I’ve seen some crazy coaching moves over my years, but this one takes the cake. Shutdown Corner wrote yesterday about how the Raiders called timeout with one second left in the first half to attempt a 76-yard?!?! field goal and we now have the video evidence. Lane Kiffin actually had timeouts left in the first half of yesterday’s game against the Chargers. With :20 seconds left in the stanza, Jamarcus Russell hit Michael Bush over the middle to get to the Oakland 42. Much to Jim Nantz and Phil Simms surprise, Kiffin decides against a spike, or calling a timeout right away, just to then decide to use a timeout with :01 left so Janikowski could attempt this ridiculous kick….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reRXqL_KMNE&hl=en&fs=1
“The wind is in his face.”- Phil Simms
“Unimaginable.”- Jim Nantz
I still can’t stop laughing. After adding seven yards for the snap, the ball was spotted just shy of Oakland’s 35-yard line! That’s further than an f’ing kickoff!!! Either Lane Kiffin absolutely had no idea where they were on the field, or he was just completely trying to piss off Al Davis. Either way, the result was awesome. Janikowski didn’t even get it to the goalline and with Cromartie back there, that just heightened the idiocy of the decision. Unbelievable.
When Norv Turner is out-coaching you on the other sideline…..it’s time to just quit.
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