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Originally Posted by Rain Man
Yeah, if he wants to be ultraconservative, okay. Maybe I can live with that. Maybe.
But today we had a situation where a real team will go for the throat. A real team will say, "It's the fourth quarter, we've got 8 minutes left, let's take over this game." Herman Edwards instead said, "Let's give up on second and third down and punt to peak-of-his-career-Hall-of-Famer Peyton Manning, and let's rely on our defense to not allow him to get at least a field goal, and maybe we can go into overtime with a tie if we can stop one of the most prolific quarterbacks in NFL history."
I don't care if Harrison is out. I don't care if a rookie left tackle is out. Manning will win this type of game if you give him a chance. We chose to give him a chance instead of giving Croyle a chance. It's unfathomable.
And don't even get me started on why we stopped blitzing in the second half, and on that final drive. We went into exactly the kind of defense that he picks apart. The whole team went into a conservative shell when the game was on the line, which minimized our chances of winning.
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Yep... like I posted several times, I'll give Herm the benefit of the doubt on every play through 3 quarters. After all, even with all the screens and bad playcalling, it's 10-10 and you have a little momentum with the TD.
They basically told Croyle at that point "good drive... pack it up, and we'll see if we can do it again next week".
I could care less about the W-L columns. It's about the decision making. Given that situation with more playmakers and a better OLine, I think Herm would do the same thing. Why do I think that? He SAID IT after the game when he said we were in a defensive game and were waiting for a play at the end.