I know people hate watching this kind of defense but it's 100% the right choice. Make them work for it, nothing easy downfield. The clock keeps winding down.
I don't blame McDermott for punting, it's obviously the right choice. I blame Dorsey for vanilla play calling on several consecutive drives. We've had a few chances to put the game away and we just aren't moving the ball forward enough.
Smart game management.
Not a big fan of our play calls on the past few drives. Still too many horizontal passes to Diggs and Davis, that is not playing to our strengths.
The kill shot?? We're up 14 and the Bucs offense has done nothing this half! Why does everybody automatically default to aggressive decisions no matter what the game situation? It blows my mind.
Nope doesn't matter if we call it right away. We are playing for a FG, not a TD. 19 seconds and 2 TOs means we get two passing plays to get into FG range. I bet we timed it out like that intentionally.
Correct, and people would be bitching about Allen's poor throw. Amazing what happens when a pass catcher with NFL hands is on the other end of the tough throw on the run.
I hate that Dodson is starting this game. It justifies every criticism of McDermott being unwilling to develop rookies. We already know who Dodson is. Dorian Williams at least has a ceiling he can reach by the playoffs. Why not give him some chances to get there? Why play it safe with a maybe slightly better but still bad player?
True, the problem is Dorsey isn't going to disappear and these bizarre 3rd down play calls have been a thing all season long. So at some point they have to stop if we want to compete for a championship.