Are you ready for some Football?!? (NFL)

[jonathan swift]

And the Eagles just gave up by punting.

 

[Seonaid]

I would say that I'm going to go cry now, but it's not like I (and the entire rest of the fan base) didn't expect it.

 

[John Crichton]

And the Eagles just gave up by punting.

4th and 15, you have to punt. They simply needed to stop the run and with two timeouts could have had a chance.

Again, you could choose to go for it there but that's a tough order. 4th & 10 was a good go but 4th & 15... yikes.

EDIT: Hmmm, now that I think about it, I would have probably gone for it.

 

[jonathan swift]

Yeah. You never have to punt. Less than two minutes left. Down by three. You haven't been able to stop them all half. This is the postseason, you lose and you go home. Play to win, not to contain the loss.

 

[Seonaid]

A-freaking-men!

 

[John Crichton]

Yeah. You never have to punt. Less than two minutes left. Down by three. You haven't been able to stop them all half. This is the postseason, you lose and you go home. Play to win, not to contain the loss.

When first considering, I forgot all about the Eagles getting pounded all night by the running game. In that circumstance, take the long-shot chance.

 

[kenobi65]

I think I'll be a Saints fan now.

It'll break my wife's heart, her being a Bear fan and everything.

 

[babomb]

Who dat say dey gonna beat dem Saints? WOO!

Deuce McAllister played a hell of a game.

 

[Gunslinger]

Such a very winnable game we managed to lose! The run defense back to it's terrible self, losing Shaun Andrews, Westrbook's dropped pases, the decision to punt. The NO secondary was ripe for the torching all night, but Jeff Garcia ran out of gas in the third quarter (which McNabbb would not have done).

At least we made it this far.

 

[Seonaid]

I suppose that's fair since we *did* lose our "star quarterback." No one expected us to do this well. And there's always next year! (she says with false cheer).