Freddie's Dead Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 (edited) I gotta give Rex some credit. Just when I thought the Bills had to have Schmidt kick the FG with an unknown holder (who is the backup holder?), Rex says spike the ball to get Carp back on the field. As much as I berate the guy for melting down in critical situations, the spike was a brilliant call in the clutch. I didn't think of it. How many of you did? Well-played Rex Ryan! Edited November 8, 2016 by Freddie's Dead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobobonators Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 I didnt think of it either. I was too busy yelling obscenities at the tv and my wife asking me wtf just happened to have all my wits about me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolishDave Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 You're right. It was quick thinking on their part. I thought for sure the refs were going to say - Sorry - time expired - end of half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddogblitz Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 At my house we were saying put Hotrod back in and throw a bomb. I guess J Williams is our hurry up spiker. Interesting call. Why not put Hotrod in to spike. Woulda worked if not for the ignoramusses ("refs"). Smart play by Rex though no doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 I agree. Though why did we use JWill there? I was thinking there might have been a rule prohibiting us from other substitutions on the play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie's Dead Posted November 8, 2016 Author Share Posted November 8, 2016 At my house we were saying put Hotrod back in and throw a bomb. I guess J Williams is our hurry up spiker. Interesting call. Why not put Hotrod in to spike. Woulda worked if not for the ignoramusses ("refs"). Smart play by Rex though no doubt. I'm guessing they did the spike with the special teamers who were already out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 I gotta give Rex some credit. Just when I thought the Bills had to have Schmidt kick the FG with an unknown holder (who is the backup holder?), Rex says spike the ball to get Carp back on the field. As much as I berate the guy for melting down in critical situations, the spike was a brilliant call in the clutch. I didn't think of it. How many of you did? Well-played Rex Ryan! I was yelling at the TV for them to do this. It was the only play that could be made to save the situation that the refs put them in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r00tabaga Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 I was screaming for the spike. I play a lot of Madden though so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleeding Bills Blue Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 At my house we were saying put Hotrod back in and throw a bomb. I guess J Williams is our hurry up spiker. Interesting call. Why not put Hotrod in to spike. Woulda worked if not for the ignoramusses ("refs"). Smart play by Rex though no doubt. I believe its so you have less substitutions for the kick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobot Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 Do we know it was Rex's idea? I'm most annoyed with the defense/secondary... It's really holding back this team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 It was brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDIGGZ Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 (edited) I don't think it was Rex's idea. He was busy yelling at the refs. Looked like someone alerted him to it. He was talking with Danny Crossman at the time Edited November 8, 2016 by kdiggz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Biscuit97 Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 I was screaming to spike it watching the game. Apparently so was Kelso. So I'll give him credit but I'd be more worried if a NFL head coach couldn't think do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 It was obvious. I was yelling at the phone I was streaming it on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 This was not that genius of a move for an NFL coaching staff to come up with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Biscuit97 Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 This was not that genius of a move for an NFL coaching staff to come up with Yeah. We've had some bad coaches but we are sitting the bar really low on brilliance. But overall, the coaches did a really good job last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyC81 Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 It was brilliant. Then it probably wasn't Rex's idea. Another part of the fiasco I don't understand was the refs supposedly waiting for a K ball when they stood over the ball and let the play clock go down to 5 seconds. Didn't they already have a K ball out there for the initial attempt when Sherman roughed Carpenter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 It was one of two mistakes made by referees (with Walt's team, no surprise) and admitted at half time by head of referees. And the delay was just the way for referees to punish the Bills for being willing to walk off field with 3 seconds left due to the atrocious way they handled Richard Sherman's roughing of kicker on an offsides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonborn10 Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 Can you give an example of bad clock management in the last two years? I recall a few occassions when he left too much time on the clock at the end of the half for the oppsoing team - perhaps the Bengals game last year. Other than that I don't recall any in-game time and field management decisions that were terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 I didnt think of it either. I was too busy yelling obscenities at the tv and my wife asking me wtf just happened to have all my wits about me. I agree with this, and I doubt Rex was drinking, so........ he had an advantage. It was obvious. I was yelling at the phone I was streaming it on Did you get counted in the ratings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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