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Originally Posted by Keith
I'm not one to gripe much about preseason playcalling, but the decision to run the ball against the league's best run defense with nine seconds left in the first half was a head scratcher.
I suppose Baby Shan thought he could maybe sneak something past the defense since everyone was thinking deep pass, but then again, everyone was thinking a deep pass was the right playcall there for good reason.
Watching ESPN back home afterward, it looked like Kubiak walked up to and past Baby Shan after that playcall and said something to him. And I can't read lips, but it seemed to me like Baby Shan said something to the effect of 'my bad' in return. But maybe I was reading too much into it, I dunno.
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Although it really didn't work, I told my buddy before the play that I expected a run there. I think Shanahan's thinking was just to put us in the best position to try a FG. They were too far out to have a realistic shot at a TD with only 1 real play left and a sack could have possibly taken them out of FG range. I think they were just hoping to catch Minn. off guard and pick up an additional 5 yards or so to give Brown a better shot at 3. I actually thought it was probably the right play call, it just didn't really work.
09-01-2009, 10:45 AM
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