On Tuesday, offensive coordinator Mike Martz confessed he screwed up that sequence. "There was some chaos that I created on the sideline. I did a bad job there," Martz said. "We were trying to spike it there and I called a personnel change and the personnel change went in when we were going to spike it and there was a lot of confusion. I just went too fast with everything, and it created too much confusion. That's my fault more than anything else." But why didn't Hill simply spike the ball anyway, many readers have asked, to save valuable clock time, and simply absorb 5-yard penalty for illegal procedure? Mike Pereira, the NFL's vice president of officiating, clarified Tuesday that had Hill done that, the 49ers also would have in- curred a 10-second runoff in addition to the 5-yard loss because the play occurred with less than a minute left in a half. "Here is the rule on hurry-up inside of a minute," Pereira explained. "The one thing you have to do is get set. Everybody has to get set for the full second. If you don't get set for the full second, then what would be an illegal formation (penalty) converts to a false start." A false start play incurs the 10-second runoff; illegal formation does not.
im so tired of this. all i want is a coaching staff that plays with balls. a coaching staff that realizes we've been screwed every time we've utilized the prevent defense this year. a coaching staff who would actually put some pressure on cassel-you know-actually make him beat us, instead of rushing about 3 or 4 guys for the majority of the second half. a coaching staff who'd make sure law wasn't lined up with moss 1-on-1 on a game-deciding play. a coaching staff that fukken plays to win the game. you play to win the game pussies
Why did they decide to play off of Moss? Why do they love going away from what's working? They really outhink themselves way too much.
Even Leon has turned Pussy.... So sickening on how everyone is scared to make a play on this fukin team
I'm sorry, but against a QB who cannot throw the deep ball, there is NO EXCUSE for playing a 4-deep D, and rushing 3 up 7 with almost no time left.... You play a 2 deep shell, with whatever you're most comfortable with underneath and man on the outside.... And you try to get some pressure on the QB
