{"id":65,"date":"2008-01-06T00:08:48","date_gmt":"2008-01-06T05:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.broadstreetbelievers.com\/?p=65"},"modified":"2008-01-06T11:45:23","modified_gmt":"2008-01-06T16:45:23","slug":"yet-another-pet-peeve-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/?p=65","title":{"rendered":"Yet Another Pet Peeve"},"content":{"rendered":"

Something in the Pittsburgh-Jacksonville game just occurred that has been driving me absolutely nuts for a while now.\u00a0 I am so sick of NFL coaches completely out-thinking themselves on important plays–particularly 4th downs and 2-point conversions.\u00a0 I have been meaning to post this pet peeve for a while now (I’ve even had a sort of draft written for a couple of weeks now), and I kind of wish that it didn’t come into play tonight on such a big stage because my complaint may not seem as long-standing.\u00a0\u00a0But, either way it is completely frustrating to me.\u00a0 So, friends, lend me your ears so I can finally get it off my chest…<\/p>\n

The occurrence that happened tonight was with Pittsburgh going for two from the TWELVE yard line.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Why?\u00a0\u00a0Personally, I was semi-rooting for Jacksonville because with no horse in the race, I am just looking for good football, and I think the Jags\u00a0will give New England a better game next week.\u00a0 But, I was still yelling “Forget the f&*^-ing chart” when Tomlin decided to go for two.\u00a0 I hate that chart.\u00a0 You probably all know by now that if he kicks the extra point (from the 12 yard-line) then he does not have to go for two on the next TD, and the Steelers get to 31 points with Jacksonville’s final FG only tying the game.<\/p>\n

(By the way, I am listening to Mark Schlereth on ESPN right now and he is saying exactly what I have been wanting to say for a while now–exactly why I wish it hadn’t happened, but oh well.\u00a0 I’m sorry that you are hearing this again from another person.)<\/p>\n

But, I have been upset by this for several years now with NFL coaches.\u00a0 I am not, in any way, saying that they are not smart,\u00a0informed or good at what they do.\u00a0 I am also not saying that they do not make good decisions.\u00a0 I have never been one of those guys that claims to know better than any\u00a0coach in any sport (with the possible exception of Steve Lappas).\u00a0 However, I am completely frustrated with these 2-point conversion and 4th down playcalls.\u00a0 I have had this\u00a0conversation with my esteemed colleague, Doogan, on several occaisions.\u00a0 I do not believe in going for any 4th down that is a yard or more before the 4th quarter.\u00a0 I also do NOT believe in those silly 2-point charts.\u00a0 Do NOT go for 2 unless you absolutely must.\u00a0 Joe Gibbs knows that from the Week 10 loss to the Eagles, and Omar Epps (playing the role of Mike Tomlin) learned that tonight.\u00a0 Either way, I am so irritated by intelligent NFL coaches out-thinking themselves on 4th down and 2-point situations.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sorry this is such a flustered explanation.\u00a0 I guess that is why they say\u00a0not to let emotion infiltrate your work.\u00a0 Anyway, as always, thanks for listening, friends…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Something in the Pittsburgh-Jacksonville game just occurred that has been driving me absolutely nuts for a while now.\u00a0 I am so sick of NFL coaches completely out-thinking themselves on important plays–particularly 4th downs and 2-point conversions.\u00a0 I have been meaning … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,73],"tags":[157,35,166,89],"class_list":["post-65","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nfl","category-pet-peeves","tag-jaguars","tag-joe-gibbs","tag-mike-tomlin","tag-steelers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=65"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}