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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
I've probably defended Andy's game management more than anyone on this board.
But one game I simply cannot defend, the game I've always said "yeah, he ****ed that up" - was EXACTLY the game you just insisted he wouldn't have.
Reid vs. the Colts in 2013 was a textbook example of making it possible for a team to come back. Do I think that's the sort of thing he'd do again? No - probably not. But he does have it in him so you can't dismiss the possibility.
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Wait, which IND game? Not this season?
Well, I guess it doesn't matter exactly which. I think you're referencing one of my last couple sentences.
My thought was that in the playoffs, not the regular season so much, Andy has shown that he'll run the ball and burn clock when he has a lead, like he did against TEN in the 2nd half of the 2019 AFCCG.
Like he did last year vs. PIT to start the 2nd half.
Like he did vs. CLE in 2020, once the lead had been established, albeit Mahomes got 'hurt,' late in the game.
And then with BUF also in 2020.
I'm not saying that Andy follows a strict structure of running the piss out of the ball, because at the end of the day I think Andy can't help himself; he's going to throw the ball. But he knows how to salt away a game, knows how to burn clock and still put the team in position to score.
Staley just never got the memo last night.