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I'm not asking for an extended play on the end of the drive. Just one extended play to kill clock during the drive.That's taking a huge chance and an enormous gamble that seems like a good idea in the moment and maybe, MAYBE if Taysom hadn't been injured, you consider the option but even their, there's still no guarantee even Hill finds a way to blast through those Falcons defenders on 4th down, but even if we kill 35 more seconds, Atlanta probably still finds a way to get the ball on their 30 and we've all seen how Cousins is the King of the Bullshirt comeback. Hes learned to be very good at it for years now where he tells his WR's, TE's in the last 1:00 of a game down by a TD or less to deliberately "draw" pass interference plays that go for 30-40 yards, just far enough that after 1-2 plays of 3 or 4 plays, their strong-leggrd PK comes out and bails his and his sorry arse teams out. In these sort of cases, unfortunately, you have to score when the opportunity presents itself even if that means a little too much clock that your concerned your opponent might use to beat you. There was no scenario here where he could've scored with 10 seconds left. I hate and despise GD bullshirt scenarios as much as the next person, but when there's other palpable alternative, you chose what you hope is the best available option.
How many times did he pull a similar stunt like this in Washington and Minnesota at the last second? He and Joe Flacco did this for years in Baltimore where they bum-forked along for 3 1/2 quarters and made sure their defenses kept it close against good teams. Then on their last offensive drive, some stupid, dumbarse DB or CB always manages to bail them out by roughing up or interfering with one of their WR's near the opponent's red-zone, they get a few first downs or none at all but their close enough within range that Justin Tucker, or Koo nails some FG some, swarmy FOX Sports announcers scream and swear, "It's a GD miracle, we're shocked and amazed that ____,,,,, PK could do that". They give their worst, annoying Gus Johnson impressions (and hes annoying, too sometimes) acting like their wives just gave birth to their firstborn children.