The 12th man effect

[StoningtonQB]

Not here to troll! I come in peace... but I found a meme you guys might enjoy. Even the opposing team wants to get in on that 12th man ceremony last weekend:

 

[STBR 27]

Just be thankful the 49ers don't have a #12 on their team!

 

[StoningtonQB]

Honestly though, from a guy who didn't have a dog in the fight, this one ranks right up there with the time the Saints were fighting to make the playoffs and pulled off a miracle lateral sequence for the game-tying TD, then missed the extra point to lose the game with no time left on the clock.

 

[WizardHawk]

Meh, the take away from that game is remembering how important finishing is. I really doubt the team would be that flat late against SF even if they were up 30. It just won't be the same game. Both defenses are probably going to have their chances to impact the outcome in the latter half of the 4th quarter.

 

[SonnyCID]

Meh, the take away from that game is remembering how important finishing is. I really doubt the team would be that flat late against SF even if they were up 30. It just won't be the same game. Both defenses are probably going to have their chances to impact the outcome in the latter half of the 4th quarter.

What has gone unmentioned as far as that game is just how Wilson was his normal clutch self late. Sure he didn't light up the box score, but what happened when the saints went down and scored their first TD? Wilson made some nice clutch throws and the Hawks responded with the go-ahead score.

Maybe no other QB in the league that the stats tell you less about his impact on the game.

 

[Judge Fudge]

Funny story i read on tuesday

METAIRIE, La. -- New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton and wide receiver Marques Colston both clarified Monday that the ill-fated forward pass that ended Saturday's 23-15 loss to the Seattle Seahawks was, in fact, a designed play that went awry.

It was supposed to be a lateral across the field to running back Travaris Cadet -- a play the Saints had added to their playbook a week earlier. But Colston admittedly struggled with the execution by throwing the ball forward.

And Payton admitted that the Saints probably called the play earlier than needed, with 11 seconds remaining and New Orleans on its own 49-yard line. But he said with no timeouts left, the Saints went with it.

Obviously that play wasn't the reason the Saints lost on Saturday. But it became a hot-button topic afterward since it was such an unorthodox finish that squandered away the possibility of one last prayer.

"We're probably maybe a play early from [needing to call] it, but with no timeouts ... " Payton said. "We'd kind of seen something on tape, Marques has got a pretty good arm. You know, hindsight, [it was] a play where he could have caught it, stepped out and then maybe [we throw] a Hail Mary to the end zone. But it was a play we had put in a week and a half ago, prior to this game, which was a deep throw to Marques and then across the field to Cadet. So, yeah, he wasn't freelancing."

"It's a play that we worked on," Colston said. "Obviously, it's not an ideal situation (being behind with time expiring and no timeouts), but the ball came out. And obviously the throw didn't go the way I would have planned. But, it happens."

New Orleans Saints say final play was planned - ESPN

 

[StoningtonQB]

If they were fucking that up during practice, I probably wouldn't have tried that in a real game situation... just sayin.

 

[anotheridiot]

If they were fucking that up during practice, I probably wouldn't have tried that in a real game situation... just sayin.

I think they expected the clock to be at zero when he caught the ball and not be able to step out of bounds at the 38 yard line and get another play. It was never a question of trying it, it was a question of trying it with 3 seconds left on the clock.

 

[SonnyCID]

I think they expected the clock to be at zero when he caught the ball and not be able to step out of bounds at the 38 yard line and get another play. It was never a question of trying it, it was a question of trying it with 3 seconds left on the clock.

There was 8 seconds on the clock.