Coaching question

[royalshank]

With no timeouts left after Seattle just missed the PAT, don't you tell your returners to take a knee so as not to burn precious seconds trying to run the ball out from 5 yards deep? Or do we suspect they did tell the guys that and Damien Williams is just a ****ing idiot?

 

[J. David Wannyheimer]

With 30 seconds to play and no timeouts against the Seattle defense, I tell Jakeem Grant, the guy who made the team because of his return skills and ridiculous speed, to go try to get me a 50 yard return.

 

[Miamifinz]

If they had 3 timeouts they definitely should have taken a knee. With no timeouts it was a lost cause...Detroit just had a similar situation against Indy. 30 seconds to go but they took a knee, had 3 timeouts, and kicked the game Winning field goal with time to SPARE. The time management was completely bungled.

 

[cuzinvinny]

With 30 seconds to play and no timeouts against the Seattle defense, I tell Jakeem Grant, the guy who made the team because of his return skills and ridiculous speed, to go try to get me a 50 yard return.

Why not, at least he was going forward................

I can see theres no need for sunday ticket just play some of the reruns from the last decade and get angina for free...and I know Tannehill is not the only problem but he's not taking us anywhere........don't need another season to figure that out 4+ years is enough, I'm a quick learner

 

[gregorygrant83]

At that point you could go either way. Maybe he returns it to the 40 or 45 yardline and you have a shot. The odds are against the long return, but the odds of starting at the 25 with no timeouts left and driving 40 yards against the Seahawks defense was slim too.

 

[utahphinsfan]

Wait! It sounds like people are complaining because the phins are occasionally aggressive?

 

[gregorygrant83]

Wait! It sounds like people are complaining because the phins are occasionally aggressive?

I know I see a lot of complaining about going for it on fourth and inches in the first half, but when the team has kicked field goals in that siuation in the past cried the team should have showed some balls and tried to pick up the first down.

 

[Miamifinz]

I know I see a lot of complaining about going for it on fourth and inches in the first half, but when the team has kicked field goals in that siuation in the past cried the team should have showed some balls and tried to pick up the first down.

It's an extremely frustrating thing this team does time and time again. Whenever faced with a decision to go for the gusto or play it safe, it's always the wrong decision regardless.

 

[royalshank]

I'm just curious what people think about that situation given the new rules w the touchback. I was thinking we'd take a knee if it was kicked deep.

 

[nick1]

I think its a judgement call. Tell the returner if he thinks he has a shot then go for a big return but if its deep in the endzone take a knee

 

[gregorygrant83]

It's an extremely frustrating thing this team does time and time again. Whenever faced with a decision to go for the gusto or play it safe, it's always the wrong decision regardless.

I think people confuse the right or wrong decision with did the play work or not. Sometimes you make the right choice but just fail. Sometimes you make the wrong choice and it still turns out ok.

 

[PCmor]

There's no real right answer to this. I think it would make more sense, and I think most coaches, would say to take the knee on anything 5 yards or more deep because even getting just to the 25 to equal the touchback is going to burn 6 or 7 seconds of precious time off the clock. If you have incredible confidence in someone like Grant to get a 40-50-yard return, maybe you do it, but you are playing against the odds.

 

[royalshank]

I think people confuse the right or wrong decision with did the play work or not. SOmetimes you make the right choise but just fail. Sometimes you make the wrong choice as it turns out ok.

i agree w this. When I wrote the post I thought it was Williams that returned the kick. But it was Grant and I can see the logic in going for a big play there w him.