3rd down and ugghh

[30dive]

I'm happy, I'm happy....really I am......But does anyone else out there feel like vomiting (like I do) everytime our D faces a 3rd and lets say 12 or 17 or 36? It seems to me that we give up alot of first downs when facing these situations.

[Ball'n]

i do. i would rather see 3rd and...say 5..than 3rd and 15 or more. we give up way to many 3rd and longs.

[Campy]

I'm happy, I'm happy....really I am......But does anyone else out there feel like vomiting (like I do) everytime our D faces a 3rd and lets say 12 or 17 or 36?  It seems to me that we give up alot of first downs when facing these situations.

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I'm a little too giddy over numbers like 13 carries for 6 yards (Faulk's numbers) to sweat 3rd down percentages too much.

[taterhill]

I'm a little too giddy over numbers like 13 carries for 6 yards (Faulk's numbers) to sweat 3rd down percentages too much.

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being at the game, i had no idea that we contained him that much...wow, nice job D

[Ball'n]

thats just it. i would rather have then run on 3rd and short and get decked than pass on 3rd and long and hook up on the longpass.

[Simon]

But does anyone else out there feel like vomiting (like I do) everytime our D faces a 3rd and lets say 12 or 17 or 36? It seems to me that we give up alot of first downs when facing these situations.

 

I was actually wondering today if we were among the worst teams in getting the stop when we have teams in long yardage situations; although I think more of those conversions have come on 1st/2nd down than on 3rd.

What really drove me nuts is all the defensive penalties on 3rddown today. I don't know how many conversions we ended up handing them but that drives me crazier than almost anything else on a football field and this year our defense seems to have a knack for drawing those calls.