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Why no timeout at the end of the 1st half?

SHO'NUFF : 9/19/2017 12:43 am

1:20 remaining, Stafford hits his receiver for 10 yards on 3rd and 12. Not an easy FG to make at 56 yards. Giants with 3 timeouts in their pocket.

Inexplicably, not one TO taken.

Has there been any explanation for this?

I didn't see anyone ask

jcn56 : 9/19/2017 12:44 am : link

The only thing I can think is that they didn't want to put more time on the clock in case the Lions decided to go for it.

Thinking back though - if Detroit still had three timeouts, it wouldn't have really mattered for them anyway.

I don't get this..

big_blue : 9/19/2017 12:52 am : link

i feel like he wasn't playing to win - he was managing a senerio or felt like he needed to regroup and wasn't confident enough to give his offense a chance. Playing scared not playing to win. Still angry about that decision

No clue

SoZKillA : 9/19/2017 12:52 am : link

I was screaming at the TV. He didn't even try and ice him for the FG. What a shit HC.

Very strange.

bceagle05 : 9/19/2017 12:54 am : link

I know Mac isn't too popular right now, but his game management in those situations has been a strength. I really didn't understand that decision though.

Yes.

old man : 9/19/2017 12:55 am : link

Testiculectomy.

We got the ball back and to our own 37 with about 20 seconds left and Eli staring at the clock.

Mc = Ray Handley.

And we should not hire OCs as HC....even Payton.

I figured it was because McAdoo was in a hurry

Jimmy Googs : 9/19/2017 1:02 am : link

to yell at everybody in the locker room...

Just like last week

Bluesbreaker : 9/19/2017 1:05 am : link

with the struggles were having putting points on the board
are magnified by how many times we have the football .
I felt the game was over down by 14 . Lions ran the hell out of the ball and ate the clock up . You have to use the TO's to at least give yourself a chance only takes one big play even if its just a FG .

McAdoo

Modus Operandi : 9/19/2017 1:05 am : link

Didn't want to ice our offense.

RE: I figured it was because McAdoo was in a hurry

chopperhatch : 9/19/2017 1:09 am : link

In comment 13605573 Jimmy Googs said:

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to yell at everybody in the locker room...

Are you fucking kidding? Just like he yelled at the ref for that bullshit PI on Jackrabbit last week?

Maybe he had to take a big dump and couldn't wait

Jimmy Googs : 9/19/2017 1:10 am : link

It literally could be hundreds of reasons...

At least use on of them to possibly ice the Kicker

montanagiant : 9/19/2017 1:25 am : link

Another head scratcher

Worse than not calling timeout

BlackLight : 9/19/2017 1:43 am : link

is running a meaningless dive play up the middle to close out the half. If you don't care about scoring, take a knee and go to halftime. If you want to try and score, run a real play.

arcarsenal : 9/19/2017 2:04 am : link

Zero faith in the offense.

He didn't want to entice them into going for it on 4th down,

shockeyisthebest8056 : 9/19/2017 2:06 am : link

which doesn't make a whole lot of sense considering they had timeouts. I was surprised they elected to kick that long FG instead of going for it.

Sloppy QB play

Giantfan in skinland : 9/19/2017 2:13 am : link

I assume.

RE: Sloppy QB play

map7711 : 9/19/2017 6:33 am : link

In comment 13605646 Giantfan in skinland said:

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I assume.

Now that made me laugh.

I was screaming for a time out as well

est1986 : 9/19/2017 9:17 am : link

He made this mistake regularly last season. His time management in game has been awful since he took over.

Huge

Motley Two : 9/19/2017 9:21 am : link

RE: Worse than not calling timeout

SHO'NUFF : 9/19/2017 12:19 pm : link

In comment 13605631 BlackLight said:

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is running a meaningless dive play up the middle to close out the half. If you don't care about scoring, take a knee and go to halftime. If you want to try and score, run a real play.

I'm not sure what they were trying to do there. If they got a big gain, then maybe go for it? Like the Nicks Hail Mary play after the Bradshaw run vs GB?