Funniest part of the Pro Bowl last night to me

[tiger7_88]

Was Mike Shula on the sideline calling the 2-pt conversion attempt, repeating the "fade" call while the players kept telling him over and over and over to call the "belly" play. :lol:

I couldn't tell in the end... did the players take the field with the "fade" call and change it to the "belly" play (to Tolbert) on their own? I thought thats what happened.

[firstdayfan]

I also think I heard Shula tell Smith to "make the call" all while Marshall was saying "they won't cover me."  So I think Shula had the two options in place and basically told Smith to make the call at the line depending on how the defense lined up.

[SpeedOFLight]

What I thought was pretty interesting were the verbiage in the play call. I was like wow, they have to repeat all that just for one play lol

[SCPantherFan]

What I thought was pretty interesting were the verbiage in the play call. I was like wow, they have to repeat all that just for one play lol

 

I thought the same thing too.  This year on Hard Knocks they showed some of the players during the exhibition games either getting plays mixed up and not knowing how to even line up.  It was funny watching them scramble and having other team mates helping them try to line up correctly during the game.  Kinda gives understanding to why they have to "study the playbook". 

[CarolinaCoolin]

Most of the game the qbs were calling their own plays

[jtnc]

I'm pretty sure a player said "The guys want the belly play." Before they cut the audio.

[Keep Pounding]

They ended up calling ISO , and collinswhorth was like. " looks like their going to run it"

[GRWatcher]

In his interview after the game Tolbert said that Shula had told him if it was a goal line stand, he'd be getting the ball. He didn't disappoint!

[SCMunnerlyn1]

Gotta throw in Tolbert knocking the fug outta Luke. Laughed for a solid minute.

[csx]

They ended up calling ISO , and collinswhorth was like. " looks like their going to run it"

I believe they ran the belly which is a fullback run with an option for the fake. Iso would call for the fullback to block for the halfback.

[El Chingon]

Great call.

[Jackofalltrades]

"Philip (Rivers) told them to give it to me. My old teammate, he made them give it to me," Tolbert said.

After the play he mocked Panthers teammate Cam Newton's Superman celebration.

"I told Cam I was going to mess with him if I got in the end zone, so I had to," Tolbert said laughing.

Per NFL mobile.

[Snake]

Shula gave them the option to run the fade or iso. It was the QBs decision. People love taking shots at shula but he was much better at playcalling IMO than the Colts team. I thought our team was vanilla but wow the colts are way worse. It was also interresting to see Foles struggle with the colts jargon and cam whisper in the huddle.

[CatMan72]

I'm pretty sure a player said "The guys want the belly play." Before they cut the audio.

 

This is what I heard, I actually liked the interaction with Shula - he didn't seem to have any ego involved in what play was run and that's rare.. OC's are usually divas and think they know better than anyone else.