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Pretty sure there was miscommunication on this unit and not a call from the sideline. Fejedelem, the upback receiving the snap, had no idea it was coming. The entire unit did not react, and Palardy didn't either. If a fake was actually called from the sideline, Palardy would have either faked a high or low snap himself, but he seemed shocked where the ball went. Pretty sure this was miscommunication on the unit, with the snapper Ferguson snapping for a fake and everyone else expecting punt. Could be wrong, but it sure as heck looked like that.
 
Yeah it defintely appeared Feje wasnt aware the ball was coming at him. Good catch on the rest of the team too, I only saw it the 1/2 times during the game.

Wouldve been better to just straight up go for it. But I still like that we knew we wanted to go for it anyways
 
Travis34 said:
Yeah it defintely appeared Feje wasnt aware the ball was coming at him. Good catch on the rest of the team too, I only saw it the 1/2 times during the game.

Wouldve been better to just straight up go for it. But I still like that we knew we wanted to go for it anyways
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Yeah..... Either line up and force your "will" on them, or punt it away and play defense in that situation.
 
Mach2 said:
So you're saying we got us some bad snapper???
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Lol, if that was a fish reference. If not, don't know whether the issue was a miscommunicated call on the field of play or not. Sometimes a fake is hot if certain looks from the D are in play - but a call is usually made from the upback leading to this. And he looked as surprised as anyone when the snap came to him.
 
CoachConrad said:
Lol, if that was a fish reference. If not, don't know whether the issue was a miscommunicated call on the field of play or not. Sometimes a fake is hot if certain looks from the D are in play - but a call is usually made from the upback leading to this. And he looked as surprised as anyone when the snap came to him.
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I think it was pretty clear that a number of the players lined up on that play either didn't know it was coming or the snap was early. Also, the snap looked to almost hit Feje in the head. Palardy seemed to know he wasn't going to actually get the ball, so I'm thinking the snap came early
 
Saw it coming a mile away and screamed that they not attempt to convert on that đź’© . I knew it would fail.

Sure enough it did.
 
All you have to do is watch was the line play to know it was miscommunication. Nobody on the line was run blocking.
 
I am choosing to believe Ferguson was having vertigo issues and not a play called by the coaches.

On 4th and about 2” you put in Brissett for the QB sneak and have Wilkins at fullback to push the pile.
 
ANUFan said:
Saw it coming a mile away and screamed that they not attempt to convert on that đź’© . I knew it would fail.

Sure enough it did.
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Same here!! I've watched too much football in my life to not lose it!! It's so damn easy, go for it with Duke or punt it and play defense. Don't try some risky, poorly conceived fake that makes us look like we don't know what we're doing. It's the 4th quarter and you're clinging to a 7 point lead, on top of that the ball had been bouncing crazy all day. This isn't the time to get cute. The opposite, it's time to be men and line up and take the first down by force of will!! Instead you hand them a cheap TD and a tie in the game. Flo really is lucky to win the game.
 
Thanks coach. I agree it looked like a mixup. Good thing it didn’t hurt us. We did have a couple unforced errors in the game but for some reason I wasn’t sweating them the way our D was playing !
 
Mach2 said:
So you're saying we got us some bad snapper???
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OMG potentially a huge problem!

Nasty snappa ain't no good way to score

if you know what I mean. Of course "winning"

is (metaphorically speaking) a labia of love

and we want all that we can get as

slippery wet dolphins fans sliding

that rascal right in there!

The crowd cheers as "Flipper" scores

yet again! Or maybe not.
 
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