jshawaii22 wrote:60 yards + a tick and he won the Monday night game. What's wrong with that? Was pretty exciting, but I think if you miss you give it to the other team with a ten year penalty tacked on.
A Detroit lost 45 seconds by not calling a time-out before the FG try.
Kinda reinforces the OP, doesn't it? 6 FG's and no TD's, the last FG coming from a near record 61 yards to win it. Did anyone see the post game interview with Justin Tucker, talking about his fantasy owners? I tell ya, those kickers are a different breed. They're the nerds of everyone's high school class.
Does anyone think that the trend of having punters serve as the kick holders has anything to do with the increased efficiency of place kickers? It used to be that the place kicker spent most of the practice kicking into a net while his holder, usually the backup quarterback, practiced with the offense. Now they can spend more time working on their timing.
I noticed the timeout dilemma, too. The Lions were in a state of confusion. They didn't know what Baltimore was going to do, go for the first down or go for the FG. Nevertheless, they should have called the timeout. It wasn't going to affect the outcome of either of the Ravens' chosen 4th down option, and it would have preserved more time for a comeback.