YOOOOOO Posted December 3, 2006 Posted December 3, 2006 The first half was just a big cluster !@#$ of bad bad play, terrible coaching decision and even worse officiating.... 1st ill start with JP.... His INT was terrible...poorly under thrown ball, not the way you want the opening drive of the game to start Later on his fumble was more on him then poor protection(although the two previous plays I think had something to do with this fumble)... 2nd we had two drives ended by Receivers not getting to the marker due to stupidity.... Reed catches the ball a yard short of the marker...instead of just diving for the first...he stutter steps and get tripped up bout a half yard short.... Then later on Mcgahee gets alil swing pass out of the backfield...can easily get a first instead he try to beat merriman to the corner and misses the first down....one that if only he had run forward he could of easily gotten 3rd the officiating, On the drive before Losman's fumble, he makes a nice play to avoid a easy sack, get the ball of to his TE...First down....NOPEEEEEEE!!!!! The Refs call him in the grasp....SACK......WTF?? on the replay you see the defender had a finger grasp on JP's Jersey...That is not in the grasp...!@#$ you refs....(1 play later JP has to run all over the place to reach a first down then two plays later JP fumbles)...This one awful call by the ref cost us a drive..... Then on the following Charger drive....3rd down....Rivers goes back to pass...he forced up in the pocket...fumbles...Hargrove recovers.....Bills ball....NOPE!!!!!...they call it simultaneous recovery....bull sh--...replay clearly shows Hargrove recovered the ball...!@#$ YOU REFSSS....SD then punts the ball inside our 5.... The following Bills drive..Bills start at there own 2....The Bills decide there going to run the ball and hopefully the clock out...on 3rd and 6 w/ 1:19 on the clock, Mcgahee gets the handoff runs for 5 yards, just short of the first down...The play takes 9 seconds....so 1:10 left...SD calls there last and final timeout....The REF's decide to to measure, and give SD there last Timeout back....which is fine....but they didn't reset the playclock....giving the Bills only 10 seconds to get the punt off...So SD uses no timeout and the Bills can only burn 5 seconds off the clock...the kick goes off with 1:05 left....The entire punt and return takes 9 seconds....the Chargers get the ball with 56 seconds left and there one timeout...So the Refs basically gave SD 4 timeouts in the 1st half....SD should have had the ball back with about 36 seconds left and there one timeout.... So between the bad play, stupidity and terrible refing we lost out on 5 drives(JP's TO's, two easy first downs missed, & a terrible call on fumble)....and SD gets 7 points We end up losing by 3.... what a !@#$ing first half
Tasker Posted December 3, 2006 Posted December 3, 2006 I think that the JP interception was frustrating and a bad play, but it was more of a Favre INT, and we should expect him to throw it away, because the reception just wasn't there. The fumble was tougher to judge. It was a turnover that happens, needs to be avoided as much as possible, but happens to all teams and all QBs, and I don't see any specific flaw other than a general bad play that hurt. Neither of these turnovers were head scratchers or forehead slappers. They were just disappointing turnovers that hurt our chances. I Tivo'ed and watched the Willis play several times after initially yelling at him for not getting to the line. Looking more carefully he was going to be hit by #54 head on at about the line, and unless he won that collision I think he would have been short even though it looked easy as he caught the ball. His dance was a chance to get a 1st he might have otherwise missed, and even though he didn't get it, I don't think it was a "bad bad play". The in-the-grasp completion is so frustrating. We get that called but Vince Young gets to bounce out of Kiwaunke's grasp and run big. The protect the QB stuff has been a disaster in the NFL this year, and this one really hurt us. The calls in the 2nd half were even worse in my mind. I have no idea how Dick doesn't throw the flag on the Hargrove fumble, and that cost us seven points because of the field position difference. SEVEN POINTS! You can't be conservative field position and not go on 4th and 3 inches, and then not throw the red flag there. His two timeout failed challenge in the second half was just as bad. He needs to step up and admit he blew it on those two, and not just make excuses and say "we're getting better". The first half was just a big cluster !@#$ of bad bad play, terrible coaching decision and even worse officiating.... 1st ill start with JP.... His INT was terrible...poorly under thrown ball, not the way you want the opening drive of the game to start Later on his fumble was more on him then poor protection(although the two previous plays I think had something to do with this fumble)... 2nd we had two drives ended by Receivers not getting to the marker due to stupidity.... Reed catches the ball a yard short of the marker...instead of just diving for the first...he stutter steps and get tripped up bout a half yard short.... Then later on Mcgahee gets alil swing pass out of the backfield...can easily get a first instead he try to beat merriman to the corner and misses the first down....one that if only he had run forward he could of easily gotten 3rd the officiating, On the drive before Losman's fumble, he makes a nice play to avoid a easy sack, get the ball of to his TE...First down....NOPEEEEEEE!!!!! The Refs call him in the grasp....SACK......WTF?? on the replay you see the defender had a finger grasp on JP's Jersey...That is not in the grasp...!@#$ you refs....(1 play later JP has to run all over the place to reach a first down then two plays later JP fumbles)...This one awful call by the ref cost us a drive..... Then on the following Charger drive....3rd down....Rivers goes back to pass...he forced up in the pocket...fumbles...Hargrove recovers.....Bills ball....NOPE!!!!!...they call it simultaneous recovery....bull sh--...replay clearly shows Hargrove recovered the ball...!@#$ YOU REFSSS....SD then punts the ball inside our 5.... The following Bills drive..Bills start at there own 2....The Bills decide there going to run the ball and hopefully the clock out...on 3rd and 6 w/ 1:19 on the clock, Mcgahee gets the handoff runs for 5 yards, just short of the first down...The play takes 9 seconds....so 1:10 left...SD calls there last and final timeout....The REF's decide to to measure, and give SD there last Timeout back....which is fine....but they didn't reset the playclock....giving the Bills only 10 seconds to get the punt off...So SD uses no timeout and the Bills can only burn 5 seconds off the clock...the kick goes off with 1:05 left....The entire punt and return takes 9 seconds....the Chargers get the ball with 56 seconds left and there one timeout...So the Refs basically gave SD 4 timeouts in the 1st half....SD should have had the ball back with about 36 seconds left and there one timeout.... So between the bad play, stupidity and terrible refing we lost out on 5 drives(JP's TO's, two easy first downs missed, & a terrible call on fumble)....and SD gets 7 points We end up losing by 3.... what a !@#$ing first half 855697[/snapback]
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