@ledzepfan1 said:I don't understand the play calling before the second half. We go for a fake field goal to get the first down, and then the next play we go for the field goal? If we wouldn't of converted it would of been turnover on downs. What was the point of this? At least throw a strike at the endzone after that....
I copied this from a Lion's board:
"Another unsung hero was Louis Delmas. Watch the replay of the fake field goal, which I'm sure the Browns figured was going for a TD. Delmas was the only one alert enough to recognize the possiblity and he looked over, saw Furrey alone on the sideline, and sprinted from the pack of players on the line of scrimmage over to the sideline just in time to knock him out of bounds and hold the Browns to a field goal. If that was six points, we may never have recovered."
http://www.mlive.com/lions/index.ssf/2009/..._up_big_on.html
The call was a FANTASTIC one. From film study, the coaches noticed something and figured they could get an easy TD in that situation. The refs, again, did the Browns no favors. They took forever to spot the ball, giving Delma more time to figure this out. Dieken noticed it. He'll talk about it on "The Point After", I'll bet.
Good coaching, great call. Bad luck.
The one debatable thing is the use of Furrey in this and other situations where you are looking for yards after the catch. Even with Delma sniffing out the play, Furrey needs only to break one tackle and it is 6 points. And we had a TO, so he didn't need to get out of bounds on the play. Cribbs or even Stuckey would have been the better option. I really would rather see Robiskie getting time over Furrey. We know what Furrey is.
