Maybe NFL Teams Will Learn From Jim Harbaugh's Punting Mistake

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  • BillsImpossible
    Registered User
    • Mar 2013
    • 16206

    Maybe NFL Teams Will Learn From Jim Harbaugh's Punting Mistake

    Hypothetical scenario: Bills are winning by 2 points, have the ball on the Bengals 47 yard line with 10 seconds left in the game.

    It's 4th and 2.

    What's your call?

    If you haven't seen the play yet, here it is:

  • Goobylal
    Registered User
    • Jan 2004
    • 19371

    #2
    Re: Maybe NFL Teams Will Learn From Jim Harbaugh's Punting Mistake

    Punter obviously had money on the game. Doesn't mean punting wasn't the best move since that's a one-in-a-thousand outcome.

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    • Joe Fo Sho
      Making Spirits Bright
      • Mar 2006
      • 6194

      #3
      Re: Maybe NFL Teams Will Learn From Jim Harbaugh's Punting Mistake

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      • YardRat
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        • Dec 2004
        • 86278

        #4
        Re: Maybe NFL Teams Will Learn From Jim Harbaugh's Punting Mistake

        Originally posted by Goobylal View Post
        Punter obviously had money on the game. Doesn't mean punting wasn't the best move since that's a one-in-a-thousand outcome.
        It was a great pitch to Jackson, hit him right in stride.
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        • Meathead
          Insufferable ***** and perpetual crybaby
          • Jul 2002
          • 21349

          #5
          Re: Maybe NFL Teams Will Learn From Jim Harbaugh's Punting Mistake

          punting was the right call. god just has a wicked sense of humor
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          • Joe Fo Sho
            Making Spirits Bright
            • Mar 2006
            • 6194

            #6
            Re: Maybe NFL Teams Will Learn From Jim Harbaugh's Punting Mistake

            Originally posted by BillsImpossible View Post
            What's your call?
            My call is to punt using a punter that is one of the top 32 in the world and is not using a 'rugby' type punt which forces the punter to catch the snap and start running before kicking it. It's the smart play, no matter what happens in college.

            What could possibly be a better option?

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            • BillsImpossible
              Registered User
              • Mar 2013
              • 16206

              #7
              Re: Maybe NFL Teams Will Learn From Jim Harbaugh's Punting Mistake

              I would put my quarterback in shotgun, have him roll out to burn a few seconds and then have him throw the highest arcing pass ever seen on a, "Hail Mary Rainbow," deep to the endzone.

              Incomplete, clock expires, Bills win.

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              • Mr. Pink
                Peterman Sucks!
                • Mar 2006
                • 35303

                #8
                Re: Maybe NFL Teams Will Learn From Jim Harbaugh's Punting Mistake

                And how often have you seen that happen?

                You want to change what you do based on one rare freak occurrence that you'll likely never see again?

                Brilliant!

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                • Goobylal
                  Registered User
                  • Jan 2004
                  • 19371

                  #9
                  Re: Maybe NFL Teams Will Learn From Jim Harbaugh's Punting Mistake

                  That punter must be getting death threats by the truckload today.

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                  • Joe Fo Sho
                    Making Spirits Bright
                    • Mar 2006
                    • 6194

                    #10
                    Re: Maybe NFL Teams Will Learn From Jim Harbaugh's Punting Mistake

                    Originally posted by BillsImpossible View Post
                    I would put my quarterback in shotgun, have him roll out to burn a few seconds and then have him throw the highest arcing pass ever seen on a, "Hail Mary Rainbow," deep to the endzone.

                    Incomplete, clock expires, Bills win.
                    A QB sack is 1,000 times more likely than a fumbled snap on a punt. Especially when the defense is not defending for a hail mary, they're defending for a 4th and 2.

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                    • BillsImpossible
                      Registered User
                      • Mar 2013
                      • 16206

                      #11
                      Re: Maybe NFL Teams Will Learn From Jim Harbaugh's Punting Mistake

                      Originally posted by Joe Fo Sho View Post
                      A QB sack is 1,000 times more likely than a fumbled snap on a punt. Especially when the defense is not defending for a hail mary, they're defending for a 4th and 2.
                      If a QB takes the snap and launches the ball as high as possible in less than 2 seconds, he's not getting sacked.

                      Stack the line, max protect, snap, throw, game over.

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                      • Goobylal
                        Registered User
                        • Jan 2004
                        • 19371

                        #12
                        Re: Maybe NFL Teams Will Learn From Jim Harbaugh's Punting Mistake

                        Hindsight is a wonderful thing, no?

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                        • BillsImpossible
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                          • Mar 2013
                          • 16206

                          #13
                          Re: Maybe NFL Teams Will Learn From Jim Harbaugh's Punting Mistake

                          Originally posted by Goobylal View Post
                          Hindsight is a wonderful thing, no?
                          I just think that there are better ways to run 10 seconds off the clock instead of punting.

                          Putting the ball in to the hands of your punter to win a game is not the right call.

                          Use the quarterback as the, "punter."

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                          • Joe Fo Sho
                            Making Spirits Bright
                            • Mar 2006
                            • 6194

                            #14
                            Re: Maybe NFL Teams Will Learn From Jim Harbaugh's Punting Mistake

                            Originally posted by BillsImpossible View Post
                            If a QB takes the snap and launches the ball as high as possible in less than 2 seconds, he's not getting sacked.

                            Stack the line, max protect, snap, throw, game over.
                            You think a QB can get more than 8 seconds of hang time on a pass?

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                            • IlluminatusUIUC
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                              • Sep 2012
                              • 8966

                              #15
                              Re: Maybe NFL Teams Will Learn From Jim Harbaugh's Punting Mistake

                              I'm ok with the idea of going for it, but they should in no way be running a pass play. I'd say run some kind of sweep play to the field side to burn as much clock as possible. If he converts, great. Game over. If he doesn't, MSU has one play for a hail mary.


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