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Colts final drive

giant power : 1/10/2021 9:41 am
Surprised there has been no discussion of clock management on the Colts final drive. Indy got the ball back at their own 14 with 2:30 to go. They only had to get into field goal range to extend the game into overtime. They reached their 30 at the two minute warning. From there they ended up at the Bills 47 with 14 seconds left. They burned 1:47 off the clock to move the ball 23 yards. Have to do a better job than that, especially when it may be Rivers last attempt to go anywhere in the post season.
Phillip Rivers  
Earl the goat : 1/10/2021 9:57 am : link
Can’t win a playoff game. He may be a HOF QB but is a choke when it comes to playoffs
RE: Phillip Rivers  
ZogZerg : 1/10/2021 10:01 am : link
In comment 15116968 Earl the goat said:
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Can’t win a playoff game. He may be a HOF QB but is a choke when it comes to playoffs


Hall of Fame of losers...

Actually, I can't stand Rivers, be he played a very GOOD game yesterday. He certainly didn't get help from his teammates - missing FGs and dropping balls.

Refs continue to fuck up NFL games by not calling that a fumble, which it clearly was. It's obvious that they want these game to be super close.
Rivers hasn't put a whole playoffs  
pjcas18 : 1/10/2021 10:07 am : link
together, but he's 5 - 7 in the playoffs. Bad I guess but not terrible.

there are 26 QB's in the history of the NFL with more playoff wins.

that's it. 26. Going back to the 1930's.

of the 26, 15 of them are in the HOF. Of the 11 not in the HOF another 5 or 6 of them will be (Brady, Peyton, Roethlisberger, Rodgers, Brees, maybe Eli and Russel Wilson) and that leaves about 3 or 4 QB's not in the HOF with more playoff wins than him in NFL history.

bottom line, winning in the playoffs is hard and requires a total team effort.
RE: Rivers hasn't put a whole playoffs  
JohnB : 1/10/2021 10:11 am : link
In comment 15116976 pjcas18 said:
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together, but he's 5 - 7 in the playoffs. Bad I guess but not terrible.

there are 26 QB's in the history of the NFL with more playoff wins.

that's it. 26. Going back to the 1930's.

of the 26, 15 of them are in the HOF. Of the 11 not in the HOF another 5 or 6 of them will be (Brady, Peyton, Roethlisberger, Rodgers, Brees, maybe Eli and Russel Wilson) and that leaves about 3 or 4 QB's not in the HOF with more playoff wins than him in NFL history.

bottom line, winning in the playoffs is hard and requires a total team effort.


Well researched. Thank you
I thought the same thing  
Eli Wilson : 1/10/2021 10:18 am : link
In fact, my son turned to me and said -"They don't seem to be in much of a hurry here"

It's almost as if they were just playing for the FG and wanted the clock to expire no matter what happened.
1 sequence I didn’t get .. though I was distracted.  
Spider56 : 1/10/2021 10:19 am : link
On the last drive it appeared the a Colts were charged a timeout because of an injury to an OL ... but the clock was stopped on an inc pass ... why?
But I may have missed something.
gave it away  
richinpa : 1/10/2021 10:23 am : link
They lost the game to the Bills more than the bills won it

Had a missed FG, couldn't score and didnt get any points on the 2-3 yard line in 2nd quarter

Rivers passes on the last drive were pitiful.
Not kicking the FG  
Beezer : 1/10/2021 11:19 am : link
turned out to be a big deal.

I was baffled by that move. In the playoffs I think you take 3 there and keep it tight. Seemed like a bit of a jitters decision. Backfired.
How about buffalo’s play calling  
mattlawson : 1/10/2021 11:41 am : link
The series before to leave 2:30 on the clock?! Glad they won but holy shit they nearly blew the game
Almost 500 yards of offense  
GiantsRage2007 : 1/10/2021 12:25 pm : link
and only 24 pts... yuck

As an aside: Buffalo might want to defend the middle of the field next week. Sheesh.
Rivers has been on enough talented teams  
fanoftheteam : 1/10/2021 4:04 pm : link
In his career - hes not a closer by any means. I hope he has to wait to get in the hall at least.
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