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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
I don’t buy it. It all reads as excuses to me.
Caleb could have called a timeout and not getting the play in time is a perfectly good excuse for it. If they couldn’t get the play in on time then quick snap and run forward for a few yards to set up a long but makeable FG. After the offense is set don’t stand there for 5 seconds diagnosing the line when every second matters. It was a 58 yard field goal in a dome. I’d take that every day over a prayer deep ball
The coaches are of course incompetent. Not a single person thinks flus should still be there. But this to me reads like throwing his coaches under the bus. It was still idiotic by the qb even if it does justify his actions just a tad bit more.
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I disagree that it's all on Williams there. It's the head coach that makes these decisions and the head coach can call timeout himself if he wants it. Furthermore, they have radio contact into the QBs helmet, so if they want the timeout, they can tell the QB to call it. I know they stop the ability to transmit into the helmet at some point, but it has to start at some point after the end of the previous play.
The head coach is communicating with his coaches in the booth too, and that is two-way communication. My bet is that the head coach was saying not to use the last timeout because they would need it and that message was received by Williams.
I don't think Williams is anywhere close to being a "great" QB right now, but I can't place blame for this on anyone but the coach.