Breaking down the final play

[Mr. Scot]

1 minute ago, Khyber53 said:

They started to get pressure on him. Williams and Turner were already wounded and sweating off the Thanksgiving  turkey. Paradis was apparently having some kind of crisis.

If he's having a crisis, I'd say it's been happening all season.

[Carl Spackler]

3 minutes ago, Khyber53 said:

The Kid deserves a chance to start behind even a fair to middling line. CMC's failure on the end zone rushes at the end of the three games aren't on him, but on that weak sauce group of linemen we have. No push, just pushovers. Heck, GVR was the best of the bunch and we didn't have much respect for him. 

Our O-line just got their butts handed to them by a team that frikkin fired their coach mid-season and kept on losing. 

Honestly, the only D-line that our O-line is apparently good against is our OWN d-line -- that they look good in practice against those powder puffs is the only way you could explain how bad they looked against even bad pro linemen.

Sheesh.

Kyle was getting killed out there and he still marched us down the field twice with less than 4 minutes on the clock. The kid has moxie and the make up of a starter, he just doesn't have the protection to develop. And he won't unless we greatly improve our scouting and talent evaluation.

Typically all QBs will get killed when they hold the ball for 6 seconds refusing to pass and ignoring McCaffrey’s very presence. Five of the seven sacks were entirely on Allen’s blindness 

[Khyber53]

Just now, Mr. Scot said:

If he's having a crisis, I'd say it's been happening all season.

I think he's been having an end of career crisis. I don't think he is capable anymore.

[Mr. Scot]

Just now, Khyber53 said:

I think he's been having an end of career crisis. I don't think he is capable anymore.

I think there's probably a few people having that particular crisis.

I just hope it's the right ones.

[Jimmy]

So....bottom line, they should've scored on the first 2 plays but didn't. Thanks Ron

[Khyber53]

1 minute ago, Carl Spackler said:

Typically all QBs will get killed when they hold the ball for 6 seconds refusing to pass and ignoring McCaffrey’s very presence. Five of the seven sacks were entirely on Allen’s blindness 

We saw Cam doing the same thing many time, this year and last. I think they don't have confidence in their protection and they get lost keeping their heads on a swivel. Self preservation is tough on a fellow sometimes.

And no, those sacks were on the protection as much, and probably more, than on Kyle. 

[Carl Spackler]

1 minute ago, Khyber53 said:

We saw Cam doing the same thing many time, this year and last. I think they don't have confidence in their protection and they get lost keeping their heads on a swivel. Self preservation is tough on a fellow sometimes.

And no, those sacks were on the protection as much, and probably more, than on Kyle. 

In no way were any of Allen’s last three sacks on anyone but him and his complete obliviousness in the pocket. No awareness whatsoever. Ran into a sack twice today. It was a classic David Carr performance, even down to the cool run. 

[Mr. Scot]

2 minutes ago, Jimmy said:

So....bottom line, they should've scored on the first 2 plays but didn't. Thanks Ron

Goal line playcalling over the last two weeks has just been terrible.

The last play wasn't a bad call though. It was actually a very good one.

Quicker decision by Allen and that's a touchdown.

[45catfan]

Anyone propping up this OL to spite Kyle Allen is off their meds.  This OL is a flaming pile of garbage.

[AggieLean]

The OL was good enough on that final play.

[AceBoogie]

OL has been trash since Gettleman forced Gross into retirement and failed to replace him while drafting a million DTs. Still, he had plenty of time to make the play there and didn’t. 

[Mr. Scot]

Just now, AggieLean said:

The OL was good enough on that final play.

They could have been better, but if you read my original post, I don't blame them. Even with the guys that got past the tackles, there was still an opportunity.

Allen had enough time to pull the trigger, he just didn't do it. Then he got spooked, made two or three separate mistakes in a row and pretty much took himself out of any chance to make the pass.

[Carl Spackler]

4 minutes ago, 45catfan said:

Anyone propping up this OL to spite Kyle Allen is off their meds.  This OL is a flaming pile of garbage.

Both are absolute dogshit but when you have five seconds to throw it’s not on the OL. 

[Mr. Scot]

Just now, AceBoogie said:

OL has been trash since Gettleman forced Gross into retirement and failed to replace him while drafting a million DTs. Still, he had plenty of time to make the play there and didn’t. 

OL in 2015 was as good as we've ever had. OL now, not so much.

But yes, Allen had time. Had he not hesitated, that's probably a touchdown.