Mattress Mack

[P-Dub]

jbelfior Wrote:
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> That\'s two disastrous SB coaching jobs by McVay.
> His defense and defensive coordinators bailed him
> out. Continuing to run the ball in the second half
> = the definition of insanity.
>
> The pass TO Stafford was schoolyard level.
>
> Despite that, it took a missed PAT for the Bengals
> to cover. Don\'t want to hear about the nonsense at
> the end. The no call OPI at the start of the
> second half was the \"sawed off at the start.\"
>
> As I posted earlier last week, even bad bets win
> sometimes.
>
>
> Good Luck,
> Joe B.

Cincinnati was far from a bad bet. There were several situational data points that pointed to Cincinnati as a play.

They matched them on the stat sheet except for 2 TOs. They each got a gift that turned into a TD.

They sacked Burrow 7 times and were still life and death to hold on and win.

Cincinnati backers collected the money from their good bet

[Ace]

Yes, the arbitrary penalty flags and missed extra points, etc., makes it so that even with all its faults, I still pretty much limit my wagering to four-legged athletes over the two-legged ones.

[jbelfior]

It became a better bet when OBJ went down. They had no answer for him. McVay then insisted on running the ball on 2nd/3rd down short situations most likely because he felt that was the better option. Carrying that strategy into the 4th quarter? Again, the definition of insanity.

Not sure if one of the situational data points included the guy who was on his way to winning the game\'s MVP going down in the second quarter.


Good Luck,
Joe B.

[P-Dub]

jbelfior Wrote:
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> It became a better bet when OBJ went down. They
> had no answer for him. McVay then insisted on
> running the ball on 2nd/3rd down short situations
> most likely because he felt that was the better
> option. Carrying that strategy into the 4th
> quarter? Again, the definition of insanity.
>
> Not sure if one of the situational data points
> included the guy who was on his way to winning the
> game\'s MVP going down in the second quarter.
>
>
> Good Luck,
> Joe B.


To assume that OBJ was going to continue to do that is ridiculous. You must have missed the KC game....but I\'ll wait for you to tell me how bad of a coach Andy Reid is too.

Lots of situational data pointed to Cinn covering if not an outright win. You trying to sound smarter than the winning coach doesn\'t change that

It was a great bet before, during, and after the game.

[toppled]

I understand why the flags came in at the end of the game & not before: With the Bengals up by 4, a FG wasn\'t enough, so the Rams had to go for the TD. Since the Rams were running out of time the Bengals decided the best strategy was to hold on every play with the intent of doing everything necessary to stop the Rams from getting the TD.  Since they were obviously grabbing jerseys (all the replays showed the fabric stretching in the hand of the defensive players) the refs understood the Bengals strategy & could no longer just let them play. They had to call the penalties.

I\'m a Bills fan & I can give you two examples from this season.  In the Bills Tampa game the Bucs held Diggs in the endzone & no call was made in the final part of regulation.  Bills fans went nuts because it was obvious that Tampa got away with a strategic penalty, which in that case wasn\'t even called. In the famous 13 second KC playoff game the Bills coaches were criticized for not taking holding penalties at the line of scrimage at the end of regulation.

Years ago I was at a Bills game vs the 49ers.  It was at the end of the 1st half & the 49ers just kept getting pass interference calls until there was only enough time left for the Bills to kick a field goal before halftime.

Since everyone knows this strategy late in games/halves is deployed to keep the opponent from getting a TD, the refs have to respond with greater vigilance at that point in the game.  That\'s exactly what they did & it was the right thing to do.  The Rams overcame it with a quick pass because they figured out what Cincy was doing too.

[jbelfior]

Congrats on being right P-Dub. Now you\'re only one behind a broken watch.

Good Luck,
Joe B.

[P-Dub]

toppled Wrote:
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> I understand why the flags came in at the end of
> the game & not before: With the Bengals up by 4, a
> FG wasn\'t enough, so the Rams had to go for the
> TD. Since the Rams were running out of time the
> Bengals decided the best strategy was to hold on
> every play with the intent of doing everything
> necessary to stop the Rams from getting the TD.
> Since they were obviously grabbing jerseys (all
> the replays showed the fabric stretching in the
> hand of the defensive players) the refs understood
> the Bengals strategy & could no longer just let
> them play. They had to call the penalties.
>
> I\'m a Bills fan & I can give you two examples from
> this season.  In the Bills Tampa game the Bucs
> held Diggs in the endzone & no call was made in
> the final part of regulation.  Bills fans went
> nuts because it was obvious that Tampa got away
> with a strategic penalty, which in that case
> wasn\'t even called. In the famous 13 second KC
> playoff game the Bills coaches were criticized for
> not taking holding penalties at the line of
> scrimage at the end of regulation.
>
> Years ago I was at a Bills game vs the 49ers.  It
> was at the end of the 1st half & the 49ers just
> kept getting pass interference calls until there
> was only enough time left for the Bills to kick a
> field goal before halftime.
>
> Since everyone knows this strategy late in
> games/halves is deployed to keep the opponent from
> getting a TD, the refs have to respond with
> greater vigilance at that point in the game.
> That\'s exactly what they did & it was the right
> thing to do.  The Rams overcame it with a quick
> pass because they figured out what Cincy was doing
> too.

This strategy only makes sense when you\'re trying to run out the clock.

When you employ this strategy, you don\'t kinda hold or kinda PI. You make it obvious, because the sole intent is to bleed the clock.

Cincinnati wasn\'t in that situation, and the 3rd down call was awful.

[P-Dub]

jbelfior Wrote:
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> Congrats on being right P-Dub. Now you\'re only one
> behind a broken watch.
>
> Good Luck,
> Joe B.

I\'m right far more often that you.

I have posted far more winning tickets and winning football plays on this forum than most people.

But go ahead and use that lame and tired broken watch comment. Its so original

[statuette]

On a side note do the refs work as judges at the track in the off-season?