The worst NFL coaching decision was so bad, a turnover would've been better

[@desmcmahon5570]

So funny that their chance winning went down after they made it

[@zachshaw951]

NFL games aren't played on the computer. Take the 3, force a punt and put together another impressive drive. If there was 1:30 left, you obviously go for it but 3:30 is a ton of time in the NFL.

[@danieltrubman8203]

@@zachshaw951 3:30 is decent amount of time in the NFL if you control the ball and want to do something with it. On the other hand, if you have the ball and want to kill time, 3:30 really isn't that much. Even if the other team has a time or two. You get a first down or two and it's over. You don't have to put together much of a drive to run out the clock, especially if you can avoid dropped passes or getting forced out of bounds.

[@zachshaw951]

@@danieltrubman8203 They had 2 timeouts plus the 2 minute warning. Not worth making a video breakdown over. I'd argue he made the right decision

[@danieltrubman8203]

@@zachshaw951 You would be wrong. Even if you assume they can't punch it in from the 1, you'd still be better off forcing the other team to start with horrible field position. If your team can hold them to a quick 3 & out (or something very close) you're going to end up with the ball 20-30 yards closer to the end zone than if you scored and had to kick off. Not to mention good things can happen from forcing a team to punt from out of their own end zone. You're massively underestimating how important possession is.

[@AcidDaBomb]

@@zachshaw951 Yea until the other team gets two first downs in a row and now your running out of clock, out of time outs and they kill the clock.

[@ghostsharky]

Falcons fan, upon seeing the video title: "Please don't be the Falcons, please don't be the Falcons ..." "goddammit"

[@DJ_Ziggy]

I seen Quinn's face on the thumbnail and immediately facepalmed...

[@dorkk5431]

Hallelujah, we finally fired Quinn, just a few years too late

[@manavmathews9326]

I actually did this out loud lol

[@0Clewi0]

I hope it never changes from 283 upvotes

[@rolltideroll8458]

Same...

[@Iusedtohaveasillyhandle]

Guys, there was a young qb coach on that Falcons teams, his name, Matt La Fleur. Now we know who is responsible for that Packers Buccs decision

[@abacusamateur5264]

Damn now you're gonna tell me that Jack Easterby was Quinn's cousin or smthn

[@tomr5785]

@@abacusamateur5264 Looks like they visit the same barber's shop anyway 🤔

[@mattdeaver6850]

4th and goal from the 12 is a completely different decision

[@Wallyworld30]

Matt LaFleur? The most successful Head Coach to start his career in NFL History? That Matt LaFleur? The HC that started his career 39-9? Well thank you Falcons!! Oh, Thank you Falcons for Brett Favre as well! Hope that first round pick we gave you for him was worth it! (Hint it wasn't!) RB Tony Smith played just one season for the Falcons before never playing in NFL ever again!

[@DragonaAuntstar]

@@Wallyworld30 Eli has more rings than rodgers

[@thevidguy11]

Quinn was like, "this is the worst coaching decision SO FAR. I got more."

[@AthleticAlarm32]

New worst decision: Packers kicking a field goal to be down by 5 and give the ball to Tom Brady with 2 mins left in the NFC Championship game.

[@DaDitka]

I gotta agree, and I don't even like the Packers. What the heck was he thinking? Does anyone really think that giving the ball back to Tom Brady down by 2 and having to rely on your defense to stop him was going to work? I don't get it. I mean, I have a tremendous amount of respect for the Packers and their organization. But when a decision like this is made in the waning minutes of the biggest game between two NFC teams in the season, it's like adding manure to a batch of brownies. I really don't get it, and I know I'm not a football expert or even a student by any means.

[@beardofnursing8602]

Just saw this video a few days ago and came back to this video wondering if other people felt the same. Even as a Vikings fan I was yelling at my TV "What the hell are you thinking?" Maybe they were counting on Brady throwing another interception?

[@Briggie]

Not only that they are kicking off to him instead of (if they didn’t make it) turning over on downs inside the 10.

[@DaDitka]

@@Briggie Exactly. If I end up having to give the ball back to Brady in a situation like this, I would much rather that he was on his own 4-yard line than on his 39-yard line. At least in the former, there is a chance for a safety. Not much, mind you, but a chance.

[@Thechad201]

I came here to make that comment! Ugh, you beat me to it!

[@AlonsoRules]

Who's here after Green Bay kicked a field goal instead of going for it in the NFC Champ Game

[@sm042]

Me

[@b0b855]

My immediate first thought halfway through the video. Sigh...

[@Crusader1815]

I was thinking this looked awfully familiar.

[@clamstain]

"Sir, I suggest you hit." "I'll stay. I *also* like to live dangerously."

[@adampalmer7387]

Good one

[@curtmurtha3236]

21 beats your 5

[@halleycapps1885]

My name is Richie Cunningham...and this is my wife, Ope-RAH

[@shadeauGU]

Allow myself to introduce...myself

[@johnroby6524]

I thought you said a lot of uh.....nevermind.

[@zachstern3848]

I really thought this was going to be about Jason Garrett

[@keithratel6590]

He just got a dishonorable mention. Another example of Romo being a victim of his environment.

[@robertdellorfanojr405]

Garrett and Romo were made for each other. Garrett didn't toss all those interceptions in crunch time, or fumble the snap on his kicker... mediocre coach with a mediocre QB...

[@keithratel6590]

@@robertdellorfanojr405 Romo actually has all-time great numbers in crunch time but keep pushing a false narrative.

[@kingofgrim4761]

Keith Ratel shhh you’re scaring him with facts and logic

[@RMBII91]

Sometimes I feel like me and Jerry Jones are the only people on Earth who like Jason Garrett. Dak is looking great this year Cowboys nation, hope my comment holds up through February.

[@dsriggs]

The worst coaching decision was benching Jon Bois

[@nunyabiz6532]

Just stop already.

[@gunzzz4life]

Nunya Biz We won’t stop until we get Jon

[@nunyabiz6532]

It's already confirmed that Jon will post a video in November. I love him as much as the next guy, but there's so much content to enjoy besides his stuff.

[@thesupremeoverlordgeorgebu5441]

@@ShrugSzn huzzah!!!!!!!

[@andrewrobeson9129]

Nunya Biz how do you know

[@terryaltherr2481]

I mean... he was the coach for the team that blew a 28-3 lead in Super Bowl LI and a 20 point lead against the Cowboys this past Sunday.

[@muhmonsta]

And he did it again. Blowing away 20+ Points lead against the bears. Men, the Falcons really mastered how to lose.

[@TMartin412]

Blaine Fucking Gabbert

[@conquistadorito]

more specifically, The Noodle Arm of Blaine Fucking Gabbert

[@muhammadbarokah81]

Bless us with the noodle arm of Blaine..Fucking...Gabbert!!!

[@MultiCardsfan1]

TM 00 Something called a Blaine Gabbert

[@dabomb2335]

UT

[@DoggoneNexus]

Blaine "Whoa There Motherfucker" Gabbert

[@ChrisLitzenberg]

Are we going to get a sequel after the Packers just did almost the same thing, albeit not quite as close to the end zone?

[@glf_craze4385]

Packers was even worse imo, at least if the falcons got a stop they could kick another field goal and win, the packers literally would just have to score another touchdown to win anyways after that field goal

[@811chelseafc]

@@glf_craze4385 not to mention it was with a trip to the super bowl on the line

[@jbj7599]

Thank you! As a Packer fan i immediately thought of this when he made that stupid decision!

[@LMLR187]

The packers did it in the NFC championship game: one win away from the Superbowl.

[@suiren-5963]

This is what i am looking for.

[@Joshgames-px7kz]

The worst coaching decision ever was by Sean McDermott in 2017. Staring Nathan Peterman over Tyrod Taylor when the Bills were 5-4 and in the hunt for the playoffs.

[@Revealingstorm.]

It made sense at the time. Tyrod had like less then 70 yards passing the game before and had a terrible game before that as well. They were trying to save the season. Starting Peterman this year though? I can't defend that.

[@Finkelfunk]

To see just HOW bad of a quarterback Petermeme really is: Aaron Rodgers could throw 1420 straight interceptions without a single touchdown and would STILL lead Petermeme in career stats.

[@andrewm6424]

Alex Marko. I completely agree! I even e-nailed the Bills prior to that game, pleading with them to start Peterman because Tyrod Taylor was God-awful! (My bad. Sorry 😐) Our prayers have been answered though, Alex! 😃 Nathan Peterman no longer has a job in the Buffalo Bills organization. 🥳. FAREWELL INTERCEPTION KING!!!

[@PirateOfPlayTime]

it was because the Saints came to town and rocked them 45-10...

[@ExtremelyToxic]

Nathan Peterman is the best player of all time though

[@arbee89]

Thank you for acknowledging Marty "Inherit the Wind" Mornhinweg. I remember watching that game as a kid just absolutely baffled by the decision. Unreal.

[@antoniotrivelloni8191]

Marty Moronweg. At least we have good coaches now

[@theenglishman]

Larry David as an offensive coordinator would be pretty funny to see tbh

[@354allday]

Coach: Larry was the chances we make it if we good for 2 here against this defense? Larry: Pretty Pretty Pretty Good

[@danlorett2184]

If Larry David became a head coach, I want a zoom to his face with the Curb Your Enthusiasm theme playing every time he loses

[@Buttington_Headerson]

I don't even doubt he could

[@papacinoooo]

@@Buttington_Headerson wait till leon screws him up 😂

[@Obrian81]

My top 3 1.Seahawks pass at the goal line in the Super bowl 2.Doug Flutie getting benched for the playoff game 3.Marty Morningweg's coin flip decsion

[@GTOHHH6]

What if he catches that pass for the Seahawks? Is he a genius for going with a pass while the rest of the world prepares for Marshawn Lynch to smash it home?

[@Eidenhoek]

@@GTOHHH6 No. Just lucky.

[@GTOHHH6]

@@Eidenhoek lol maybe. But you get what I'm saying? He catches that and Pete looks like a genius! And I hate the Seahawks.

[@vinnynniv]

Obrian81 Pete Carroll’s thought process was that it’s first and goal, they have spare time, and the pass is a 50/50 ball, either it’s a touchdown or incomplete. The play they ran usually didn’t get picked off, Malcom had just practiced a lot against the play so he was able to stop it.

[@Eidenhoek]

@@vinnynniv Or you run the ball, you still have a timeout, you figure out where you stand.

[@tigerwoods232000]

I would say when Lions coach Marty Mornhinwig chose not to receive after winning the coin flip in OT in 2002 is worse than this

[@edwardfights4900]

Yeah but it's the Lions and no one cares about them

[@reintaler6355]

@@edwardfights4900 you say that as if many people genuinely care about the Falcons

[@therealdevcat]

@@reintaler6355 There are more people who care about the falcons than half of the nfl teams.

[@jeffreyriley8742]

tigerwoods Yeah, I agree.

[@MasterOfViewership]

A field goal when behind by 4? THAT'S better than that?!

[@RaiderDadBod]

Dan Quinn is the JR Smith of the NFL.

[@hungryboi77]

The worst NFL coaching desicion was obviously made by the coach that made Nathan Peterman the starter of his football team.

[@16ktsgamma]

The Petermeme continues.

[@Ashish-xm9ol]

LoL just came here from the urinating tree video

[@brotherdandy]

The Peterman Lives!

[@cs1458]

Still a better decision than trading for Osweiler.

[@elijahtchilembe-mpovie2715]

FACTSSSS

[@noahzhao9779]

IT JUST HAPPENED WITH VANCE JOSEPH LOL

[@bashie5457]

The broncos-browns game right?

[@TimurTripp2]

Browns v. Broncos, that's the one. As a Broncos fan the last few games of the season were painful to watch, Vance Joseph was truly terrible as a head coach. Hope he finds success as a defensive coordinator somewhere else.

[@noahzhao9779]

as a broncos fan, this pained me so much

[@jimbo858]

Who is here after Matt LaFleur decided to go for field goal while down by 8 with 2 mins left?

[@QwertyCaesar]

With the #1 offense in the league. Either you go for it on 4th and Goal and fail, and have to get a touchdown. Or you take the field goal and have to get a touchdown anyways. Either way you need to get a touchdown. Baffling.

[@jacksonmcnally13]

That’s way worse then this because of how much it meant

[@walterlv01]

LOL LaFleur was the QB coach on this Atlanta team at the time this happened. So now we know where he got the mentality from.

[@maximo6037]

@@walterlv01 he is like ...it can't fail twice, right?🤷‍♂️

[@RyanDepauloDegenerateGambler]

Just had to search for this video again randomly I love it so much

[@drpopandfizz]

we have a new contender. Josh McDaniels kicking a FG with 2:30 left down by 8.

[@harrisondahl4434]

Who is here after the Packers kicked a field goal from the 8 in the NFC Championship game with 2 minutes left in the game and down by 8. I think there is a new worst coaching decision of all time.

[@LoxeAeon]

Me ✋

[@blairclark4827]

I was bout to comment this

[@Dan-jp8jr]

Unlike passing the ball at the one.

[@sStyleMo]

@@Dan-jp8jr at least that play had the chance to work. kicking a field goal with 2 mins left means they're giving the ball back to the bucs, have to get a stop, and have to quickly drive down the field for a TD. If they fail the 4th down it's literally the same thing except the bucs have god awful field position and the packs might even get a safety if they're lucky.

[@Dan-jp8jr]

@@sStyleMo passing the ball on the 1 had a chance to work?

[@briansternback]

The Packers just did something very similar in the 2021 NFC Championship Game. That one might be even worse than this one.

[@connormartin1618]

It was really bad but not that bad. The WP difference in the NFCCG play was only about 1

[@Gloobly]

“Something called a Blaine Gabbert” lol

[@jedibattlemasterkos]

It was in the video.

[@selfishstockton6123]

JDIZZ 05 what’s a Blaine Gabbert? Sounds slightly sexual in nature

[@jasoncurtis4404]

BLAINE GABBERT STANKS!!!!!

[@fromthehaven94]

The otherwise nameless one of three quarterbacks picked between #1 and #34 in the 2011 NFL draft.

[@jferrerosa2]

Blaine Gabbert is a Super Bowl Champion. I always loved Gabbert, and he helped the Bucs win a Super Bowl...on the side line.

[@ConorC917]

As a 49ers fan, I was at a loss for words when this happened. Definitely wasn’t complaining though 🤷‍♂️

[@asdfqwe123]

Anyone here after Matt LaFleur decided to kick a field goal down by 8 with 2 minutes to go and give the ball back to Tom Brady?

[@craighanson7592]

He simultaneously bet against Aaron Roger's ability to score and Tom Brady's ability to get a first down.

[@dannydorito8019]

3:21 The Matt LaFleur sighting makes this video even better.

[@Garfield64]

packers basically just did the same thing AGAINST TOM BRADY IN THE PLAYOFFS

[@infernocookie42]

Sooooo we're gonna need an update to this one

[@teddyterminal]

Who's here after Alex talks about this exact decision in the History of the Falcons documentary lol

[@letsgomets7741]

This isn’t even the worst coaching decision in falcons history. How does this even compare to the way they choked SB 51 by not running the ball?

[@ExtremelyToxic]

ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS RUN.... THE.... DAMN...... BALLLL

[@Ijuststopthepucksbro]

That's two Patriots Super Bowls on the backs of an NFC team that refused to run the football.

[@mikerivera373]

Jason The Watch Nerd and Dan Quinn coached in both of those games 🤨

[@onionbreath002]

Yeah, but ultimately, if Matt Ryan didn't take a sack. If there wasn't a hold. If they managed to actually execute the pass plays, the team would have done better. What makes this decision worse is that it's a decision in which everyone does exactly what they're supposed to do, and the play goes exactly as scripted...and as a result of the successful execution of Quinn's decision, the team gets screwed. Nobody talks about the bad play calling if Jake Matthews doesn't hold...or if Devonta Freeman can block... or if Matt Ryan felt the pressure and moved enough to get rid of the ball. If the series of decision made during SB51 were successfully executed, then Atlanta would have its first Superbowl. I think that's why this decision was probably worse.

[@mikebongiorni7022]

@@onionbreath002 to be honest with you, your post was so long I had to Atlanta Falcon it and stopped reading it 3 quarters of the way in

[@m.c.martin]

As a 49ers fan, the fact that we are on the benefiting side of the worst coaching decision ever, shows just how lucky we can be

[@evansokolson9221]

Funny how this was recommended to me after GB kicked a field goal while down by 8 in the AFC Championship....

[@ckarnik]

It's called trusting your defense. Three plus minutes left, two time-outs plus the two-minute warning, and now all you need is another field goal? The D gets a three-and-out and you're right there. Questionable maybe, but there's no way this is worse than the Seahawks pass play.

[@miragray4284]

… this is why 28-3 happened.

[@aeroblaziken4145]

.....and the pass on the 1 yrd line in SuperBowl 49

[@dantearaujo9703]

The Broncos just did exactly the same thing against the Browns, had an extra drive but couldn't get close enough for another FG

[@randyporter3491]

Well, on this day in '21, in the NFC Championship Game, Matt LaFleur made a WORSE decision !

[@blainmasterson3053]

Julio, roddy white, freeman and Matt Ryan: we really forgot how loaded these falcons were

[@kenkthesensai4145]

That was terrible but it can NEVER trump the last 4 minutes of Super Bowl 51. Kyle Shanahan was the playcaller of record but Quinn has the ultimate say. On NFL Turning Point you can hear Quinn say after Julio's catch to the 22-yard line "We got the field goal". Now, inexplicably and after the Patriots burn their final timeout with less than 4 minutes remaining, Quinn overhears a freaking pass being called and doesn't override it. An incompletion stops the clock and gives the Patriots what amounts to a timeout, which makes the call ridiculous but a sack, which is what happened, moves the ball back 10 yards. Still, maybe a 45 yard kick but Shanahan AGAIN calls a pass play where Jake Matthews holds, stopping the clock and moving the Falcons out of field goal range. So two ridiculous (and some say proof of a fix) pass plays that violated 100 years of NFL winning logic were allowed to proceed. If you allow for the first, the mandate should have been "No more passes Kyle, lets go for the field goal" but Quinn says absolutely nothing and allows the devastating play call. Afterwards he stated "I have no problem with the play calls" which is pathetic because anyone who had just blown a sure championship with the worst performance of coaching in professional sports history would have. The Falcons would have been better served taking 4 kneel downs and running the clock down to under a minute rather than this tremendously inept coaching blunder.

[@Razzanonymous]

Watched the whole NFL turning point and did not see Kyle Shanahan say anything about throwing the ball. Can you link the video and the time frame?

[@PirateOfPlayTime]

@@Razzanonymous If the offense runs a pass play that means the offensive coordinator said to throw the ball...

[@Razzanonymous]

PirateOfPlayTime So what does the Head Coach do?

[@stephennolin5345]

@@Razzanonymous he has the power to veto the play lel

[@samore11]

the SB was blown by the OC Shannihan

[@estellegrignon]

"The search for the saddest field goal of all time"

[@allthingsgaming6]

was not a long one

[@askiny6576]

Who's here after the Packers did the same thing against Tampa bay?

[@lunia123]

Dan Quinn is also a part of: 1. Superbowl 49 seahawks blowing it at the 1. 2. Superbowl 51 blowing 28-3 lead 3mins to go in 3rd quarter. 3. 2017 wk 6, blowing 17-0 lead 7 mins to go in 3rd quarter. 4. 2020 wk 2, blowing 29-10 lead at the half. (that onside kick ending when the falcons players all surround the ball and watch it roll LOL. Great coaching there.) 5. 2020 wk 3, blowing 26-10 lead 9 mins to go in 3rd quarter. What a legend.

[@marcoscarrera1443]

"Something called the Blaine Gabbert..." Cracked me up lmao

[@Urbrainongaming]

I made a comment about 1 of the narrators once. Just know I appreciate all you guys, you're all professionals and do an amazing job

[@BloodoperaBlackvomit]

Year of our lord is back yo!

[@PinkStarburst717]

Was never a lord so fake news

[@sykosteve777]

@@PinkStarburst717 Wow, it seems like the butthurt liberal is already here lol

[@TheM16NdPregnant]

@@sykosteve777 Uneducated I see. Disbelief in god doesn't make them a liberal. It makes them better, but not liberal. Youre funny though

[@madbro502]

I've been waiting for this to be back for a long ass time now. Glad it's back.

[@Hail2Pitt412]

The year of our lord 20 hundred and then 15!

[@themlh7037]

I remember that game.. it was the one highlight of the whole season for us. As well as the only game Blaine "dump off get you're rb killed' gabbert played half way decent.. that might have been the only game I cheered for a opposing coach and thanking him for the gift before the game was over.. I still cant believe he did that.. as well as being against one of the worst QBs to ever play for the niners and as well as an inhouse hire of an unqualified head coach jim.. wow great vid bro.. you hit the nail on the head with this one.

[@FIFODavid]

To put into context, Johnny Manziel led the Cleveland Browns to a blow out win against this same Niners team later that same season. You're welcome, Atlanta fans.

[@logansalyers6060]

Lol the call to kick the field goal in the NFC Championship game might top this one

[@Rushmore222]

The Falcon placekicker could have significantly improved his team's probability of success by purposely shanking the field goal. What an absurd circumstance for a coach to place his players.

[@hopsonkim4952]

I was just thinking this same thing.

[@nealmccorkle3681]

had he done that, then he would have probably been hearing about it until the end of the season "you can make 50 yarders all day long and then miss a chip shot?"

[@jonathankrepps1007]

On missed fg inside 20 they move the ball back to the 20. So a miss wouldn't have helped

[@mehulpandya4761]

@@jonathankrepps1007 But better the 20 than at minimum the 20, if not more.

[@mgraysonhay]

Yeah, the fact that this video is not the decision to throw the football at the one yard line in the Super Bowl with two downs and a time out makes me question what we would consider a bad coaching call...ESPECIALLY considering the stakes.

[@cheydinal5401]

"Hey, that sounds like Larry David! Hold on, is that just a random Jewish football enthusiast and am I racist? Ok, no, it's really Larry David, thank God"

[@sirsenior1861]

cracked me up. i wasnt sure either, cuz i was only listening to the video

[@woodside4life]

He’s prettyyy prettyyy prettyyy prettyyy prettyyy pretty funny

[@Rockhound6165]

Um, being Jewish isn't a race.

[@wesmurphy9725]

The word you are looking for is anti semitic

[@devoncampbell3607]

@@Rockhound6165 it kinda is... But also isn't? IDK

[@tallicafan8]

Coming across this video now... at this point in time... is surreal

[@hiimemily]

And to think, they didn't fire him until now.

[@bleedorange1998]

How in the world did Dan Quinn even make a Super Bowl? It’s no shocker in hindsight how he blew a 28-3 lead. The NFC had to have been taking one monster piss that season.

[@EmpressTouch]

The previous season culminate in Superbowl L (50). Bit like the year 2000. Sorry, if (like me), things sucked that year in many ways...

[@cheighes1]

Something called a "super bowl winning" Blaine Gabbert. Legend.

[@Tejano_Sports]

Bill O’Brien has something to say about all of this

[@nicolesimpsonsdog4442]

who’s here after the falcons announced they’re bringing Dan Quinn back for 2020

[@richardcordella4147]

Well, you don't have to worry about him anymore. He didn't last long.

[@Acesman12345]

An even worse coaching decision that no one talks about because the coach that made the mistake still won the game was committed by Lovie Smith in the 2007 playoffs against the Seattle Seahawks: 4th quarter. Game tied at 24. 24 seconds on the clock. Seahawks have the ball 3rd and 10 at the Bears 45. Hasselbeck drops back and is sacked for a 10 yard loss. 4th and 20 with the clock at 17 seconds and running. Now, at the time, the Bears had Devin Hester, arguably the best kick/punt returner to ever play, so giving him a chance to get the ball in his hands and make something happen makes perfect sense. Unfortunately, Lovie Smith let the clock run down to 2 seconds before calling timeout rather than using it immediately after the sack. So, instead of punting, which the Seahawks would have been forced to do with 17 seconds left at their own 45, the Seahawks decide to throw a hail mary because there are only 2 seconds remaining rather than 17, and what was once a punting situation is now a "last play of regulation" situation. Fortunately for the Bears, the pass was incomplete and they went on to win in overtime. Had that pass been completed or had the Bears committed pass interference and put the Seahawks in field goal range, it would have went down as one of the most bone-headed decisions in the history of football.

[@coltsfan354]

And I thought the Colt's "audible everyone except the center and QB to the right hash and just let them blitz you with two people on fourth down" was bad.

[@301Cardosi]

That was all time bad. To this day I have no clue wtf they were thinking

[@CJ-vq8jw]

Listen to McAfee explain it lol

[@brentc6380]

@@301Cardosi Center wasn't supposed to snap the ball. It was supposed to be a "mess with the defense, see if any jump offside and draw a penalty." Unfortunately nobody seemed to remember that they had a replacement center who hadn't practiced the play before and didn't have a clue what was going on.

[@jamesgaston2745]

@@brentc6380 not to mention that Pagano, in his infinite wisdom, told the "QB" to try and hard count them without running it by ANYONE else in the Colt's organization. So you have a "center" that is told to snap on any call as that's the play, and a "QB" working on a hard count that no one knows exists. This and asking McAfee what he saw when he audibled into a FG that otherwise would have had him running at Polamalu are amongst the reasons that he isn't a coach right now

[@301Cardosi]

@@brentc6380 aw ok thanks, I figured someone forgot the play or something. Still tho, if I was that center there's no way in hell I'm hiking that ball lol

[@Ptaku93]

I don't watch American football and have no idea why the algorithm graced me with this recommendation, but I watched it through. And understood about 30% of what was said. Anyone care explaining in absolute layman terms why kicking the ball was so wrong and what would've been the correct play?

[@EmpressTouch]

You don't need to have watched or played much American Football to know that travelling with the ball two yards once out of four possible chances is not only more likely than: 1. Holding the 49ers to four plays (4 tackles Rugby League) 2. AND travelling into field goal range again 3. AND nailing the kick in a very short space of time. This play calling also sends all the wrong messages to: 1. The opposing team's Defense, 2. Your [Quinn] team's Offense, 3. The other teams in the NFL ("[Atlanta] can't get it done when it matters with four chances"), 4. The ever aggressive media loving every second of the headline-setting story, and 5. The Owner of your own team (i.e. usually this gets you fired).

[@David-zy1jw]

I can understand this, maybe, if you have 85 Bears or 86 Giants defense. This was a rookie coach over-thinking himself and over-his-head with his early 6-2 success.

[@stephen.r3304]

When I saw the title I knew it was going to be my team and you didn’t disappoint, not like Quinn anyway. For the last 20 years I wanted every coach to be fired but the falcons keep finding a way to one up the last coach or one down.

[@cs1458]

Still better than his coaching in the 2nd half of the Super Bowl....

[@joshconrad9164]

Your videos are well done. Well-written, well-narrated, well-edited. I look forward to more.

[@charliemccollum6418]

Who else is here after the Packers Bucs game? 😳

[@pushing2throttles]

Dan Quinn...ha ha ha. Who hired you? They ought to be locked into an iron maiden! Great video. Who doesn't love SB? Such a great channel.

[@leehan-yeol7049]

Am I the only one who thinks Marty Mornhinweg deferring the ball in OT back when it was sudden death was the stupidest?

[@tyleralmquist7606]

Assistant: Sir, we’ve somehow ended up in an alternate universe! Me: What’s different? Assistant: The only difference I can find is that the Seahawks ran the ball instead of throwing it. Me: We’re staying

[@dannysigurdson6533]

"Oh, and for some reason every country on the planet changed its name to 'Deutschland' sometime in the 1940's." "Hmmm... I guess I can learn German"

[@jacksonhollingsworth974]

so they had 2 timeouts and the 2 minute warning. needing one stop and a field goal to win. I'm confused how is this bad?

[@asecretone]

Absolutely thought this would have been about Mike McCarthy

[@Adino1]

Probably already had the video mostly finished before that happened. It needed an honorable mention for sure.

[@rdlg2344]

I thought so too. Always playing "Safe".

[@354allday]

I thought it was Marty Mornhinweg kicking off after winning coin toss in OT

[@jonathankrepps1007]

Using all your challenges in first quarter on 2 yd spots must not count.

[@jonathankrepps1007]

Fat baby!

[@jportercomedy]

I was at this game. I travelled all the way from the UK to watch my Niners. If it wasn't for this, they would have lost. Thanks Coach Quinn.

[@daRayMan]

This ain't worse than up 28-3 in the Superbowl going into the 4th quarter? And still losing. Same coach BTW

[@CYMotorsport]

This literally made sense given the situation, their success converting, the situation at hand.

[@DanceGuy99]

Here after Steelers vs. Raiders

[@justvincenturb]

Now this year we had coaches purposely taking a penalty to move their kicker back. Oh dont forget the Browns going for it on 4th and Long after taking a penalty where they were originally going to punt.

[@KMC5240]

1/24/21: The day Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur unseated Dan Quinn

[@rando151]

Their QB coach, Matthew LeFleur, just pulled the same thing in the NFC championship

[@jmo2475]

Anyone that hired Jeff Fisher.

[@ShaunhanM]

Went to the Superbowl...

[@joshds123_3]

Well I mean if you go 1-15 or 2-14 every year, hiring Jeff Fisher for a 7-9 or 8-8 season would actually be a not bad idea. Also even though he is tied for the most losses ever by a HC, he also has the 14th most wins ever by a HC. Jeff Fisher was mediocre, not terrible, and I'm 100% sure a team would rather be mediocre than basement dwellers year after year.

[@TryPuttingItInRice]

@@joshds123_3 Not exactly. I would rather be shit for 5 years and get good draft picks instead of going 7-9 just to either barely make the playoffs where we get inevitably smacked or not make the playoffs at all and still get a shit draft pick.

[@woodside4life]

He is the human equivalent to a bologna and cheese sandwich

[@weregretohio7728]

Seriously how did that guy stay employed for so long. And Marvin Lewis, while we're at it.

[@EastBayMB]

Congrats Dan Quinn for blowing a 28-3 lead in the super bowl while you’re the HC and somehow blaming the offensive coordinator.

[@forresttowns4995]

Falcons history in a nutshell. This team is not known for using logic. It’s something you get used to it when you watch them since you were a kid like I have.

[@jasoncurtis4404]

As a 49ers fan, I now feel your pain. Kyle Shanahan will not just run the dam ball when needed.

[@brents.8972]

As a life long Falcons fan the worst decision DQ every made was a non decision in Super Bowl LI!!! After Julio Jones spectacular sideline catch with 4:38 left and the Falcons having a 28-20 lead over the Patriots, DQ should've been in Kyle Shanahan's ear and yelling RUN THE BALL, RUN THE BALL, RUN THE BALL!!! But no, DQs self driven ego of attack attack attack, is what ultimately cost us our first Super Bowl Championship, along with an implosive defense that collapsed on Matt Ryan at the worst possible time after he had gotten a 25 point lead by midway in the 3rd qtr. THAT was DQs worst coaching decision......EVER!!!!!

[@stevenstygles255]

Agree. Hell it would have been better to take the knee twice run down the clock instead of two freaking passing plays and go for a field . Less time and most likely up by 11.

[@johnhabekost678]

Who's here after the NFC championship game?

[@njacobdekelaita6198]

Thanks for being concise and drag it out for 18 minutes

[@kumar01234]

Matt Lefluer just did this lol

[@lnhart7157]

Nope, not at all comparable. And between the two options available, one had a 9% win chance and one a 10% win chance, LaFleur chose the 9% option, which is not good, but in no way comparable to this

[@Tubewings]

4:00; For the record, it was actually Offensive Coordinator Bob Gibson that called the play that led to the Miracle at the Meadowlands. McVay himself said in an interview that his headset wasn't working on the day, and if it was, he would have overruled Gibson on the spot. As a result, Gibson was fired the following day, never working in any level of football again, while McVay was fired at the end of the season, never coaching again, but eventually becoming an executive for the San Francisco 49ers, where he won five Super Bowls.

[@Briggie]

Could be worse. You could be the Packers and do the same thing in the NFC Championship. Play to win the game.

[@jferrerosa2]

Who’s here after a Blaine Gabbert became a Super Bowl champion? 🤣

[@ZaydEdits]

Seahawks threw the ball when we were on the 1 yard line with the best running back in the league needing a td to win the super bowl

[@HercuLync]

This is the real worst call of all time. Not even close.

[@MordecaiTheAwesomeBluejay]

-Getting beaten by inferior opponents -Blowing a huge chance of winning the Super Bowl -Not trusting the free agent market when your defense is hurt Dan Quinn's Falcons ladies and gentlemen

[@fse2520]

Then Dan Quinn decides to take a sack risk than run the ball and hit the icing field goal in Super Bowl 51

[@rafaelito975]

Josh Mc Danielkds made something very similar to that made by Dan Quinn

[@chrisedwards5447]

This is the same guy who decided to pass the ball instead of running it while in field goal range, with 3mins left in the superbowl

[@andrewzheng4038]

That was Darell Bevell, the then Seahawks OC. Quinn was the defensive coordinator at the time

[@jacksonwright6029]

@@andrewzheng4038 i think he is referring to the 28-3 game. Falcons could've simply kneeled down 3 times nevermind running the ball and then kick a 40 something yard field goal to up 11. They decided to pass and chaos ensued leading to a punt and Brady driving down the field and tying the game at 28-28. We all know the rest from there.

[@akish302]

*flashbacks to a certain 7-part series*

[@mattatack2the25]

Seems familiar, like if a Packers team decided to kick a field goal when they were down by 8 with two minutes left on the clock against a Tom Brady led offense.

[@mandymayne8759]

I would add the 2001 Raiders-Patriots AFC Championship game (the so called “tuck rule” game): Jon Gruden’s decision to call timeout in order to “ice” the Patriots kicker before the last second field goal. There was several inches of snow on the field. Patriots had 0 time outs left. Patriots would have had to snap and place the ball quickly in the snow. But no. Raiders had a time-out left and stupid Jon Gruden “had” to call it in order to appear to “do something,” and after all, doesn’t the “book” say you should always try to “ice” the kicker? NO! In this case, it would have been much better not to as hold/placement would have been in snow making a good hold (and therefore accurate kick) much less likely. But during the time out, Patriots players, using their feet, cleared the snow from a spot on the field where hold/placement was. Result: perfect snap; perfect placement; perfect hold; perfect kick; Patriots win 16-13, and go on to Super Bowl to begin their dynasty. On that day, Jon Gruden, the $100 million head coach, was a complete idiot, because he had to “do something.”

[@EmpressTouch]

That is widely remembered in part because of the 1970's astroturf Foxboro 3-0 win over Miami (the truck sweep a five yard wide snow clearance for the winning - and only - score). There was an example in the 1993 Week 18 (yes, Week Eighteen) fixture (Cowboys 16-13 Giants OT, Giants Stadium), when at 13-10 up with 12 seconds on the clock Jimmy Johnston called a time-out to set his spacial teams blocking plan ready. Commentating on that game: Pat Summerall & John Madden quote: "I think Jimmy Johnston taking that TO is an advantage to the Giants. Not so much the kicker, the holder's got to be in the right place and the center's got to grease his hands dry first." Unsurprisingly, the field goal is scored and overtime is played, though Johnston's defense holds the Giants to an opening punt and wins on a field goal of their own - and wins home advantage & SB XXVIII. So it's not remembered as significantly.

[@mattt6920]

Who's here after green bay's outgoing of this moment

[@andrewwang7699]

excuse you, it's Super Bowl champion Blaine Gabbert

[@heylolp9]

please do worst Superbowl hangover

[@mikepuppetz9]

1999 Broncos. They won 2 SBs in a row, then in '99 Elway retires, Terrell Davis blows out his knee, and they finish last in the AFC west. They then remained irrelevant until Tim Tebow.

[@a-tre8798]

Phil Michaels you must have it out for the Broncos

[@DoctorX101]

Yeah, losing a HoF "one of the best" QBs as well as losing another HoF player hardly counts as a "hangover."

[@Acquiredammunity]

Eagles this year. They will finish 6-10 this year.

[@PirateoftheTouYube]

Well this year isn't over yet, so they need to wait until January to make that one.