Dumbest call next to the timeout before a fg try

[whalewager]

what he just did.

 

[PO69]

Sounded like a good call to me. It is the best time to try it anyway.

If he is successful, then the crowd is out of the game early

 

[ColonelLingus]

Pretty fuckin stupid although I get the logic... I am glad I didn't make it home before kickoff or my +3 I planned on betting would have been a big fat E. GL to all that bet tonite...

 

[Jetplane]

big fat E?

 

[ColonelLingus]

big fat E?

No free points. 0-0.

 

[Jetplane]

oh... i figured it was that. but it'd actually be a big fat -3 > thats y i was confused.

 

[FearTheRaven]

I'm glad they showed that dumb-fuck on camera after making the call. Dumb as hell.

 

[terpkeg]

i thought i recently saw a % of the "suprise" onside kick and it was recovered by the kicking team over 50% of the time.

the problem is, this year, this move seems to be more prevelant. thus, it loses the element of suprise that has made it so effective in the past. i believe the rest of the year it will be much less effective as im sure coaches are drilling the front line in the head to not get a head start running down the field until the ball is off.

but i have never seen it to start a game, so i dont think it was a bad time to try to make a play and snag momentum. it was a decision that didnt pay off. call it a gamble since field position is clearly huge in this game.

 

[desrat]

but i have never seen it to start a game, so i dont think it was a bad time to try to make a play and snag momentum. it was a decision that didnt pay off. call it a gamble since field position is clearly huge in this game.

Eagles vs Cowboys to start the 2000 season (Pickle Juice Game). Eagles recovered the opening onside kick on their way to a great thrashing of the cowpokes.