Analyzing Houston Texans-Seattle Seahawks NFL Week 7 final minutes | Pro Football Talk | NFL on NBC

Analyzing Houston Texans-Seattle Seahawks NFL Week 7 final minutes | Pro Football Talk | NFL on NBC

I GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO SAY. FIRST, LET’S FOCUS ON THE ACTUAL END OF THE GAME BECAUSE WE SAW THIS MOVIE WEEK 1, WE SAW IT AND IT’S 1 OF THE QUIRKS OF THE FURTHER, REFINED KICKOFF RULE WITH THE OPTIONS YOU HAVE. AND WE SAW IN WEEK 1, THE BEARS DESPERATELY NEEDING TO USE THE 2-MINUTE WARNING TO THEIR ADVANTAGE AS A SURROGATE TIMEOUT IN ORDER TO GET THE BALL BACK WHEN THEY WERE DOWN 3 POINTS AGAINST THE VIKINGS. WITH ENOUGH TIME TO GET IN FIELD. GOAL RANGE TO FORCE OVERTIME. AND THE BEARS BLEW IT. THEY DIDN’T KICK OUT OF THE BACK OF THE END ZONE WHICH WOULD HAVE GIVEN MINNESOTA BOTH 35 WITH 204 ON THE CLOCK. THEY DIDN’T DELIBERATELY KICK THE BALL OUT OF BOUNDS, WHICH WOULD HAVE GIVEN THE WITH 204 ON THE CLOCK WITH THAT 2-MINUTE WARNING. AND THEY DIDN’T KICK SHORT OF THE LANDING ZONE WHICH WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME THING. GET IT. THE 40, WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 35 AND 40? NOTHING? THE KEY IS YOU NEED TO BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE 2-MINUTE WARNING IF YOU’RE THE TEAM THAT’S TRYING TO GET THE BALL BACK BECAUSE YOU ARE DOWN TIMEOUTS THAT OPERATES AS A TIMEOUT. YOU DO THE MATH, IT GETS YOU THE BALL AND THE TIME WHEN YOU HAVE A CHANCE SO WE SAW IT, WE’VE LIVED IT AND I’LL GIVE THE BROADCAST CREW SOME CREDIT. THEY KIND OF KIND OF WERE SAYING WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE HERE. THEY DIDN’T SET SET IT AS WELL AS IT COULD HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE I AM RIGHT NOW. I’M NOT SETTING IT UP AS WELL AS I COULD BE. BUT TAMMY, FAIRBAIRN KICKS OFF. DON’T LAUGH AT THAT. CAN’T BE FAIRBANK KICKS OFF AND WHAT DO THEY DO? WHAT DO THEY? IT’S THE SAME DAMN THING AND IT WASN’T EVEN THAT DEEP INTO THE END ZONE. KICKS IT OFF. MAYBE 2 YARDS, DEEP THERE GOES THE SEAHAWKS KICK RETURNER. THERE GOES YOUR SECOND AND THERE WENT YOUR 2-MINUTE WARNING AND THAT’S IT. AND I YOU KNOW, LOOK WE KNOW, WE KNOW AND THIS IS THE PROBLEM IT’S GLARING MAKES YOU WONDER. LET’S START THERE. IT MAKES YOU WONDER HOW MUCH TEAMS ARE REALLY STUDYING. THESE END OF HALF AND END OF GAME SCENARIOS, WHICH I THINK ARE CRITICAL TO DEV. AND I WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS ON SUNDAY GAMES AREN’T OVER WHEN THEY USED TO BE OVER, THEY’RE NOT OVER ANYMORE AND YOU BETTER HAVE A PLAN FOR YOUR KICKOFF AND YOU BETTER HAVE A PLAN. FOR HOW MUCH TIME YOU’RE GOING TO LEAVE ON THE CLOCK AND YOU BETTER BE READY BECAUSE IT DOESN’T TAKE MANY TICKS TO GET A TOUCHDOWN OR SPECIFICALLY A LONG FIELD GOAL. NOW, YOU GOT THE CABLES AND YOU GOT THE KICKERS WITH THE TERMINATOR LEGS AND YOU’VE GOT THESE KICKOFF RULES TO PUT YOU IN POSITION WHERE YOU DON’T NEED TO GAIN VERY MUCH. NOW THAT WASN’T THE ISSUE LAST NIGHT BECAUSE THE TEXANS NEEDED 8, BUT I MEAN, OUR COACH IS PAYING ATTENTION TO THESE SCENARIOS AND SHOULD BE. AND AND I I THINK 1 OF THE THINGS THAT ALWAYS STICKS OUT TO ME IS YOU NEED SOMEBODY WHO’S GOING AND FOCUSING AND WATCHING THE REST OF THE LEAGUE, LIKE YES YOU WANT TO DO YOUR OLD STUDY, YOU WANT TO DO ALL OF THAT BUT SOMETIMES THE ANSWERS TO THE TEST, THEY ALREADY HAPPEN. AND YOU KNOW, I THINK DURING THE BROADCAST THEY TALKED ABOUT KICKING THE BALL OUT OF THE END ZONE AND DOING ALL THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS. BUT I THINK NOW TEAMS NEED TO REALIZE, EVERY KICKER IS TRAINED TO KICK THIS BALL IN THIS LANDING ZONE. NOW, LIKE IT’S VERY RARE. DO WE SEE GUYS JUST KICK THE BALL OUT OF THE END ZONE? SO I THINK WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING OVER TIME IS IT’S A LITTLE BIT OF A STRUGGLE SOMETIMES FOR THESE KICKERS TO JUST LINE UP AND HOPEFULLY GET IT OUT OF THE END ZONE. AND I THINK LIKE WHEN YOU WATCH THAT YOU AS YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT THE MINNESOTA CHICAGO GAME AND THE BALL, THEY TRY TO KICK IT OUT OF THE END ZONE. CHANDLER, MOVES BACK CATCHES THE BALL ABOUT 8 OR 9 YARDS DEEP, WHICH THEN STARTED THE WHOLE CONVERSATION ABOUT. IT’S ONLY A 5 YARD DIFFERENCE, JUST KICK THE BALL OUT OF BOUNDS. WE CAN DO THAT. JUST ANGLE. I MEAN, JUST AIRMAIL. JUST KICK IT OUT OUT OF BOUNDS AS AS BAD AS YOU WANT, WHATEVER IT LOOKS LIKE. AND I THINK THAT’S THE THING THAT THE GOOD TEAMS, DO A GOOD JOB OF. IT’S NOT JUST US DOING OUR OWN RESEARCH. IT’S ACTUALLY BEING LOCKED IN ON WHAT’S HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE LEAGUE. WHAT ARE THE CONVERSATIONS? THERE’S LISTEN, I I GET IT. I WAS TALK ABOUT THE ME. MEDIA OF THIS AND MEDIA STARTS THAT. AND THESE GUYS ARE SAYING THERE’S A PLENTY OF PEOPLE OUT HERE WHO ARE STUDYING THAT ARE SAYING SOME GOOD THINGS AND I THINK THAT’S WHAT YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS AND I STILL THINK OBVIOUSLY IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AN UPHILL BATTLE FOR HOUSTON BUT EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID THE GAME IS NOT OVER. WE’VE WATCHED YOU KNOW WHETHER EVEN YOU KNOW YEARS AGO BUT SPECIALLY RECENTLY TEAMS NOT FINISHING TEAMS, HAVING 1 CRITICAL MISTAKE, THE 1 BALL BOUNCING YOUR WAY GAME. SO, FOR THEM TO AND I DON’T KNOW, THE BALL WAS PRETTY CLOSE TO THE SIDELINES SO I DON’T KNOW. THEY, THEY KEPT CUTTING THE DECO RISE AND WAS SHOWING THAT HE WASN’T HAPPY WITH, YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. SO I DON’T KNOW WHAT MAYBE THEIR GAME PLAN WAS ON THAT LAST KICKOFF IT. IT DIDN’T LOOK TOO FAR OFF FROM WHAT THEY NORMALLY DID. BUT MAYBE, YOU KNOW WHAT THE PLAN WAS RIGHT THERE. AFTER THE GAME DEVIN. THE PLAN WAS KICKING THE BALL OUT OF BOUNDS SO WE COULD UTILIZE THE IT. DON’T KNOW CONVENTION IS. FOR CALLING OUT YOUR KICKER, THAT WAY. AND HE DIDN’T DO IT. I THINK WHAT YOU DO IS YOU GET YOURSELF A NEW KICKER, I WAS TALKING TO SOMEBODY ABOUT 1 OF THE GAMES EARLIER IN THE YEAR. IT WAS THE THURSDAY NIGHT GAME SEAHAWKS WHEN DID THE DIRTY LANDING KICK? AT THE 40 AND BANG, BANG, BANG, BANG, WALK-OFF GAME-WINNING. FIELD GOAL. AND, YOU KNOW, I KNOW HOW SOME COACHES FEEL ABOUT KICKERS, THEY’RE COMPLETELY INTERCHANGEABLE IF MY KICKER ISN’T GOING TO DO WHAT MY KICKER TELLS HIM TO DO, I’M GETTING ME A NEW KICKER, I JUST PICK UP THE PHONE AND I GOT A NEW KICKER. THAT’S 2. EMOTIONAL. NOT LIKE YOU CAN’T DO THAT. YOU THINK ABOUT THINK ABOUT THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS IF MOODY WOULD HAVE BEEN MAKING FIELD GOALS? I I GET IT. YOU’RE MAD MAYBE NEXT YEAR, YOU REPLACE THAT KICKER, BUT IF YOU REPLACE YOUR KICKER BECAUSE HE MAKES THAT, AND IT’S A BAD MISTAKE, DON’T GET ME WRONG. BUT THE AMOUNT OF TIMES WHEN YOU NEED THAT KICKER IN CRITICAL MOMENTS TO COME KICK, A FIELD GOAL AND MAKE IT YOU BETTER NOT MAKE THAT EMOTIONAL DECISION AND BE WRONG, JUST BECAUSE THEY AIRED AND THEY MADE A MISTAKE AND I GET IT LOSING GAMES IN NFL IS TOUGH. BUT IF THAT GUY CAN GO AND WIN YOU A GAME, I I DON’T KNOW IF I’M GETTING RID OF A GUY BECAUSE OF A OUT, NOT ALL THOSE THINGS COME UP, RID OF THE GUY. BUT THE DEVON AND I WOULD NEED TO LOOK AT THE RULE. SO I WOULD UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE. IF ZONE. LIKE, IF THINK YOU CAN. CHOOSE POSSESSION. I THINK THAT’S, THAT’S PROBABLY A FLAW IN THE RULE BOOK. I MEAN, BECAUSE MY POINT IS THIS, IT’S 1 THING TO MAKE A FIELD GOAL. IT’S ANOTHER THING. TO MAKE SURE THAT WE’VE GOT OUR 2-MINUTE WARNING PRESERVED, YOU CAN BANG IT OUT OF BOUNDS EASILY. PLENTY OF PEOPLE CAN DO THAT. AND I’M USING HERE ABOUT THE RULES WITH THE LANDING ZONE BECAUSE THAT’S A WAY TO CONCEDE THE 20, OR THE 40, EXCUSE ME. YOU JUST HAVE TO KICK IT SHORT OF THE 20. I WONDER IF YOU WOULD JUST GO OUT WITHOUT DECLARING AN ON-SIDE KICK AND JUST AND JUST, JUST, JUST KICK A ROLLER. DO THEY, GET IT AT THE 40? LIKE, WHY NOT DO THAT? I’M GOING TO GO READ THE RULE. IF I I’M GONNA MAKE A NOTE TO THROWN FROM A SPEEDING TRAIN TUESDAY, BUT I I, I JUST WONDER IF THAT’S THE EASIEST WAY TO DO IT. LIKE, WHY EVEN DICK AROUND WITH TRYING TO KICK IT? IF ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS COME OUT AND KICK BASICALLY A ROLLING ONSIDE KICK WITHOUT IT BEING ONSIDE KICK SITUATION, AND THE OTHER TEAM GETS IT AT THE 40 AND NOT A SINGLE SECOND IS RUN OFF THE CLOCK, THAT’S YOUR EASIEST SOLUTION AND EVEN I COULD DO THAT, I THINK YEAH, AND I I WONDER IS THERE ANYTHING IN THE RULE FOR LIKE AROUND 2 MINUTES OR UNDER 4 MINUTES? BECAUSE YOU’RE RIGHT IF IF THE KICKER YEAH, I AND I I WONDER IS THERE AND THE BALL, HE DOESN’T GET TO HIT THE BALL, RIGHT? I WOULD IMAGINE THAT COMES UP THE SAME OF NOT HITTING IN THE LANDING ZONE AND MY WHOLE THING AS A COACH, I WOULD COME OUT THAT NEXT WEEK AND NOT TOO EMBARRASSED. BUT TO MAKE WE WOULD PRACTICE KICKING THE BALL OUT OF BOUNDS. SO WE WOULD NOT HITTING THE LANDING ZONE FOR THE WHOLE TEAM TO SEE AND PUT THAT PRESSURE ON THE KICKER. I JUST THINK, AS MUCH AS YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE THINK KICKERS ARE INTERCHANGEABLE. WE’VE WATCHED SOME TEAMS NOT HAVE THE KICKER OF CHOICE AND BEING IN THESE SITUATIONS WHERE THE GAME COMES DOWN. YOU EXECUTE EVERYTHING PERFECTLY BUT THEN THE GUY JUST DOESN’T MAKE THE KICK THAT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD GO, I WOULD TRY TO BE ON MY KICKER TO GET THEM TO RISE THAT TO THAT LEVEL AND MAKE THAT PLAY UNDER PRESSURE WHEN WE NEED IT MORE THAN GET RID OF THEM, UNLESS I ALREADY DIDN’T LIKE OUR KICKER. UM, BUT AGAIN I’VE HEARD COACH BELLICH SAY THAT 2 KICKER IS 2 PUNCH OF. IF I TELL YOU SOMETHING A HUNTER, IF I TELL YOU WE’RE PUNTING THE BALL OUT OF BOUNDS AND YOU DON’T YOUR DAYS WILL BE NUMBERED HERE. AND I I UNDERSTAND THAT JOB, WHEN YOU’RE A KICKER A DONE. BUT IF YOU DON’T HAVE A GOOD 1 THEN I THINK IT’S TOUGH SLEDDING FOR YOUR TEAM AND I WANT YOU TO NAME NAMES. BUT WEREN’T YOU JUST TELLING THAT STORY A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO THAT HE DID THAT DIDN’T HE GET RID OF A GUY AFTER A SEASON WHEN HE FAILED TO DO SOMETHING HE WAS TOLD TO DO. YEAH I’M NOT I DON’T REMEMBER HIS NAME WAS BEFORE I GOT THERE, BUT I GOT DRAFTED WITH ZULTAN MESKO PUNTER FROM MICHIGAN. HE GOT DRAFTED TO PUNT FOR THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AND RANDOMLY, LIKE WE DON’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. AND WE’RE IN MEETINGS, 1 DAY AND WE’RE GOING THROUGH SITUATIONAL FOOTBALL AND YOU KNOW, ZULTAN SUCCESSFULLY, PUNTED OUT OF BOUNDS WITH BILL WANTED AND WE’RE WATCHING A FILM AND HE’S LIKE AND Z. SO, YOU KNOW, THE LAST PUNTER, DIDN’T PUNT THE BALL OUT OF BOUNDS AND HE’S CIRCLING THEM ON THE SCREEN AND YOU KNOW WHERE HE IS, HE’S NOT HERE. THAT’S WHY YOU’RE HERE. YOU DON’T PUNT IT OUT WHEN I TELL YOU TO PUNT IT OUT, YOUR ASS WILL BE GONE. AND THAT THAT SET THE TONE BUT YOU GOTTA WAIT. AND THIS IS WHERE. THE KEY. I’M NOT REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT WHETHER IT’S BAD FORM TO CALL YOUR PLAYER OUT PLAYERS. GET CALLED OUT ALL THE TIME, BUT BUT IT’S SEIKO RYAN’S OF THE DAY. WHATEVER YOUR PUNISHMENT IS, WHATEVER. THE DISCIPLINE IS WHATEVER THE CONSEQUENCE IS FOR KIMMY FAIRBANK KIMMY FAIRBURN FAILED TO DO. DEMO RYAN’S TOLD HIM TO DO KIMMY FAIRBURN FAILED TO DO. RYAN’S TOLD HIM TO DO. AND RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT HAPPENED. SO, REGARDLESS OF HOW WE GOT HERE, YOU PUT THE BALL IN PLAY. AND YOU BLEW YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO USE THE 2-MINUTE WARNING, AS A TIMEOUT PERIOD. AND MY POINT IS, AND THIS IS WHERE THIS PART OF WHAT I LOVE WHEN WE HAVE RULE CHANGES AND YOU HAVE CREATIVE APPROACHES LIKE I’M GOING TO RESEARCH. CAN YOU JUST KICK A DRIBBLER AND GIVE THE 40 OR, OR COULD THEY TAKE IT AT THE, AT THE I HAVE A FEELING, THEY CAN TAKE IT AT THE POINT WHERE THE BALL FIRST STRIKES, BUT WE’LL

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