]

I hope he gets a headstart then, cause that's nowhere near fair. Ocho is old now. I would've liked to have seen the CJ vs Ted Ginn Jr match though.

[md1198p]

I hope he gets a headstart then, cause that's nowhere near fair. Ocho is old now. I would've liked to have seen the CJ vs Ted Ginn Jr match though.

I think he pretty knows he will lose. He just likes to promote himself. CJ and Desean Jackson would be pretty good too. If those 2 raced I would like to see it in full pads on grass though.

[Spank_Me_Hard]

I would've liked to have seen the CJ vs Ted Ginn Jr match though.

Me too.

Now if Ginn could only catch...

[Soul Assassin]

Me too.

Now if Ginn could only catch...

And run routes.