Ron Rivera is still terrible at clock management

[Cary Kollins]

Terrible clock management is a recurring theme in Rivera's tenure.

Right before halftime the Panthers are down 21-0 with three timeouts. They started the drive with about two minutes left at about their own 20. Shula calls two early running plays and the Panthers burn through two timeouts.

Eventually Kelvin Benjamin makes a great catch in the redzone with :38 seconds left. The Panthers had one timeout remaining. Rivera choses to not call the timeout, and by the time the next play is run the clock is all the way down to :12, which greatly limits your chances to score a TD.

Rivera HAD to call the timeout after KB's catch. No excuse not to. This is fugging basic football 101 knowledge you get from playing a freaking video game. Call the timeout and you have :38 seconds from the redzone. Plenty of plays you can run there.

It's incomprehensible to me how Rivera doesn't understand basic clock management and probably never will.

[CatTower]

4 extra points is still a loss.

[CPF4LIFE]

He still loves to take timeouts home with him, thought he broke up with that bitch a long time ago.

[jfo89]

Terrible clock management is a recurring theme in Rivera's tenure.

Right before halftime the Panthers are down 21-0 with three timeouts. They started the drive with about two minutes left at about their own 20. Shula calls two early running plays and the Panthers burn through two timeouts.

Eventually Kelvin Benjamin makes a great catch in the redzone with :38 seconds left. The Panthers had one timeout remaining. Rivera choses to not call the timeout, and by the time the next play is run the clock is all the way down to :12, which greatly limits your chances to score a TD.

Rivera HAD to call the timeout after KB's catch. No excuse not to. This is fugging basic football 101 knowledge you get from playing a freaking video game. Call the timeout and you have :38 seconds from the redzone. Plenty of plays you can run there.

It's incomprehensible to me how Rivera doesn't understand basic clock management and probably never will.

 

Rivera doesn't trust the offense. that's what it seems like to me at least.

[Anybodyhome]

Poor clock management combined with repeated occurrences of 12 men on the field penalties and delay of game penalties (even in the supposed "hurry-up" offense Cam is clapping like a maniac trying to get the ball snapped before the play clock expires) clearly demonstrates the lack of discipline this team exercises.

 

Unfortunately, we've all seen 20 seconds burned off the clock trying to run a play too often and not seen Cam spike the ball often enough.

[the_philosopher]

Yep, watching replay after replay of the Benjamin catch while the clock was ticking was driving me crazy. At least rush up to the line and spike the ball.

[Byrdman4real]

Rivera doesn't trust the offense. that's what it seems like to me at least.

This!!!

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[tondi]

This was discussed on the game thread.  How often does an NFL team start on its own 20 with 3 TO's and 2:00 on the clock and run out of time before they even get into the red zone?  Does that even ever happen in college?  It takes multiple fug ups for that to happen, not just one, and that's what we saw.  Between the horrible play calling and horrible TO management it was like watching a junior high team attempting to execute a two minute offense.

[Lumps]

I think numbers confuse Rivera, same reason we have 12th man penalties every single fuging game.

[igor9]

Dont say that zod will ban you!

[igor9]

This is why I said rivera sucks ... he is a garbage coach , im sick of losing

[pstall]

Also Ron Ron is not so good at the challenges.

I was listening on sat radio and it seemed the spot of the ball or something like that was not in question and meathead throws the red flag anyway.

[C47]

4 extra points is still a loss.

 

Your point? Rivera is terrible at clock management. Even the biggest fuging homer should be able to admit that. 

 

Saying that it wouldn't have changed the outcome of the game doesn't excuse or justify piss poor clock management. 

[pstall]

Terrible clock management is a recurring theme in Rivera's tenure.

Right before halftime the Panthers are down 21-0 with three timeouts. They started the drive with about two minutes left at about their own 20. Shula calls two early running plays and the Panthers burn through two timeouts.

Eventually Kelvin Benjamin makes a great catch in the redzone with :38 seconds left. The Panthers had one timeout remaining. Rivera choses to not call the timeout, and by the time the next play is run the clock is all the way down to :12, which greatly limits your chances to score a TD.

Rivera HAD to call the timeout after KB's catch. No excuse not to. This is fugging basic football 101 knowledge you get from playing a freaking video game. Call the timeout and you have :38 seconds from the redzone. Plenty of plays you can run there.

It's incomprehensible to me how Rivera doesn't understand basic clock management and probably never will.

Glad you broke this down becaue this is the difference between championship football and every couple of years winning.

I have seen several times timeouts be treated like a virus.

Also how many times after one just a basic dive play?