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Wednesday, February 09, 2005

Clock management

Many believes the clock management in the fourth quarter
by Eagles is fatal and what brings down the birds. I have a
different take. When the Pats led by 10 and you needed to
score twice to win, you simply cannot go to no-huddle mode.
It's like you pushed the panic button and all of a sudden, you
will find that the Pats will be all over you and either a fumble
or an interception will be in the cards. I think Eagles made
a minor mistake by not taking the WRs to the sideline, catching
the ball and going out of bounds. Keep going through the huddles
will calm yourself down and one-step-at-a-time approach is
what helped Eagles to get within three points. Remember,
Harrison was still worrying about TO taking it to the house
moments before his interception, that means Eagles was still
a threat until the final seconds. Had they gone to the no-huddle
mode, Eagles would be a no-threat much earlier.
Of course, Eagles was in a no-win situation. Whatever they do,
huddle or not, they will be criticized since they lost.

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