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Bruce Arians has 'em.

John Brown deep on 3rd and five on your 30 or so with less than two minutes left and down 3?

He either rolls around with a wheelbarrow or has an assistant balls carrier.
 

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Bruce Arians has 'em.

John Brown deep on 3rd and five on your 30 or so with less than two minutes left and down 3?

He either rolls around with a wheelbarrow or has an assistant balls carrier.

That was one of the calls when he is a genius if it works or an idiot if it doesn't. We all need to remember that when it doesn't work. He has the cojones to make those calls.
 

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"You play to win the game" - or something like that. Yeah, everyone including me is thinking get the first down and try to get into FG range. What a great play!
 

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That was one of the calls when he is a genius if it works or an idiot if it doesn't. We all need to remember that when it doesn't work. He has the cojones to make those calls.

Yeah, he probably would have been ripped pretty bad if that didn't work.
 
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That was one of the calls when he is a genius if it works or an idiot if it doesn't. We all need to remember that when it doesn't work. He has the cojones to make those calls.

"You play to win the game" - or something like that. Yeah, everyone including me is thinking get the first down and try to get into FG range. What a great play!
Meh, no big deal, still had 4th down to get the first down!

:D

Brass balls? Nah, Arians and this team have balls of steel!!!
 

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Bruce Arians has 'em.

John Brown deep on 3rd and five on your 30 or so with less than two minutes left and down 3?

He either rolls around with a wheelbarrow or has an assistant balls carrier.

He sure does! However, I'm not totally sure he called that play... I thought I heard that Palmer and Brown saw the oppty to take the shot when they came to the line, and Palmer gave Brown the signal... But again, not sure about that...
 

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He sure does! However, I'm not totally sure he called that play... I thought I heard that Palmer and Brown saw the oppty to take the shot when they came to the line, and Palmer gave Brown the signal... But again, not sure about that...

Palmer said Arians called it but who knows. More than one option on that play according to John Brown.
 

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Arians said post game that 3 of the 5 receivers were running first down type routes, with two going deeper

Credit Palmer for making that throw, on a day when he wasn't as his best.
 

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I think Palmer is a class act , would have stepped forward and taken the blame if the play didn't work , and give The Old Man credit that it did work .
 

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When the ball was thrown, my heart almost stopped
That call I'd expect on 1st or 2nd down
but on 3rd and game on the line
I think I hugged everyone in my section after the TD
just the thoughts of what if ...
 

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That flea flicker that didn't connect was also a very ballsy call. Those are the risks we have to take to win in this league and keep winning.


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He sure does! However, I'm not totally sure he called that play... I thought I heard that Palmer and Brown saw the oppty to take the shot when they came to the line, and Palmer gave Brown the signal... But again, not sure about that...

Palmer said Arians called it but who knows. More than one option on that play according to John Brown.

Arians said post game that 3 of the 5 receivers were running first down type routes, with two going deeper

Credit Palmer for making that throw, on a day when he wasn't as his best.

As karma stated above, there were multiple options in that play. But they have been coached that when the opportunity presents itself, take it; i.e. - defensive coverage dictated that the long ball to Brown would be there, so that becomes the first option. The team is being coached to "play for the win, don't play to not lose." (Paraphrased from post game comments).
 

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Reviewing the tape it is a levels play with Brown stretching the field which should leave Hughes running the shallow cross or Fitz running the dig route open. As it turned out, Brown was able to get deep on the go route splitting the DB and safety and Palmer recognized it quickly. The gutsy call is Palmer going for the deep pass on third and five instead of going for an underneath throw.
 

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The crazy thing is he was so UN aggressive until that point in the game. I think that's how at that point in the game Brown gets behind 2 guys, we were so conservative that Philly fell asleep.

Great call
 
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The crazy thing is he was so UN aggressive until that point in the game. I think that's how at that point in the game Brown gets behind 2 guys, we were so conservative that Philly fell asleep.

Great call

I don't agree that he was not aggressive. He took several big downfield shots, but they just didn't connect. And Carson missed a wide open Brown downfield on 3rd and long when he dumped it off to Carlson for 10 yards...that had TD all over it if he had seen brown, he was open and alone.
 

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Bowles has them too, one second left and send the house!

Indeed. Bowles has more than Arians IMO. Blitz blitz blitz. My only true complaint is that when he does blitz, the middle of the field is WIDE open. Fix that and I'm good.
 

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I don't agree that he was not aggressive. He took several big downfield shots, but they just didn't connect. And Carson missed a wide open Brown downfield on 3rd and long when he dumped it off to Carlson for 10 yards...that had TD all over it if he had seen brown, he was open and alone.

Yeah no duh. I cant even fathom how anyone who watched the game could say otherwise. We had 3-4 missed long balls the majority to Floyd who should have caught 2 of em.

Arians definitly emptied out the chamber in this one.

And to the other posters point. REMEMBER this when we are aggressive and it doesnt work. Dont be that fan. Please.
 

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Bruce Arians has 'em.



John Brown deep on 3rd and five on your 30 or so with less than two minutes left and down 3?



He either rolls around with a wheelbarrow or has an assistant balls carrier.


I dunno... The more I think about it, the more I believe it takes brassy'er balls to start Max Hall in a NFL game...


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