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As he should.
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Santos has the textbook body type of a champion horse jockey. Because of his frame he needs to lower his "launch angle" on kicks to keep reasonable NFL range - I think a more savvy coach understands that and makes decisions assuming he has to get to the 25 yard line before he's comfortable risking a game on a kick - but alas the Bears dont have a coach that can make that connection, they just have good ol' Eberflus.
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Re-watch the kick, penetration was just average, guys that blocked it didn't make it beyond the LOS, his weenie leg and foot long weenie HC is what cost the game.
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**** him! Hope they fire him! No reason to have him on the roster.
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Well, we know what position the Bears will draft in the 4th round next year will be.
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Beat me to it
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Nah. Guard got off the ball late which caused the penetration. That said, you kept Santos knowing full well he doesn't have the biggest leg, so on kicks like that he has to kick lower to make sure he hits them far enough. I'm all for the Bears trying to get yards on second down and I'd rather them run out of a passing look, Box is too stacked on a play they know what you are going to do... at least if you show a two TE two WR set or 1 and 3 (TE to WR) it looks like they might pass and he could always check out of it.
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I think you need to get your eyes checked there Doc. The G and C got completely blown off the los. They were a good 3-4 yards pushed back.
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It’s not a hard field goal, however dumb the decision of Flus was to not try another play it should have been made. Its the Bears, I have complete confidence the kick would have been blocked if it was 5 yards closer. They are losers, it’s what they do.
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The guys that blocked the ball were 6 yards from the spot of the kick, so no. Santos got less than 8 ft of elevation on the ball 18+ ft from launch angle. That's pathetic on a 46 yard FG.
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The los of scrimmage was the 28. They pushed beyond the 30+ and still were able to get up unchallenged vertically. That is not normal.
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LTFOL. The guy on the left has no part of his body even on the 30 and the one on the right has the toe of his shoe stretching to the 30.
You can say shit all you want but that doesn't make it true. It was a bad kick and a bad HC that put the weak kicker in the position. Hell, Packers players even confirmed that they knew Santos kicked low balls.
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I woulda ran PA rollout. You know they’re biting run there. If nothings there just slide or run out of bounds. Run to the left on the next down and kneel. At least try to get closer with all that time and 4 downs. Don’t ever rely on a kicker unless you have to.
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It’s hilarious that Flus was too scared to run a pass play and stop the clock on an incompletion because of the Hail Mary. The dude is coaching so scared that he legit just gave away the third game of the season because he’s scared that his defense can’t hold the opposing team for 30 seconds.
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FLose's game management costs the Bears again
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I don't give a ****, another X on Poles. Offensive line strikes again.