4th and 5 a GREAT play by Tannehill (at first I thought not....)

[roy_miami]

Was just rewatching this and man did Tannehill take a hard sack on the play just before. It didn't look bad at first but from a different angle you see he gets bent like a pretzel then his head whips into the turf. Unreal he gets up from that **** like it was nothing all season.

 

[CRAZYDOLFAN305]

Confidence breeds confidence. Clay is getting a lot of attention for his great play this season and he wants more. You hope it rubs off on other guys, they all start to play better. Coaches gain confidence and trust and start making more aggressive calls which breeds even more confidence.

They say this is the time of year any team can get hot and make a run, why not us?

This!!

 

[CRAZYDOLFAN305]

I have to say that even thought it worked out, that play call for 4th and 5 was terrible. How do you call a play that requires a throw BEHIND the line of scrimmage there? They are very lucky it worked out and both Tannehill and Clay deserve huge credit for making that play work, along with some good blocking out on the edge. Despite the bad play call they executed and kept possession, but that was the game right there.

A Tightend screen with three blockers out in front and the ball in one of your best playmaker's hands, who happens to be 10th among Tightens in First Downs gain. You already figured the coverage will be tight why not catch them by surprise and do what most think you're not going to do, that was the brilliance in the play call itself.

And then have Tannehill with awareness to throw it side arm, Clay with the adjustments to comeback and catch, and Simms, Clabo and Pouncey with excellent blocks, those factors along made it a great play..

 

[EvilDylan]

So my wife sat and watched the game from the point the Phins started doing ok in the 2nd quarter. She has watched a total of 1 game this year, maybe.

In the middle of the 3rd she pipes up and says "do they pass every time he yells go and run every time he yells go go?"

I managed to keep a straight face and say, "yes."

Her response, "why is he faking a run when he just told the defense he is passing?"

great. f-ing. question

Wow

Talk about a dead horse, it's already been shown it's not the case. But continue on with your nitpicking.



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[CRAZYDOLFAN305]

Was just rewatching this and man did Tannehill take a hard sack on the play just before. It didn't look bad at first but from a different angle you see he gets bent like a pretzel then his head whips into the turf. Unreal he gets up from that **** like it was nothing all season.

That's the most underated aspect of this kids' game. The toughness. I haven't seen to me QB get hit as hard and as much as he has and keeps bouncing back up to make throws after throws like nothing ever faces him..

 

[Finland]

That's the most underated aspect of this kids' game. The toughness. I haven't seen to me QB get hit as hard and as much as he has and keeps bouncing back up to make throws after throws like nothing ever faces him..

He seems pretty damn durable. Most sacks in the NFL and he keeps ticking!

 

[Awsi Dooger]

I have to say that even thought it worked out, that play call for 4th and 5 was terrible. How do you call a play that requires a throw BEHIND the line of scrimmage there? They are very lucky it worked out and both Tannehill and Clay deserve huge credit for making that play work, along with some good blocking out on the edge. Despite the bad play call they executed and kept possession, but that was the game right there.

It was a stupid call, incredibly low percentage. Hard to believe anybody actually defends it. They wouldn't, if they looked at the long term numbers. I worked in a stats office and that was one of the calls that used to send everyone into a mocking uproar.

As others have posted, you have to get the ball down the field in a situation like that. Lowest number of variables. Once we threw it to Clay, it required numerous outcomes and every one of them had to play out in our favor. It was like a parlay.

Eventually you would hope that Tannehill knows enough to get out of a play call like that, or to challenge the coaches during camp and make sure we do the right thing in given situations.

 

[cangrejero]

Clay is doing so good that NE got their best cover man assign to Clay and not Wallace

 

[joeharley666]

It was a stupid call, incredibly low percentage. Hard to believe anybody actually defends it. They wouldn't, if they looked at the long term numbers. I worked in a stats office and that was one of the calls that used to send everyone into a mocking uproar.

As others have posted, you have to get the ball down the field in a situation like that. Lowest number of variables. Once we threw it to Clay, it required numerous outcomes and every one of them had to play out in our favor. It was like a parlay.

Eventually you would hope that Tannehill knows enough to get out of a play call like that, or to challenge the coaches during camp and make sure we do the right thing in given situations.

Don't understand your logic. Watch the play again. Thill had the LB on right after the ball was hiked, no one had time to get open except for Clay. Thill threw to the guy who was was open, which was Clay. Case closed.

 

[Danny]

I agree with some of the others. I did NOT like that call even tho it worked. That was the game for us and you need 5 yards on 4th down. I hate it the call. Had the play failed this site would have gone crazy about why Sherman called that play.

Ozzy rules!!

 

[Danny]

A Tightend screen with three blockers out in front and the ball in one of your best playmaker's hands, who happens to be 10th among Tightens in First Downs gain. You already figured the coverage will be tight why not catch them by surprise and do what most think you're not going to do, that was the brilliance in the play call itself.

And then have Tannehill with awareness to throw it side arm, Clay with the adjustments to comeback and catch, and Simms, Clabo and Pouncey with excellent blocks, those factors along made it a great play..

But like you said it yourself, lots of things had to go perfect in order for the play to work and yes, they did. But what are the odds? Wouldn't you rather call a play in wish you just need a pass and a catch which might not need to be perfect? Instead you call a play in which a bunch of stuff had to go right. You run that play and it'd work only 50% of the time. I'm glad the play worked but it was a bad a call imo and I give credit the players made it work.

Ozzy rules!!

 

[roy_miami]

I agree with some of the others. I did NOT like that call even tho it worked. That was the game for us and you need 5 yards on 4th down. I hate it the call. Had the play failed this site would have gone crazy about why Sherman called that play.

Ozzy rules!!

To be fair, this site would have erupted regardless of the call if it failed. The play seemed as good as any to me, I'm sure it gains 5 yards or more the majority of the time when it works.

 

[ATL_PHIN_FAN]

I hated the call. It worked ONLY because of two outstanding indiv efforts that saved sherman's hide.

The most important part of an OC's job is to know what his personnel can do. He doesn't call plays that haven't been successful in practice. He's said something to that effect several times since he's been our OC. And yes, Tannehill and Clay proved him right in his assessment. He went to a play that used the two most proven players on our offense.

I'm curious to know; what play would you have called on 4th and 5 with the game on the line?

 

[FSU Truth]

The play was a great call because it worked....the players on the field executed, that is what is important.

 

[LoneStarPhin]

I worked in a stats office and that was one of the calls that used to send everyone into a mocking uproar.

Huh??? care to elaborate on that statement?