Classic error in last night's Philly/Atlanta game: running the ball is working so... pass it.
Last year we did this against the Buckeyes and this year against Northern Illinois.
You can run all the analytics you want, but Woody Hayes said it best: There are three things that can happen when you put the ball in the air and two of them are bad.
I am not against passing at all. But it does add an element of risk in situations that do not require it.
Replies to: Classic error in last night's Philly/Atlanta game: running the ball is working so... pass it.
Siriani is awful. If they can him Roseman will hire another dummy. Someone not a threat to him!
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Running the ball is not without risk, but fair point.
I really wonder if all of the analytics that are in use extend to this level of analysis. Because then there could be a really interesting dynamic if the defense is using analytics too, "that's what they expect us to do".
So who has the best AI?
Did Knute and Gus have an AI that came up with throwing to a receiver while he was running on pass plays?
Knute and Gus would be good names for LLMs.
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Would an LLM have decided not to take the plane?
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Curls, you beat me to it
I immediately thought of the NIU game. At the very least a run would have knocked some time off the clock and maybe made it harder for ATL to score.
Jalen pulled a Leonard
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The pass (in the Philly game) was fine... it's the call I believe was unnecessarily risky.
Whoever gave Leonard the green light in our NI game made the unforced error.
As a diehard Eagles fan, I actually don't hate the call
You have a $50m QB and a $13m RB and you gave them the opportunity to ice the game. The RB has to make that play right there.
I am already over the Saquon Barkley experience 2 weeks in.
Fellow Philly Guy here, Jason Kelce was crying in his many pitchers of beer.
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