4th and inches · PACKERSHOME

sschind
Senior Member Topic Starter

11 years ago

On a 3rd or 4th and inches play the vast majority of coaches are going to call a run up the gut by a RB the vast majority of the time. Yes, sneaks work, as do sweeps and screens on occasion but the fact is, as someone else pointed out in another thread that whole shortest distance thing.

The ONLY reason 99% of the people are bitching about this call is because it didn't work and if that is the ONLY reason you are bitching about it then it wasn't a bad call. Occasionally there are stupid plays that will make you say "We dodged a bullet on that one, the play worked but it still wasn't a smart play" this is not one of those times. If Franklin makes those few inches we win this game and no one says boo about it.

I generally don't like to play the "what if" game but when that "what if" would have totally changed the way people look at a single play I think it is valid.

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PackFanWithTwins
Veteran Member

11 years ago

We had TO to burn and Cin had the play defensed perfectly. We should have taken the TO at minimum for that reason alone.

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Zero2Cool
Elite Member

11 years ago

With all the injuries, I was expecting B.J. Raji in at FB to help lead block for the elusive Franklin.

PackerTraxx
Senior Member

11 years ago

I would have liked to see them do something to get Franklin in space more, he's not a power back.

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play2win
Senior Member

11 years ago

With all the injuries, I was expecting B.J. Raji in at FB to help lead block for the elusive Franklin.

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool

Other than the sneak, this would have been perfect. I would have loved to have seen that, and for us to come out of there with the W...

Pack93z
Select Member

11 years ago

I don't have a problem with the play call.. if anything, I think Franklin made a mistake when he left his feet so early.. he is too small to be rolling all bowling ballish into the line.. maybe he could have bounced it outside once he seen the middle getting stacked up.. anything but a Tony Dorsett style leap into the fray.

Again.. not just on this play but throughout this game.. EDS struggled with a physical nose... at times he got his ass handed to him.

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play2win
Senior Member

11 years ago

Originally Posted by: Pack93z

Yeah, getting pushed back into Rodgers... wow. Where is the power?

I'm Mell Kenoke, and I'm not feelin' the power...

steveishere
Veteran Member

11 years ago

I thought the call was fine. Franklin had been elusive enough behind the line that its reasonable to expect him to find a large enough crease to get a yard. Its not about power for the back its about finding the opening. If they needed 3 or 4 yards and run that play its a diffirent story

Dulak
Veteran Member

11 years ago

Originally Posted by: sschind

I got to wonder why on earth they stopped using raji as a full back - it worked great that superbowl year (think they pulled him on 2-3 plays that year) - and it worked.

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