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Overblown: End of Game Time Management

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I think we can all agree that Rivera's timeout at the end of the first half was inexcusable. Dumb thing to do even if we did have 12 men on the field, let the refs call the penalty.

But I do think what is overblown and something Rivera is getting too much blame for is the end of the game time management. With the way our defense was playing there really wasn't much use in calling timeouts. People claim that if we would have called timeouts we would have had more time to work with. Whose to say that the Saint's wouldn't have slowed their pace down and killed the clock near the endzone. Then we would have really been screwed because there could have been even less time (and obviously less timeouts). Calling timeouts really only works when you are able to stop them, and Brees was on a mission.

Just my thoughts, maybe I am in the minority.

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Can someone explain why he called the first half time out? He said he was afraid he was going to get caught with 12 men on the field, but even if that would have happened, how would that have changed anything? Wouldn't the Saints still only have time for one play anyway?

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Can someone explain why he called the first half time out? He said he was afraid he was going to get caught with 12 men on the field, but even if that would have happened, how would that have changed anything? Wouldn't the Saints still only have time for one play anyway?

He wasn't thinking. It would have been a closer field goal with the flag but in that situation you just have to let it play out especially considering it would have been rushed.

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Can someone explain why he called the first half time out? He said he was afraid he was going to get caught with 12 men on the field, but even if that would have happened, how would that have changed anything? Wouldn't the Saints still only have time for one play anyway?

it was booger time.

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50 seconds and 3 time outs would have been plenty of time. What killed the drive was the bogus holding call when we were at midfield.We would have just needed about 12 yds to be in fg range but getting 25 yds is alot tougher

I was in the stands screaming for a time out right before the Saints last play on the TD drive. That 50 seconds could have 1:20. That would have allowed more flexibility in play calling allowing a pass to the middle of the field or possibly a screen. It was plenty of time for a field goal but should have been more. Maybe enough to get into the end zone.

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I was in the stands screaming for a time out right before the Saints last play on the TD drive. That 50 seconds could have 1:20. That would have allowed more flexibility in play calling allowing a pass to the middle of the field or possibly a screen. It was plenty of time for a field goal but should have been more. Maybe enough to get into the end zone.

But what would have happened if they picked up a first after using our 3 timeouts and killed more time? Then, we wouldn't have any timeouts and less time to work with.

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