McDermott should be fired

[MadHatter]

Martin gets routinely burned trying to make the big play and getting jukes out of his shoes. If he is in a position where all he has to do is float over the top of the receiver being covered in man to man I think he'd be better at the jump ball than Nak. Nak couldn't time a jump to save his life today and got eaten up twice because of it. So yes, Martin isn't very good either. But in that particular situation (99 yards, 59 seconds, no timeouts), I think he would have been the lesser of two evils.

I see your point.

I think bringing in a player off the bench in the final minute like that us riskier though...esoecually when Martin suck too.

[CRA]

I like using these kind of plays as a change if pace. Chud runs too many gimmicks and college read option plays as our base offense. Teams have figured out how to play it...much like they did with the wildcat.

Run a traditional offense and sprinkle in some wrinkles. Don't relegate this offense to one that depends on gimmicks.

College O works pretty good as is....pending Stewart isn't hurt.

I can see people complaining about running it if Stewart is hurt....fact is with Stewart it is one of the most productive in the league in 12 and 11

[Cpt slay a ho]

quick question how is smitty play last week questionable?

[Montsta]

I see your point.

I think bringing in a player off the bench in the final minute like that us riskier though...esoecually when Martin suck too.

This is true and I'm sure if they put him in and he fuged up I'd be blowing my top even worse, but Nak just got burned so bad today it's frustrating that no adjustments were made.

[Snake]

I don't blame the coaches for that play. You call the right coverage and expect these professionals to make the okay. They dud't.

That being said, I am not a fan if McDermott. Dud not like the hire when we made it and still don't. He is over rated.

Joe Adams should still be starting because he gets payed also. So why the hell was he not out there this sunday? Yup cause he could not handle it... You bench people when they do not fit the play you call and it was clear by the 3rd QT that Naka was getting picked on.

[CRA]

quick question how is smitty play last week questionable?

Didn't block on what would have been an easy TD for Williams to tie the game at 7-7, costly penalty killing a drive (inexcusable for a vet WR to get called for a false start..,,

Those were big negative plays by Smith against NY, he had more today.

[Cpt slay a ho]

yeah smitty did have a good bit today

[Iceberg Slim]

D was solid today.....

[davos]

D-line was solid today.....

fixed

[Fox007]

This defense is so bad it has people thinking that giving up 31 points is playing solid.

Please confuse getting a few sacks with playing solid, it adds to the humor.

[PantherPhann89]

Monsta, I hate McDermott and think he's out of his league.

But, this was not on him. Blame Rivera.

Man with a safety over the top is a smart play in that situation. Make them beat you with help over the top.

Problem is Nakamura has ZERO coverage skills, so there was no help. Second big play he gave up today due to poor play on the ball. He's f*cking pathetic.

Rivera should've went for it on 4th. They were going to embarass us either way if they got the ball. Nut up and go for it. Use your 500 million dollar backfield and get 1 yard. Instead, now we're going to be enjoying another awesome sub .500 year, likely finish 3rd in our division, and be back waiting another year hoping to be better next season.

Oh well, Thomas Decoud should be a stand-up comedian in his spare time according to most on this board and I hope you all DVR'd the game so you can see Jimmy Neutron's fine young male ass wording "Get the f*ck out of our house!" after they nailed that FG on us.

I dissagree with you on going for it on 4th & 1.

• If we didn't convert, we give Atl the ball at mid field. or
  
• We punt, pin them deep with less than a min on the clock and no timeouts.
  

I'd take what we did any day. The problem was our defensive playcall against the hail mary.

[Proudiddy]

I dissagree with you on going for it on 4th & 1.

• If we didn't convert, we give Atl the ball at mid field. or
  
• We punt, pin them deep with less than a min on the clock and no timeouts.
  

I'd take what we did any day. The problem was our defensive playcall against the hail mary.

I looked at it like this though...

Odds were REALLY in favor of the punt ending up being a touchback because we were punting on their side of the 50. Pilares made a great play and no one could've predicted us pinning them at the 1 before it actually happened. So that was an awesome play that put us in an awesome position to win it.

But, I figured we'd end up at the 20, so we basically would only move the ball 20-25 yards if that were to happen.

And I knew our defense couldn't hold them if Ryan got the ball back. They only needed a FG. We have Cam, Tolbert, and Stew, so we should be able to get 1 yard when it counts, EASILY.

If we didn't convert, then ATL still has to get in FG range with no timeouts and their plays are extremely limited. They're playing at that point with the dilemma of leaving too much time on the clock versus running plays that could get them caught in bounds and running time out on themselves without getting a FG attempt off.

I felt better with those odds versus punting it and trusting a secondary that kept springing leaks throughout the game.

[PantherPhann89]

I looked at it like this though...

Odds were REALLY in favor of the punt ending up being a touchback because we were punting on their side of the 50. Pilares made a great play and no one could've predicted us pinning them at the 1 before it actually happened. So that was an awesome play that put us in an awesome position to win it.

But, I figured we'd end up at the 20, so we basically would only move the ball 20-25 yards if that were to happen.

And I knew our defense couldn't hold them if Ryan got the ball back. They only needed a FG. We have Cam, Tolbert, and Stew, so we should be able to get 1 yard when it counts, EASILY.

If we didn't convert, then ATL still has to get in FG range with no timeouts and their plays are extremely limited. They're playing at that point with the dilemma of leaving too much time on the clock versus running plays that could get them caught in bounds and running time out on themselves without getting a FG attempt off.

I felt better with those odds versus punting it and trusting a secondary that kept springing leaks throughout the game.

I understand your logic but I would've preferred to do what we did without allowing the bomb pass. Make them walk the field with no timeouts and keep the ball in play. But our defense fell short...

[Proudiddy]

I understand your logic but I would've preferred to do what we did without allowing the bomb pass. Make them walk the field with no timeouts and keep the ball in play. But our defense fell short...

99% of the time and with almost any other defense we've had in our history as a franchise (except last year's lol), I'm with you. I just had that feeling that we wouldn't hold up if they got it back so we had to make a statement and TAKE the game right there. Not give it back to them and see what they do with it. Oh well, what's done is done.

But to your point, once we did punt, it is almost unfathomable that they would do what they did from the 1-yard line. Especially on the first play. To match personnel with them there knowing the run isn't an option... SMH...