In today's playoff game against the Falcons, the Seahawks have twice been close for an easy 3-point field goal but Pete Carroll opted to try for touchdowns and the Seahawks have ZERO points. This is the worst coaching I've seen in a playoff game.
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I don't know - he has some stiff competition from Denver's ultra-conservative play-calling at the end of regulation and in the OT last night which cost them what should have been an easy win.
Posted by: brandon | January 13, 2013 at 11:40 AM
It was too conservative but Peyton Manning only looked 60 percent of his usual self. Ball didn't move with speed or accuracy.
Posted by: herculodge | January 13, 2013 at 11:42 AM
If we say that the score "should" be 20-6, it will be interesting to see if the game comes down to those six points or so. The way Seattle is playing it probably won't matter.
As for yesterday's game, it is baffling how many playoff chances Manning has had and won only one Superbowl. What a choke - he always seems to do worse in playoff games and throw that interception when it really matters.
I'll check...12 chances, 1 win. Not so good. His postseason record is now 9-11. No matter how great his stats are that keeps him behind Montana with his 4 Super Bowls and Brady with his 3+.
Compare:
Manning: 12 playoffs, 1 Super Bowl win, 9-11 record
Brady (not counting this year): 9 playoffs, 3 Super Bowl wins,16-6 record
Montana: 11 playoffs, 4 Super Bowl wins, 16-7 record
Posted by: jonnybardo | January 13, 2013 at 11:52 AM
Well now it looks like you have a point - either one of those field goals would have been the difference.
On the other side, I thought it was a mistake for Atlanta to not go for 2pt conversion at the end of the 3rd quarter to make it a 21-point game, and that decision almost came back to bite them.
Posted by: brandon | January 13, 2013 at 01:18 PM
Montana 4 Super Bowl wins? What about Steve Young----I thought he got the last of those?
Posted by: Angelo | January 13, 2013 at 02:11 PM
Montana was the winning qb against Cincinnati in 1982, Miami in 1984(or85), then Cincinnati again in 1989 and Denver in 1990.
Steve Young beat San Diego in the 1995 Super Bowl.
Regarding today's Seahawks-Atlanta game, you have to wonder why Seattle wasn't all over those 15-20 yard intermediate routes over the middle when yu knew that with two timeouts all Atlanta needed was two completions to get within FG range. Typical outcome for that drop everyone deep "prevent" defense. Happens all the time.
Posted by: Doug | January 13, 2013 at 02:28 PM
Oh yes----the first Bengals SB. As for the prevent----someone once said it "prevents winning." I don't know about that----I think coaches are generally smart enough to not lose games needlessly. But I have to say Doug----I was wondering the same thing. They didn't want to get beat by the "big play" but they got beat by two little ones. Same outcome, right?
Posted by: Angelo | January 13, 2013 at 03:36 PM