wbs@cybvax0.UUCP (William B. Solomon) (11/14/85)
Some of you out there are saying Denver was lucky because of a
snowball and a pass interference. I think they were lucky be-
cause they got away with some horrible play calling in the last
5 minutes of the game. I'm talking about 3 ill-advised passes.
1.) about 5 minutes left, 4th qrtr. Denver leads 14-13, 3rd down
and 1 to go on there own 30. They must run for the first,
if they get it the drive continues as well as the clock.
Instead Elway's pass is dropped by a 49er linebacker in Denver's
own territory. Clock stops, they punt and the niners drive for
a field goal to take a 16-14 lead with about 3 minutes remaining.
2.) after the pass-interference and a subsequent completion to the
49er 10 yard line, Denver has the niners where they want them.
2 minutes remaining. The obvious strategy, protect the ball, run
the ball, stay in bounds and force SF to use their timeouts.
What does Denver do? THEY PASS! TWICE! They were lucky that they
both were caught and the recievers stayed in bounds. SF had to
use all 3 of their timeouts which made all the differece in the
niners last ditch effort to pull the game out.
If Reaves coaches like this the rest of the season, Denver has 2
chances, none and none. You don't do this against the seahawks
and Raiders and get away with it.
William Solomon
Brighton Ma.ins_adlk@jhunix.UUCP (Darren Lee Kadish) (11/15/85)
> If Reaves coaches like this the rest of the season, Denver has 2 > chances, none and none. You don't do this against the seahawks > and Raiders and get away with it. > > > William Solomon > Brighton Ma. I agree totally!. -- Darren Kadish