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Bill Johanesen -> RE: General Vikes Talk (3/30/2023 8:09:55 AM)
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ORIGINAL: jbusse
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ORIGINAL: ronhextall
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ORIGINAL: David F.
My Mount Rushmore of Vikings overrated/futility/choke/major-pieces:
1. Herschell Walker
2. Kirk Cousins
3. Brad Childress aka kickass offense
4. Adrian Peterson
Robert Smith is near the top of mine, STOP RUNNING OUT OF BOUNDS in NFC Title Game, and Vikings walk into Super Bow.
I've felt the same way about the end of that game and the supposedly super smart Smith failing to stay inbounds. To make sure I didn't have a false memory, I went over the youtube full game video.
As a benchmark for the amount of clock time burned on an inbounds run: At 5:14, Leroy Hoard is tackled inbounds, and the ball is snapped on the next play at 4:39 ==> 0:35 of clock usage.
Smith's three runs out of bounds:
1. At 5:59, Smith runs out of bounds on 1st and 10 after a 9-yard gain, making a token effort to stay inbounds. Clock is wound after the ball is set for the next play. 0:15 off the clock instead of 0:35 ==> foregone 0:20.
2. At 5:37, Smith runs out of bounds on 2nd and 1 after a 16-yard run, making no effort to stay inbounds. Clock is wound after the ball is set for the next play. 0:20 off the clock instead of 0:35 ==> foregone 0:15.
3. At 4:32, Smith runs out of bounds on 2nd and 5 after an 8-yard run. He could have easily gone down inbounds with the first down. Clock stops at 4:32, and it does not start until the next snap ==> foregone 0:35.
Total foregone time: 1:10
The amount of time left on the clock would have affected how the game was called thereafter. There is a greater possibility that the Vikings would have run on the 3rd and 6 at 2:18 if there had been less than 2 minutes left, and the Falcons would have used their timeouts differently.
Those were nice gains. Haven't had the desire to watch the game, too painful. So close. Once Anderson missed the FG I knew it was over. We lost a few defenders to injury.
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