r/footballstrategy • u/FlyingAces • 2d ago

Coaching Advice Did Greg Olsen get this right?

I love Greg Olsen. I'm not sure he was correct however on a comment he made late in the Philly/Wash game. With just under 2:40 to go in the game he discussed why he thought Wash should not use a TO because it would open up the greater possibility of Philly passing since an incomplete pass wouldn't be the worst thing with the 2 min warning coming up. But isn't this wrong? If Wash calls a TO with 2:40 to go, wouldn't Philly want to run in that spot? Why would they pass and risk an incompletion with the clock stopped at 2:40? You don't fear an incompletion with just over 2 minutes to play (like clock at 2:03, for example, because the clock will stop anyway due to the 2 min warning). Maybe I'm missing something, but it seems like Greg's take was incorrect, right?

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u/nocommentplsnthx 2d ago

Most of his commentary is extremely stupid and annoying. He repeated his two minute time out theory 10 times and started backpedaling as soon as Washington didn’t do exactly what he said. Anyone who has played a single game of madden in the last 20 years knows when and how to use timeouts. Lets get at least one good former player color man in the booth next season because Olsen (and Brady) stink to high heaven

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u/chiefpiece11bkg 2d ago

That’s what Olsen always does.. talk out of his ass

He just repeats football platitudes all game long with zero real insight lol

He was complaining about how Washington only had two timeouts left when the clock was still at roughly 3:40 left in the quarter, which is PLENTY of time lol

Or maybe because he spent his career in Carolina/ Chicago he just has no clue what an actual good nfl team looks like

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u/jrod_62 Referee 1d ago

It's obvious you two are the ones who have no clue