NFL week 1 running and passing thread

[UPChip]

I'd like to thank Antonio Gates for single-handedly ruining my fantasy game this week. He goes down on the one-foot line in the second quarter. If he scores, I get the points for Philip Rivers throwing a TD pass. Instead, they run it and I lose by three.

To someone else in my department.

 

[Batman]

And,

Wow. What a fourth-down conversion by the Raiders!

absolutely, the right call to go for it.

Dunno why the ESPN guys even thought there was a decision to be made.

i totally disagree it was the right call. hey, it worked out great, but the right call is to punt, et force 'em to go three-and-out and get the ball back in decent position. the odds on converting a fourth-and-15 are astronomically poor.

but, hey, like i said, cable looks like a genius.

Fourth-and-15 is a tough conversion, but how is punting the right call?
IIRC, they had two timeouts and the two-minute warning. There was 2:30 something left. So a Chargers first down pretty much ends the game whether you punt or not. The ball was around the 40-yard line. If you punt and hold them, you probably get the ball back around the 40 again. If you go for it and hold them, worst case scenario is they kick a field goal and you only tie with a touchdown.
You have to stop them either way, so why not take a shot?

 

[da man]

I'd like to thank Antonio Gates for single-handedly ruining my fantasy game this week. He goes down on the one-foot line in the second quarter. If he scores, I get the points for Philip Rivers throwing a TD pass. Instead, they run it and I lose by three.

To someone else in my department.

FYI, there's no line one foot from the goal. Hence, there is no one-foot line.

That is all.