OFFICIAL GAME THREAD: Season On the Line PART II (vs. BILLS, 11/10)

[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by IndyNorm

If the D does their job and stops them then we call another time out and get the ball in good field position w/ ~30 seconds to go. Plenty of time to potentially get in FG range. The TO was maybe a bit on the aggressive side, but it was nowhere near the Caldwell special you guys seem to think it was.

o


There would not have been 30 seconds to go. There were 33 seconds left to play when the timeout was called, and it was 3rd down. The Bills would have run another play, then punted the ball if the Colts' defense had stopped them. By that time, there would have been maybe 10 to 12 seconds left to play if the Colts had called a fair catch, and even less time if they had tried to run the punt back. The Colts then would have had either the ball at about their own 30 yardline with perhaps 10 or 11 seconds to go if they had called for a fair catch on the punt, or maybe the ball at about their own 40 yardline with 5 or 6 seconds left to play if they had tried to run the punt back for some yardage......there was virtually no chance that the Colts were going to get the ball back after the Bills ran 2 more plays (the 3rd down play and the punt), and gotten themselves into field-goal range.


All of that said, the Colts' defense did shit the bed by allowing the 44-yard pass completion 2 plays after the timeout, so the entire fiasco was a joint-effort in incompetence by both the defense and the head coach.

o