Playing to win versus playing not to lose

[FootballMaestro]

Which doesn't make sense. Its really Shula has a QB that he doesn't know how to utilize because he's an old school average offensive coordinator. Playoffs, twice we called a QB sneak with one yard to go when its clear it's failing. Today game we called it again. Our oline is full of UDFA. Its like having canned beans and expect it to taste like flaminyon. When Peyton is on the 1 yard line, it's shotgun like a regular play to throw defenses off

 

Cam threw for 4000 and 3800 under Chud under an aggressive offense. Under Shula he's barely going to put up 3,000. That's on all on Shula. And there are other things that play a part like lack of talent around Cam, but its your job to go play call around that. It's an excuse, but small excuse. If we get to the redzone, we should score. No excuse. No Huddle offense works, Shula throws it out the window cause its not his old school style of football and because of Rivera wanting the defense to stay fresh but they let Russell drive down the field and score. fuging bitches

 

Yup, the defense is always/mostly bad under Rivera regardless of what their ranking is. It's this way, because they can never stop anyone when they need to, especially at the end of games.

[Firefox]

Anybody notice the difference at the end of the Panthers/Seahawks game vs Eagles/Cardinals game?

 

Eagles needed more than a FG to win with like 1:20 or so and the whole field to go.

They still lost but at least the receiver had a chance to win the game @ 0:01.

 

The Panthers just laid down.

[teeray]

Go for every 4th down!!!!

[teeray]

Great quote. But people forget he wasn't that good of a head coach.

[Kevin Greene]

Its like RR was literally the only mother fugger in the whole state who didn't realize Seattle was going to score a TD on their last possession.  There isn't a single stupid mother fugger on this forum who would have put money on us keeping them out of the end zone when their last drive started. 

 

 

Wish I could pie you 3, 4, 5+  times; then again and again!

 

That's so true.

 

Which is why I was saying in the game day thread with 2 minutes left Rivera better start calling timeouts so Cam has a chance if they score. Time was never an issue for the Hawks. Of course the combo of Rivera/Shula annihilated any shot we had anyways.

[FootballMaestro]

Which is why I was saying in the game day thread with 2 minutes left Rivera better start calling timeouts so Cam has a chance if they score. Time was never an issue for the Hawks. Of course the combo of Rivera/Shula annihilated any shot we had anyways.

 

But that would mean that Rivera actually considered the possibility the Hawks would score.

 

Obviously, he wasn't using his TO's, cause that would have meant his beloved defense couldn't hold down the Hawks.

 

Duh Ron Ron.

 

[EcoFina]

Did we play soft coverage again at the end of the game? You would think Rivera would have learned.

[WhoAmI?]

I bet you my left nut Pete Carroll would have gone for that 4th and 1 against the Bengals in overtime, win or lose. He isn't scared to make the wrong decision, which is why he already has a superbowl ring.

[t96]

Fox is gone but we are still playing Fox ball while John Fox's current team plays to win and scores a lot

 

He wasn't playing to win against the Ravens in the playoffs 2 years ago.

[juliosantos]

when we were in the redzone and up by 3 why not take a damn shot instead of a field goal!  id rather miss going on 4th then be kicking a field goal to be up by 6 , once again it bites us in the ass!!!! last years seattle game , year before thats seattles game , sanfran game etc .

we could of been up 10 -0