Bad clock management at the end of the game

[Moosejawcolt]

On 9/23/2024 at 9:53 AM, SC-Coltsfan said:

This has probably already been mentioned, but maybe not. 

 

There was 2:01 left in the game and the Bears had one timeout left. I was very surprised we didn't return the kickoff to essentially burn the 2 minute warning timeout that the Bears were then able to use. In the end, we got a first down, so it didn't matter this time. However, had we not gotten the first down, the Bears could have had over a minute to play with opposed to maybe 25 seconds had they only had their one timeout.

 

 

I believe in Steichen as a developer of qbs and a play caller. However, his  coaching  decisions on 4th are very suspect at this time. He has been playing very poor qbs the last 2 weeks in close games. Punt the ball and try to pin them deep. Dont give the offense the ball at mid field and give up easy points. He did it once in both games against the Packers and Bears. Relying to much on analytics and not flow of the game.