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Originally Posted by rakeme
I was listening to the press conference today, they said the 1st down marker (the one we saw on TV during the replay) wasn't official. The actual marker was much closer to the goal line than the one we saw on the replay (replay marker was closer to the 1 yard line). Maybe they did still get the 1st down though, who knows. But I originally thought we got screwed too with the spot.
This is correct.
When I saw the spot, I immediately looked at the far marker and was like "Oh, that's a first", but then they called for a measurement and brought the chains from the near side, and from what it looked like, the line to gain was about the 2 inch line, and I'm not exaggerating. It was insanely close to the goal line.
Another thing that tilted me this game and has frustrated me in other games is the offense apparently doesn't know how to run some ****ing clock. During the go-ahead drive in the 4th, the consistently were snapping the ball with 10-15s on the play clock. At that point in time, you have to assume this will be the last drive you have to score and should be running the clock to take away time for AZ. They did it last game vs STL. Down one possession late, the consistently snapped the ball with 10+ seconds on the play clock.
I also wish the would have tried one more out route after Maclin's completion to the 16. I think 2 chances from the ~10 > 3 from the 16. I did like the play calls on the throw to the endzone. They had 3 chances in 1-on-1 coverage to go up and make a play. The throws were a little iffy though. A bit too close to the sidelines and on the last play Johnson was smart and let Matthews catch it but just shoved him OOB.