jeff_adams
07 Feb 2006, 05:02 PM
Ok, I'll admit I wanted Pittsburg to win the Super Bowl, but I was astounded by the lameness shown by Seattle's "two minute drill". At the end of both halves, the Seahawks burned seconds off the clock with poor decisions and lack of urgency. It brought back memories of last year with the Eagles. What ever happened to "the drive"?
Not that long ago, guys like Montana, Marino and Elway could take a few minutes and make it seem like an eternity. They understood how to stop the clock. They could call a play at the line of scrimmage without having to "cup their ears" the listen to the coach upstairs. Even if they were behind, they didn't mind as long as they had the ball at the end of the game.
Now a days, teams act like they have NO clue that they are behind. They don't know when they should spike the ball. They wait until the play clock is about to run out before they call timeout. They don't know how to run an effective 10 second play. Clock management is a foreign language.
How can teams get to the Super Bowl and not understand how to execute "the drive"? What must former quarterbacks like Joe Theisman, Jim Kelly, Phil Simms and Steve Young be thinking?
Not that long ago, guys like Montana, Marino and Elway could take a few minutes and make it seem like an eternity. They understood how to stop the clock. They could call a play at the line of scrimmage without having to "cup their ears" the listen to the coach upstairs. Even if they were behind, they didn't mind as long as they had the ball at the end of the game.
Now a days, teams act like they have NO clue that they are behind. They don't know when they should spike the ball. They wait until the play clock is about to run out before they call timeout. They don't know how to run an effective 10 second play. Clock management is a foreign language.
How can teams get to the Super Bowl and not understand how to execute "the drive"? What must former quarterbacks like Joe Theisman, Jim Kelly, Phil Simms and Steve Young be thinking?