Game 9: Lions @ Packers - Sunday, Nov 3rd at 3:25PM

[OldSchoolSnapper]

12 minutes ago, homer said:

It was on the numbers. Watch where it lands - on the 25 yard line between the "20" and "30". 

Yeah, what? Lol. It lands almost on the nose at the 25. That was a bizarre play. And Watson absolutely toasted that defender right out of his break. 

[homer]

I agree with Zach. Painful to see how open Reed was.

 

 

[homer]

1 hour ago, homer said:

It was on the numbers. Watch where it lands - on the 25 yard line between the "20" and "30". 

End zone view. Not exactly on the numbers. Also Love got trucked.

 

 

[OldSchoolSnapper]

That ball is pretty darn close to being where it should be if Watson just keeps running. It's out of the danger zone where the other safety would kill him too. I hope he was asked about that play. I'm genuinely curious if he just lost the ball or Love threw it where we wasn't supposed to.

[homer]

1 hour ago, OldSchoolSnapper said:

That ball is pretty darn close to being where it should be if Watson just keeps running. It's out of the danger zone where the other safety would kill him too. I hope he was asked about that play. I'm genuinely curious if he just lost the ball or Love threw it where we wasn't supposed to.

I find it hard to believe that was anything other than a go route. he wouldn't break off a route 55 yards down field. 

[CheezWizHed]

Not sure if Watson ran the wrong route, poor depth, or whatever, but I'm sure the rain was part of it.  I don't care if it wasn't really hard or not, when you are looking up to find the ball and raindrops are hitting you in the face, that doesn't make it an easy thing. 

One reason I wasn't happy about all the 40 yard deep shots in the game... they are hard to complete normally and really hard in the wind and rain.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

1 hour ago, CheezWizHed said:

Not sure if Watson ran the wrong route, poor depth, or whatever, but I'm sure the rain was part of it.  I don't care if it wasn't really hard or not, when you are looking up to find the ball and raindrops are hitting you in the face, that doesn't make it an easy thing. 

One reason I wasn't happy about all the 40 yard deep shots in the game... they are hard to complete normally and really hard in the wind and rain.

It was obvious that Jacobs was a huge part of the plan and I think he would have had 30+ touches if the game had remained close. And they really were not stopping him at all. That was the worst part about that pick. It set them into a panic and of course one possession into the half they were down 24-3. It basically took him out of the game.

I know nobody likes it but in certain situations I am content to run out the clock and yes, even kick the ball to start the half. There's just so much that goes wrong like it did yesterday. With the amount of slop that had already taken place, that was the exact situation I would have ran the ball on first down to see what kind of gain you get and then be content to just go to half down 10-3.