Saying keep betting against Tomlin then saying oh not worried about them covering made me laugh when I pointed out they're 1-12 against the spread on the road their last 13 as 6 point favorites or higher. Laugh out loud stuff.

 

Success in the NFL is determined by whether or not teams cover the spread on the road? That's news to me...

Saying keep betting against Tomlin then saying oh not worried about them covering made me laugh when I pointed out they're 1-12 against the spread on the road their last 13 as 6 point favorites or higher. Laugh out loud stuff.

 

Are you worried that they lose on the road to vastly inferior teams and it costs them playoff berths?

Frantic. Almost petrified. You can keep betting against Tomlin. I hope it works out for you. I hope you make millions. I don't really care about Fantasy football or betting lines or any of that garbage. I care about wins and losses. I know, it's a shocker to you. But you keep on doin' your thing. Keep on evaluating football with a keen acumen.

I can't believe you guys are still going on about this a week later. This is in the running for the "Thread That Wouldn't Die" award of 2014.

I can't believe you guys are still going on about this a week later. This is in the running for the "Thread That Wouldn't Die" award of 2014.

SSC has an incurable disease.

 

 

SSC has an incurable disease.

 

 

 

Can you send me the link to your blog on NFL game management? You are so wise I probably should catch up on your thoughts.

 

Look you were wrong about them calling it for a personnel change. Even if they were doing that, they weren't, it was incredibly dumb to call it instantly on 3rd and long with little to zero chance to run out of time that half. If you can't see that you aren't very smart about game management and like I originally said I hope they keep Tomlin forever b/c he is absolutely awful at game/time management. I'm done talking about this and I'll happily let you take the last response after this. No reasonable person can agree it was good clock management.

Can you send me the link to your blog on NFL game management? You are so wise I probably should catch up on your thoughts.

 

Look you were wrong about them calling it for a personnel change. Even if they were doing that, they weren't, it was incredibly dumb to call it instantly on 3rd and long with little to zero chance to run out of time that half. If you can't see that you aren't very smart about game management and like I originally said I hope they keep Tomlin forever b/c he is absolutely awful at game/time management. I'm done talking about this and I'll happily let you take the last response after this. No reasonable person can agree it was good clock management.

OK, I'll play along for a moment so maybe you'll just go away.

First, they most certainly did change personnel. They also could get a first down there, correct? So, they burned one to talk about it. FACT. I'm certain that neither Tomlin nor Haley had any notion that Ben was gonna throw a pick in the endzone. The play should have either given them an opportunity to get a first down, or a touchdown and if it failed, they still had time if the pass was caught in the middle of the field to get the FG unit on the field. How hard is that to understand? Seriously, what part of that don't you get? You know, I play along with some of your asinine baseball angles for fun, but you have zero clue what your talking about here. None. They threw a pick in the freakin endzone on 3rd down. Not only giving the ball back on the 20, but then an experienced corner making a stupid play trying to jump another route (which he was successful in doing on the first offensive play by Tenn) ends up donating a TD and the lead. You can say Tomlin made poor decisions and is poor at clock management, and truly there have been times this season especially that it's been true, but this surely wasn't one of them. You're so off base it's hysterical. You really need to find another windmill.

OK, I'll play along for a moment so maybe you'll just go away.

First, they most certainly did change personnel. They also could get a first down there, correct? So, they burned one to talk about it. FACT. I'm certain that neither Tomlin nor Haley had any notion that Ben was gonna throw a pick in the endzone. The play should have either given them an opportunity to get a first down, or a touchdown and if it failed, they still had time if the pass was caught in the middle of the field to get the FG unit on the field. How hard is that to understand? Seriously, what part of that don't you get? You know, I play along with some of your asinine baseball angles for fun, but you have zero clue what your talking about here. None. They threw a pick in the freakin endzone on 3rd down. Not only giving the ball back on the 20, but then an experienced corner making a stupid play trying to jump another route (which he was successful in doing on the first offensive play by Tenn) ends up donating a TD and the lead. You can say Tomlin made poor decisions and is poor at clock management, and truly there have been times this season especially that it's been true, but this surely wasn't one of them. You're so off base it's hysterical. You really need to find another windmill.

 

Here's where you're dead wrong like most things. 52 seconds is an eternity with multiple time outs. Eternity. What % of the time do you think 3rd and 7 is converted? My guess is well below 40%. So assuming they had a less than 40% to convert it was an extremely dumb move to call it instantly. I never said not to call it to talk about it. Smart coaches would have run it down some first. There was a very good chance that was the last play before a FG and Tenn taking over the ball. If they ran it down say 20 seconds and converted they would have never ran out of time with halfway decent play calling. Being that they threw to the end zone it was even dumber to not run it down some. You can take all your cheap shots at me but your understanding of this situation is dumb. You won't find any smart people that understand clock/time out management that think calling that instantly was the right move. Belichick would have for sure run it down. You admit Tomlin isn't even good at this but you think there is no way this was dumb? You're wrong.

 

Why can't you just state your opinion without throwing in the cheap shot jabs? You're not smarter than me on this and the eye test has come and gone as the best way to evaluate baseball talent. Just b/c we disagree doesn't mean we should take childish jabs at each other. It's tiresome.

Here's where you're dead wrong like most things. 52 seconds is an eternity with multiple time outs. Eternity. What % of the time do you think 3rd and 7 is converted? My guess is well below 40%. So assuming they had a less than 40% to convert it was an extremely dumb move to call it instantly. I never said not to call it to talk about it. Smart coaches would have run it down some first. There was a very good chance that was the last play before a FG and Tenn taking over the ball. If they ran it down say 20 seconds and converted they would have never ran out of time with halfway decent play calling. Being that they threw to the end zone it was even dumber to not run it down some. You can take all your cheap shots at me but your understanding of this situation is dumb. You won't find any smart people that understand clock/time out management that think calling that instantly was the right move. Belichick would have for sure run it down. You admit Tomlin isn't even good at this but you think there is no way this was dumb? You're wrong.

 

Why can't you just state your opinion without throwing in the cheap shot jabs? You're not smarter than me on this and the eye test has come and gone as the best way to evaluate baseball talent. Just b/c we disagree doesn't mean we should take childish jabs at each other. It's tiresome.

I tried to squash it and you just won't let it go. I think you're wrong. I think you're wrong most of the time. It is what it is. No jab. No shot, it's how I feel. And you're wrong here too. What % of the time do I think 3rd and 7 is converted? Um, against Tennessee, often. From Pittsburgh, um, often. If you watch the replay, the target was AB, and in the all 22 you can see the backside receiver in the middle of the field, so there was an opportunity to throw in the middle of the field because time allowed that with enough clock to get the FG unit on the field if there was no first down. So, as usual, I don't agree you one iota. So feel free to rail on Tomlin, because he should have known that his QB was gonna toss a pick there. And I knew you wouldn't just fade away, no matter what you said was your last post. I do enjoy reading your stuff though. So, you keep bringing it.

Quick google search and I can find writers who agree. Doesn't mean I'm right or they are, just know that there will be nobody agreeing the time out was a good one.

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/shutdown-corner/boy--did-the-steelers-botch-the-final-minute-of-the-first-half-030523699.html

This season Ben is 43/64 on 3rd down and greater than 6yds to go. 67.2%. So, wonder how confident that the staff was in the TO that they'd convert?

I tried to squash it and you just won't let it go. I think you're wrong. I think you're wrong most of the time. It is what it is. No jab. No shot, it's how I feel. And you're wrong here too. What % of the time do I think 3rd and 7 is converted? Um, against Tennessee, often. From Pittsburgh, um, often. If you watch the replay, the target was AB, and in the all 22 you can see the backside receiver in the middle of the field, so there was an opportunity to throw in the middle of the field because time allowed that with enough clock to get the FG unit on the field if there was no first down. So, as usual, I don't agree you one iota. So feel free to rail on Tomlin, because he should have known that his QB was gonna toss a pick there. And I knew you wouldn't just fade away, no matter what you said was your last post. I do enjoy reading your stuff though. So, you keep bringing it.

 

They had another time out to stop the clock so this reason like your other one about personnel is wrong like usual. You don't know the situation. I do. I knew right away it was dumb.

This season Ben is 43/64 on 3rd down and greater than 6yds to go. 67.2%. So, wonder how confident that the staff was in the TO that they'd convert?

 

That's very impressive from him. I should have looked at his stats rather than guess the NFL average. They still wouldn't have ran out of time if they converted in the middle of the field if they ran the clock down some.

They had another time out to stop the clock so this reason like your other one about personnel is wrong like usual. You don't know the situation. I do. I knew right away it was dumb.

 

OK. Look forward to reading the rest of your stuff.

Lions just put on a display of how to run the clock down at the end of the half so the other team will take a knee.