A lot of people talked last week about Pete's decision not to use our timeouts to give us a minute left at the end of the Rams game. Many people gave Pete a pass because "it worked" or somehow us not using timeouts puts Clemens under more pressure than he was already under despite the fact that Clemens had plenty of time, three timeouts, and was already under maximum pressure knowing this was the last time the Rams would touch the ball. (In fact if you go back and look the Rams actually correctly milked the clock between a number of plays to make sure they had the ball last). Well this week at the end of the game another decision was made that could easily have cost the Seahawks the game.
Driving for the tie, with the clock ticking down to the two minute warning, someone on the coaching staff clearly had the Seahawks rush to the line and snap the ball to get in one last rush before the warning. WHY? The only likely result of this decision, and the one that occurred, is that the Seahawks make that rush before instead of after the two minute warning. What this accomplishes is that either the Bucs gain an extra 40 seconds of clock for their last drive, or if the Bucs play it properly they simply call a timeout after the run and they have 1 less timeout for their final drive. (Note the Seahawks have all 3 of their timeouts and are in no need of saving time). Forty seconds, or one timeout just handed to the Bucs for the final drive for no reason. These type of coaching mistakes are just as bad as a drop or a player forgetting to go out of bounds and they will lose the Seahawks a game one of these days if they continue.
Driving for the tie, with the clock ticking down to the two minute warning, someone on the coaching staff clearly had the Seahawks rush to the line and snap the ball to get in one last rush before the warning. WHY? The only likely result of this decision, and the one that occurred, is that the Seahawks make that rush before instead of after the two minute warning. What this accomplishes is that either the Bucs gain an extra 40 seconds of clock for their last drive, or if the Bucs play it properly they simply call a timeout after the run and they have 1 less timeout for their final drive. (Note the Seahawks have all 3 of their timeouts and are in no need of saving time). Forty seconds, or one timeout just handed to the Bucs for the final drive for no reason. These type of coaching mistakes are just as bad as a drop or a player forgetting to go out of bounds and they will lose the Seahawks a game one of these days if they continue.
