Saints call time-out 2:02 left 1h, driving

Saints call time-out 2:02 left 1h, driving Mind boggling.......

Saints defense will do them in eventually. You do not win by having a great offense and marginal defense. They will win but not the big ones.

Now ATL not using a timeout. Wow.

ATL NO TIMEOUT 1:30 left .........WOW Hire someone !!!!!!!!!! How can they be so dumb???

Somewhat surprised to see it from the Saints, but not from the Falcons. Mike Smith is beyond retarded when it comes to time management.

Now Atl down 14 will not try to score I'm seen this a million times. Give up after a bad play. REGROUP!! Then be down 10 end of the game, no understanding game was lost end of 1h by not trying. I predict a 3d draw call, instead of the right play a long pass attempt. Ok, ATL doing the right thing, but with :18 left, Saints can leave them with a Hail Mary by tackling all receivers at line of scrimmage next two plays, 10 yards in penalites, :12 seconds will run off........ OR WTF .......REFS JUST RAN EIGHT SECONDS OFF??????????? Mind Boggling. ok, 3 Seconds, that's right. Once again, lack of 'real' prevent d (tackle all receivers at scrimmage) costs a team 3. How can NO ONE figure this out??????? Roddy White attempts a diving catch, if he cathes it, he is in bounds, half over.............sigh........

Love the stream of consciousness post. Very James Joyce.

sorry for those with -10. But I think another coaching blunder at end of game by Smith - completely disagree with Jaws/Gruden - think Smith has to kick the FG with 54 seconds left from the 25 - yes the TD is preferred but at the end of the day you need both and time is too precious - couldn't believe they didn't kcik it right there after the replay - then go for onsides with 50 seconds. Just another one of many blunders we continue to see.

I disagree on the TD/FG. You go for the TD from the 25, but the key is your QB can NOT get sacked. HE must throw it away. YOu run 3 guys downfield and a running back out 3 yards so if he is going to get sacked he hits the RB who doesnt catch it. They should have been able to throw to the endzone 3 times in 15-16 seconds and kick the FG if no TD. Instead they get sacked I believe.

[QUOTE=Fezzik;8158]Mind boggling.......[/QUOTE] I think I disagree with you on this Fez. I use to think the same thing but you actually end of with an extra 2 seconds of playing time by doing this. It's splitting hairs so not a big deal either way but I think it is actually the right move. Lets say there was 2:12 left before they ran the play to get to 2:02. If we assume a play takes 10 seconds before you call the time out and 30 seconds once you have no timeouts, you can play it down. You end up with the same amount of plays, whether you took the time out just before or after the 2 min. warning but you end of saving 2 seconds, which may or may not make a big difference later on. Again, splitting hairs because we are only talking about two seconds.