Game tied 7-7 it's 4th and 1 on the Bears 5 yard line. The field goal unit enters the field.

I thought "this has to be a fake", it wasn't. After the fieldgoal the Bears scored a TD and we were down 14-10.

Even if the fake fails you have the Bears pinned at the 5 with the game 5-5 and Cutler in command.

Mike McCarthy and Zook don't have the balls to call the game they need to call to win a game they could win with the talent they have. Don't put this on the players when you did absolutely nothing at all.

Originally Posted by: luigis 

Mathstay can't even punt anymore, you really think he can execute a fake field goal.

Originally Posted by: DakotaT 

Mathstay can't even punt anymore, you really think he can execute a fake field goal.

Originally Posted by: DakotaT 

Something else I noted during pre-season in the "What's wrong with our Ginger" thread. He was awful then and has been Tim Shanks-a-lot Masthay ever since. Wait, no, he had a good game or two didn't he? Either way, if you can't punt it well, just freaking go for it when you're between the damn 40's.

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool 

Game tied 7-7 it's 4th and 1 on the Bears 5 yard line. The field goal unit enters the field.

I thought "this has to be a fake", it wasn't. After the fieldgoal the Bears scored a TD and we were down 14-10.

Even if the fake fails you have the Bears pinned at the 5 with the game 7-7 and Cutler in command.

Mike McCarthy and Zook don't have the balls to call the game they need to call to win a game they could win with the talent they have. Don't put this on the players when you did absolutely nothing at all.

Originally Posted by: luigis 

They wouldn't go for a fake, if anything they'd keep the offense on the field and most likely run it... which in the first quarter they did that on 4th down and lost yardage.

So maybe having too much balls early on cost them the game, because they could of kicked it for a FG in the 1st and gotten 3 points instead of going for it on 4th down... and then at the end of the game kicked another FG.... so they would of had 6 more points if they didn't go for it on 4th down in the 1st quarter (assuming Crosby makes the FGs).

Originally Posted by: beast 

We were not in FG range when we went for it in the 1st. It was 4th and 2 at the 48 of the Bears that's a 65 yard field goal...

Originally Posted by: luigis 

You're probably right, but I think Crosby has the potential leg strength to possibly make a 65 yard FG someday... after all he has made some 50+ FGs with the ball flying way over the bar. The bigger question would be weather he has the accuracy, whether they block the pass rush and whether the ball is put in a divot or not. Also he's been on fire since his miss in the Lions game.

And Crosby is 19 for 21 this year so far... with his two misses coming with less than 6 seconds left in the quarter during the second half of a game. A 44 yarder against the 49ers with 2 seconds left in the 3rd quarter and a 52 yarder that was placed in a "divot" and Crosby high topped the ball against the Lions with 5 seconds left in the 4th quarter.

Crosby's 50+ yarder this year were,
~ 54 yarder with 6:57 left in the 1st against the Seahawks,
~ 56 yarder with 9:13 left in the 3rd against the Broncos,
~ 52 yarder with 4:19 left in the 4th against the Vikings in which Crosby broke a record of 5 FGs at or over 40 yarders.
~ 50 yarder with 4 seconds left in the 2nd against the Bears

Originally Posted by: beast