NFL Note 20 December 09

Right now I am watching an exciting Miami-Tennessee game. It is 24-24 with 1:09 to play and will probably go into overtime as a Titian punt was downed at the Dolphin 2 yard line.

But here was an interesting thing from the announcer: Tennessee was up 24-6 and Miami had a 4′th and 3 at the Tennessee 27. So the Dolphins lined up for a field goal and the announcers said that was a questionable decision. They made the kick.

Well, come the 4′th quarter when the Dolphins had closed to 24-16 and were driving…I’ll bet that they were glad that they had that 3 points!

On another note, my wife and I had entertained the idea of driving to St. Louis to see the Rams (aka Lambs) play but decided against it when it appeared that she would have a meeting associated with her play. Well, it appears that there is no meeting and the Rams played the Texans to a 16-13 loss, and even lead at the half.

(photos from yahoo)

Back to the game. We are in overtime and Tennessee just intercepted Miami at the 42 (Miami’s), and now they got 15 more yards on a personal foul. I don’t agree with the call; basically a Dolphin made sure that the defensive back was down. They now have it at the 27 so unless they fumble, the Titans should win the game; though they lost 2 yards. So the kick is from 46 yards, but the kicker has a monster leg. Good..game over. Relief for the Titans, heartbreak for the Dolphins.

A note on the Bears-Ravens
It only took 1:26 for the Bears to turn it over; this time just past midfield.
It took the Ravens only 4-5 plays to cash in with a touchdown.
Bears drive into the red zone, throw interception number 2…all in under 10 minutes of game time.
Groan.
No problem; Baltimore drives it 81 yards; 14-0, Ravens. This looks like one of those games in which a SEC school plays “northernmost southwest boot-hill state” type of teams.

Update The Bears mount a good drive lead by their running attack. But on 4′th and goal for the 1, they try a pass and fail. BUT, the defense pins the Ravens and force a punt, which is run back 50 yards for a TD. It is now 14-7 Ravens, though it appears that the Ravens are about to kick a field goal.

Wow…bad snap and the Ravens miss a field goal. The punt/kick snappers have a very important job.
But the Bears went out of bounds twice and gave it back with 1:30 left in the half. This was poor clock management by the Bears.

Second Half: same as the first. The Ravens score after only 1:30 into the second half to go up 21-7, and then the Bears fumble the kickoff and the Ravens recover.

Ravens drive it 50 yards; 28-7, Ravens.

The Bears fumble it AGAIN…on the 8 yard line, but a Raven personal foul puts them back; the Bear defense holds the Ravens to a field goal…”only” 31-7 right now.

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