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re: Please stop with all the crap about the Vikings late game
Posted on 1/26/10 at 8:42 am to Choupique19
Posted on 1/26/10 at 8:42 am to Choupique19
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I know this thread is a day old, but I just read this. If Minnesota could have easily run for the yardage needed, then why was it 3rd and 10? I guess you're claiming that Farve could have scrambled for 6-7 yards? Please find me Brett Farve's rushing statistics. There were two Saints linebackers ready to pummel the 40+ year old man with a bad ankle and sore ribs from the pummeling he had taken all night. Even if Farve would have gotten six or seven yards from where he threw the ball, he was still 3 yards behind the line of scrimmage. So he only would have gained a couple of yards on the play. I know you're not going to pin your Super Bowl hopes on a 54 yard fg.
Choupique19
You forgot one big mistake by the Coaching staff and that was before he threw the INT they had 12 men in the huddle penalty and that is why they had to run the play they did. Farve just did not need to throw back across the middle of the field, that is one of the first things that they are taught in the NFL before they take the field. All he had to do was run as far as he could and then go down and give it to the kicker. The worst that it could have cost them is exactly what they got, OVERTIME! Not an INT on Farves last play of the year or maybe as a PRO. Bad Move on His Part!
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Posted on 1/26/10 at 11:28 am to CaseyMc2
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All he had to do was run as far as he could and then go down and give it to the kicker. The worst that it could have cost them is exactly what they got, OVERTIME! Not an INT on Farves last play of the year or maybe as a PRO. Bad Move on His Part!
So he runs as far as he could, which was going to be a couple of yards. His kicker must now make a FG in the range of 52-54 yards to send his team to the Super Bowl.
Or, Farve could have completed the pass to the New Orleans 22 yard line, and given the kicker a 40 yard shot at the game winner, the same distance that Hartley made for the Saints.
My point is that the big screw up was the 12 men in the huddle, which is not Farve's fault. After the two runs for no gain and the penalty, Farve was forced to try and make a play. That's what ya'll are understanding about Farve; what's the difference in a missed 55 yard FG to go to OT, or him throwing a pick while trying to give their kicker a legit shot? Farve isn't afraid to fail. He was playing to win.
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