Millhouse
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meatheads have unrealistic expectations of kickers because know nothing about kicking.I was shaking my head the moment the FG team came on the field, not just afterwords. If we hit it, and we're down 8, you are forcing a defense that has been battered the 2nd half to get a full stop, not even allow a FG. If you score a TD, even if you miss the 2 point conversion, you are asking the defense to give up no more than a FG. That's probably more motivational for a unit that is tired, beaten up, and having trouble stopping the opponent that half.
Offense against USF and up to that point against Cincy, had been better than the defense. So let the offense win the game. It's 4th and 3, not 4th and 10. Balance that out with the place on the field, given your kicker, ground that has been rained on for however long, the issues you have with FG protection. Just made no sense. It was completely NFL.
When I saw Marrone's reaction to the miss, which was probably his most angry reaction of the day, it almost made me wonder if it was a stubborn call, like I'm the ST coach, and we can make an FG. Probably off base, but couldn't help but wonder.
kickers need to make everything inside 50 yards
and punters need to put punts out of bounds inside the 5.
the only way you can justify kicking mathematically is to be absolutely sure he'll make it