Boneheaded playcalls courtesy of Andy Reid

[Diomedes]

six, eight, what the hell

this thread is about AWFUL calls

neither of the calls we are now discussing comes close to that moniker

[Sgt PSN]

a third and two because the second call gained 8 f'n yards

what more do you want?

I think it's obvious that Reid should have thrown the ball on 3rd down.

[QB Eagles]

even the failing third down call, which was not great, was not a failure on the scale appropriate for this thread

[reese125]

I just want to know why Reid can't win a friggin challenge. Is there 4 chimps up in the coaches box throwing bananas at each other watching those replays...seriously?

Who is that blind bitch making the calls? 

[General_Failure]

I assume they're up in the booth yelling "You can't possibly win this one!" So, true to form, he gets stubborn and decides nobody's going to tell him he's wrong.

[reese125]

all that guy upstairs has to do is open the window and listen to the crowds reaction...but even his ass is stubborn.

[mussa]

my end was just to show another example of his awful ability to manage the clock. and to make it worse after that first end around, Vick snaps the ball with at least 5 seconds of the play clock remaining. peyton manning has led 45, 4th qtr game winning drives. giving him the ball with 20 seconds left is asking to lose. luckily though he sucked a huge one sunday.

[ice grillin you]

throwin the replay flag on first down at the one inch line late in a close game was maybe the worst call since marty kicking off in ot

[smeags]

throwin the replay flag on first down at the one inch line late in a close game was maybe the worst call since marty kicking off in ot

agreed and a much better example then the two end arounds.

[Sgt PSN]

I dunno......the ball made contact with the pylon and moved it a little bit so I think he had a legit enough reason to challenge.  And when it comes to potential scoring plays (where it isn't blatantly obvious there was no td) I don't really have a problem with him throwing the red flag.  Hell, I remember seeing this team get stuffed on the goal line 2 or 3 times in a row in San Fran about 7 or 8 years ago so it's hard to look at a play like that and assume you'll just get in the endzone on the next play. 

Reid has a history of making some boneheaded challenges, but I don't really fault him for that one. 

[phattymatty]

i'm sure this has been mentioned but i enjoyed the end around to desean mere seconds after he just sprinted 60 yards to catch that perfect pass from vick. i mean he's great and all but give the dude a minute to breathe.

[ice grillin you]

I dunno......the ball made contact with the pylon and moved it a little bit so I think he had a legit enough reason to challenge.  And when it comes to potential scoring plays (where it isn't blatantly obvious there was no td) I don't really have a problem with him throwing the red flag.  Hell, I remember seeing this team get stuffed on the goal line 2 or 3 times in a row in San Fran about 7 or 8 years ago so it's hard to look at a play like that and assume you'll just get in the endzone on the next play. 

they had three more chances to get in they didnt have to do it on the next play...they also had the best running qb in league history

there was literally no reason to challenge there...especially after andy saw the big screen replay it numerous times...its was clearly not even close to conclusive and all 70 thousand in the stadium knew it

there a million things that could have warranted challenging the call....among them

1. it wasnt late in the game
2. the game wasnt close
3. the eagles had all their timeouts left
4. the play was 100% conclusive
5. it was third or fourth down
6. you werent playing against a HOF qb

what wouldnt make that list is some random game from a thousand years ago where they were stuffed at the goaline

pretty much the situation was the exact opposite of all the above factors and he still went for it

but thats why the eagles never have timeouts at the end of the game

i was saying to sun at the game its just amazing how the other team somehow always has three and the eagles dont even usually have two they have zero or one

[Seabiscuit36]

Who cares...they won

[ice grillin you]

Who cares...they won

thats like saying who cares how bad the offensive line is they won the game


its not about the colts game its about the systematic botching of clock and timeout management that still and probably always will plague andy...its about games down the road that could be lost because of moves liek that

[Tomahawk]

Games the WILL be lost because of moves liek that