The Chargers should have won today. They blew it in the fourth quarter by wasting two timeouts and getting two stupid 15 yard penalties. One timeout was wasted when they challenged a call where there was no reason to challenge. The guy clearly fumbled, so wasting one of your 3 timeouts was not wise. The second timeout was wasted when they called it following a long stop in play after an injury. They had plenty of time to call a play and be ready to go, but for some reason, they called timeout. This really cost them at the end, because with two more timeouts, they could have run at least two more plays and thrown the ball over the middle and gained more yardage. The result would have been a much closer field goal attempt. 54 yards was too far away.
The two penalties were ridiculous. One bailed out the Patriots after they had failed on 3rd and long and the other gave the Patriots good field position after the Chargers had to kick off from the 15.
They beat themselves and gave Tom Brady a chance to come back, which he did. Disappointing.
No comments:
Post a Comment