Why little to no subs at the end of the game?

[scho63]

I'm all happy to score 50, have Hunt go over 100 and Mahomes throw for over 400 but this was a PERFECT game to put in the back ups to protect our starters and assess what we have as depth. We wre up by 38 points.

Why the hell would you NOT put in Henne and other back ups?

Andy Reid sucks at clock management and I think he sucks at ending a game with starters.

What says you?

[O.city]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

He fell 3 times yesterday, 2 of which would've been scores. The one on the catch was setting up to just be a monumental collision - he'd have been in full stride and the safety would've caught him at about the 11 (IIRC) while being the only dude between him and the end zone. I think Spencer Ware may have actually ended up taking that man's life.

I saw the throw come out and Ware accelerating into it and could just see that setting up with a truck-stick and a stroll into the end zone. Then Ware just...fell. I think we settled for a FG there. I was less concerned with the scoreboard than I was the spectacle. I'm pretty sure that was the same guy that Hunt hurdled over (Bates) and Ware had him lined up to just destroy him had he simple kept his feet.

Yeah, on the RB wheel route. It was gonna be a massacre.

Twice he just fell. Didn't look like he tripped, he just fell. Like, "I'm so excited I'm gonna score I just fall".

But for real, he finally looks like hes back where he was which was a damn good player.

[Luke Atamadong]

Originally Posted by O.city

Yeah, on the RB wheel route. It was gonna be a massacre.

Twice he just fell. Didn't look like he tripped, he just fell. Like, "I'm so excited I'm gonna score I just fall".

But for real, he finally looks like hes back where he was which was a damn good player.

If we can get the 1-2 punch with Ware established it will help a ton down the stretch.

[Naptown Chief]

Hunt + a healthy Ware... That's a damned scary combo. You're subbing out a starter for a starter. I'd take this duo over the Saints', Bears', or anyone else's for that matter.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by dwwataz

Hunt + a healthy Ware... That's a damned scary combo. You're subbing out a starter for a starter. I'd take this duo over the Saints', Bears', or anyone else's for that matter.

I'd take Kamara/Ingram over our duo but that's it.

Ingram has looked amazing since he's come back. His quickness is so much better than it was when he entered the league and he's still demonstrating power. He's a supercharged Ware in a lot of ways. And Kamara just does things that would fit this offense better than even Hunt does.

I mean - it's hardly a damning indictment that I'd take the Saints backfield - theirs is just damn good.

[O.city]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

I'd take Kamara/Ingram over our duo but that's it.

Ingram has looked amazing since he's come back. His quickness is so much better than it was when he entered the league and he's still demonstrating power. He's a supercharged Ware in a lot of ways. And Kamara just does things that would fit this offense better than even Hunt does.

I mean - it's hardly a damning indictment that I'd take the Saints backfield - theirs is just damn good.

Yeah, I'd probably take Kamara over Hunt, but I will admit now that Hunt does a lot of things that this teams needs. Short yardage and just the mentality he brings.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by O.city

Yeah, I'd probably take Kamara over Hunt, but I will admit now that Hunt does a lot of things that this teams needs. Short yardage and just the mentality he brings.

Ingram would bring the short yardage mentality, though.

Again - I'm not trying to disparage what we have. I'm simply saying that the Saints backfield is outstanding.

[TomBarndtsTwin]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

He fell 3 times yesterday, 2 of which would've been scores. The one on the catch was setting up to just be a monumental collision - he'd have been in full stride and the safety would've caught him at about the 11 (IIRC) while being the only dude between him and the end zone. I think Spencer Ware may have actually ended up taking that man's life.

I saw the throw come out and Ware accelerating into it and could just see that setting up with a truck-stick and a stroll into the end zone. Then Ware just...fell. I think we settled for a FG there. I was less concerned with the scoreboard than I was the spectacle. I'm pretty sure that was the same guy that Hunt hurdled over (Bates) and Ware had him lined up to just destroy him had he simple kept his feet.

Ware's legs just aren't there yet. Not use to the workload. Andy said as much in his post game presser.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by O.city

Yeah, on the RB wheel route. It was gonna be a massacre.

Twice he just fell. Didn't look like he tripped, he just fell. Like, "I'm so excited I'm gonna score I just fall".

But for real, he finally looks like hes back where he was which was a damn good player.

Maybe he's got that fainting goat gene.

[siberian khatru]

Andy Reid on deciding when to take starters out at the end of a game with a big lead:

"I just go off my gut feeling. And I have a pretty big gut."

— Brooke Pryor (@bepryor) October 22, 2018