Right. I’m saying that’s when the timeout should’ve been called. 1st down play ended in a 10-yard penalty. 2nd down play ended in a 6-yard sack at the 32-second mark. Your field position went from the 25 to the 41 in an instant. The entire gameplan was wrecked. You’ve lost 16 yards, 2 downs and the clock is running. CALL A TIMEOUT!
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Almost 24 hours later and I still can’t believe how dumb that was…the Bears should hire these 2 guy to manage the clock…
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This is true, but if you call time out there, and you make a play to get you in position for the field you can’t stop the clock. Unless your plan on kicking the long field goal from were you are.
The whole playbook is open when there’s 30 seconds on the clock. You can dump it 5 yards in the middle of the field, take a deep shot, play the sideline or even scramble up the middle. If you take 12 seconds for an offensive play (a lifetime), you still have enough time to run the FG team out there without stopping the clock.
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But you have to make a play, your QB went back there scrambled around then heaved to the end zone. I’m mean he needs to be aware of the time. He used up all the time on a scramble drill. If he throws the ball quickly you call time out and kick the field goal. Like you said most of the Play book is open from there. But you can’t hold the ball for 20 secs then through it incomplete. All most anything but that gets you another play.
I agree that was the plan. It was a good plan. Like you said, you want the whole playbook open to you.
The plan fell apart.
1st and 10 at the 25 became 2nd and 20 at the 35.
2nd and 20 at the 35 became 3rd and 26 at the 41.
This is the moment where Tyson has officially punched you in the mouth, LOL. Your plan is relying on a rookie QB to get you into a play that was called ahead of time at 2nd and 20.
Clock ticks, pandemonium ensues, Tcmouse, Linebusy and millions of Lions-loving fans go on to enjoy their turkey dinner.
I’m calling a timeout as quick as Caleb is sacked. Yes, i’m out of timeouts, but I have plenty of time for a play anywhere on the field AND getting the FG team out there.
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The ball was snapped on the final play with six seconds left. The issue was from 20 seconds to 6 seconds, Caleb was looking to the sideline for a play, or for people to get set, or whatever he was doing. Glad he got out that brain fart against us.
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Rookie QB and inexperienced HC. We lucked out.
We also lucked out that they did not call DPI on TA on the final play, as they would have if we were the SOL.
Lucked out in that we didn’t get burned buy a ref falling for the sell-job that the receiver did.
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Sometimes its better to be lucky than good!
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I think they botched the Vildor call so badly that they wouldn’t dare do it right there again.
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I’ve been watching the Lions for 50 years, I’ll never apologize for a little luck. That thing has worked against us for 48 of them years.
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Well bears did lose by 3 or less points vs GB and Minnesota as well.
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I saw this article last night, and I think I know why there was so much confusion.
https://www.nfl.com/news/bears-matt-eberflus-caleb-williams-botched-final-play-loss-lions
First and foremost, I still put the majority of the blame on Eberflus. He is the head coach and is supposed to be in charge of managing the game. He has the authority to call a timeout anytime he sees something is wrong. So he gets the chief amount of blame.
Now, I think I know why there was so much confusion on the last play, and I think it was Caleb’s fault. I watched the players post game, and the players were as confused as we were. Keenan Allen and DJ Moore both said they expected a timeout to be called, and they weren’t expecting the clock to run down so far. On the field, you could see guys were lost, and were motioning to hurry up. However, look at these post game comments from Williams. I am bolding the parts I think are important.
Williams got the Bears lined up with about 13 seconds left, but the quarterback told reporters postgame that he made an adjustment on the the play just before that moment.
“I ended up changing the play,” Williams explained, "because with the play we had, 13 seconds – any play you have with 13 seconds with no time… Well, we had a timeout, but with that situation, 13 seconds, make a call and try and get it snapped and take a shot."
Williams went on to explain what happened after taking the sack.
“In that situation we had a call, I got the call in, trying to get the guys back, focused on making sure everyone gets back, gets lined up,” Williams said. "I know we don’t have much time left, and so trying to get everybody back. I don’t have a microphone to speak to coach or anything like that, so there wasn’t like any huge communication in that situation. You get a call with that time, you got to try and get the guys back and get everyone lined up so you go run a play. We got lined up, got the play and then I made an adjustment because I saw the clock running down knowing that if we complete a ball inbounds or anything like that, we won’t have time to kick a field goal or anything like that. So, I made an adjustment and knew Rome was either going to be one-on-one or he was going to beat the safety and be one-on-one there. Tried to give him a shot, we got the shot and missed."
I saw in another video, Caleb said he knew that play would be the last play of the game. Here’s what I really think happened. I think Caleb tried to play hero ball. Caleb admits, he got the call in and then he changed the play. My bet is, the call was for a quick out or something to get a little closer for a FG. Eberflus even said that’s what the idea was. Caleb then changed the call. I think what he was doing was intentional. I think he wanted to run the clock down on purpose, and throw a pass as time was expiring to get a TD and the win. He wanted the walkoff moment. The entire offense was expecting to try for the FG, so no one was ready for the call. That’s why the rest of the team was so confused.
Caleb’s comments about getting Odunze into a one on one mean to me, he wanted to take the last minute shot into the end zone. What’s really funny is Caleb said if Odunze caught the ball, we would be having a different discussion. I disagree. Even if Odunze catches it, he was on the 3 yard line and brackted high and low by Branch and Vildor. He would’ve gotten tackled short. In Caleb’s eyes though, he wanted the home run ball, swung for the fences and just missed it.
Eberflus is going to pay the price, and rightly so, but this wasn’t a rookie getting lost in the moment. This was a guy who knew what he wanted to do, tried to execute his own plan and no one was on the same page as he was. Caleb is also more than willing to not accept responsibility for the decision, or even come out and say it was an absolute garbage throw to Odunze. In his eye, as always, he doesn’t see he did nothing wrong.
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https://www.nfl.com/news/bears-matt-eberflus-caleb-williams-botched-final-play-loss-lions
Eberflus is a bad coach but this one is not his fault.
Williams got the Bears lined up with about 13 seconds left, but the quarterback told reporters postgame that he made an adjustment on the the play just before that moment.
“I ended up changing the play,” Williams explained, “because with the play we had, 13 seconds – any play you have with 13 seconds with no time… Well, we had a timeout, but with that situation, 13 seconds, make a call and try and get it snapped and take a shot.”
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“13 seconds”?
He was sacked with 32 seconds. That was plenty of time to get everyone lined up for a quick gain. “13 seconds”, Caleb, is a travesty.
Just watching it again, the illegal hands to the face by Jenkins was the drive killer for them. That game was in the palm of their hands with a reception at the 13-yard line and the clock stopped, just to end up 2nd and 20 at the 35.
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Changing the play is just pure stupidity or arrogance. 13 seconds is enough to run a short yardage play and call timeout. He either didn’t understand how timeouts work or he just wanted to be the hero.
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Kid has talent but is learning that the NFL and the PAC12 are two different leagues. Superhero skills are great, but part of superhero skill is mental and that is where his greatest growth has to come. Plenty of time
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In one game he’s exhibited:
inaccuracy
bad decision-making
petulance
lack of awareness
For all the attention Jamo’s getting about needing to grow up, Williams has even further to go.
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He also showed pin point accuracy, timing, mobility, a strong arm and play making ability in the same game. He’s got a long ways to go, especially on the mental side, but he has all the physical tools you can ask for.
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