We all knew this would be on DD’s. Even someone wrote that in on Tom Grossi’s livestream too

@guttmana9767

5 ай бұрын

Lmao

I'm more surprised that the introduction of Dumb Decisions isn't a pre-recorded voiceover you insert. Mad respect for saying it every time exactly the same.

@humanbeing2420

6 ай бұрын

It's a waste of time - he should cut that part out entirely.

I should note that if this game ended in a tie, the Texans would've been out on the spot and the Colts would've been a Jaguars win away from being eliminated. As for this game, Steichen really messed up there. He needed to make sure thibgs were right before his offense even lined up. He cut off his team's margin for error with that timeout. As for the Colts' rushing attack, it lost steam in the 4th quarter, rushing for only 2.5 yards per carry in that quarter.

Yeah that was pretty dumb. I was like "why are they calling timeout!" in my high-pitched JG9 voice😂. Hopefully you will also hit Harbaugh's asinine clock management at the end of the Steelers Ravens game. Bmore was down by 10 with about a minute left and one timeout but they had driven down the field and they well within FG range. But instead of kicking right away, Harbaugh let the clock run almost all the way down before they called TO and finally kicked the FG. I mean the odds were against them but even if they recovered the onside kick, he left them with only enough time to try a hail Mary instead of giving them a shot at running a few plays and at least getting closer to the end zone. Head scratching stuff from a guy who in recent years has become a serial DD'er.

@Miguel-mp7uz

6 ай бұрын

Did you use the lisp too?

@REALmikegordan

6 ай бұрын

Maybe, since they already clinched homefield advantage and were losing badly, John Harbaugh didn't want to extend the game any further or risk any unnecessary injuries.

@OneMocha1015

6 ай бұрын

Yeah Harbaugh would like to win but not at any cost@@REALmikegordan

Nah I’m gonna hate on them for the Jonathan Taylor thing. He had 180 rushing yards. It’s 4th and 1. RUN THE DAMN BALL.

@Quinn37

6 ай бұрын

Or at the least use him as a decoy. To take him off the field altogether was negligent.

In his post game he said he called the time out because he saw they were in man coverage and wanted to call the play that they ran.

I dont hate the timeout. The strategy from the start of that drive was run the ball, score a TD and leave no time for Houston to score. What you don't do is take the game out of your best player off the field with the season on the line. Choosing to trust Minshew and your 4th string RB was the mistake. Everyone was keyed in on Taylor on third and 2 and he still got a yard. Taylor also opens up a play action. Play action brings in the possibility of Pittman who has made several clutch contested catches this year and is your best reciever. Or Downs who has also made clutch catches and just set the Colts franchise record for catches by a rookie. I support Steichens strategy of winning or losing on the drive. Its not even the play. The dumb decision was to take your most dominant player off the field when the stakes were highest. Even if you weren't going to go to him, he would have commanded all kinds of attention. On top of that to run a play for your 10th best threat, who has no clutch plays is just dumb.

I remember thinking that maybe the *Texans* should’ve called a TO around the 1:40 mark, since the Colts had a excellent chance of converting 4th-and-1 and now the Texans’ objective should be to leave themselves as much time as possible to get into field goal range should the Colts score a TD. I was a little surprised when they didn’t do that. But when the Colts did what they did, I started seeing a Dumb Decisions™️ video in our future.

You, JG9, did an great analysis on the subject. Many people are discussin the playcall, calling "forth and none". But the question was the use of the timeout and using it after letting the play clock go to 0. That was a DD worthy episode. That is a shame that happenned with a coach that was doing really well when there were others doing every thing to ruin your team chances. But that is live. We are humans and are subject to errors. This season was great for the Colts and Texans. They are going in the right direction. Maybe the AFC South could become a great division in the near future. As for the 2024 season, I think the Colts will take a little step back, but the future is bright. Greatings from Niterói, Brazil.

Nobody is gonna top this Dumb Decision this weekend Mike McCarthy "Hold my beer"

@wilnnn5

6 ай бұрын

Dennis Allen has something ready for DD

You could’ve had Taylor out there as a decoy. Since you know the Texans were keyed on him, use him as a decoy and then pass to another guy for the first down if not more. It would be like USC-Texas when Reggie Bush wasn’t in the game and the Longhorns stopped Lendale White. Had Bush been in there, Texas would’ve been trying to decide who to stop and it would’ve caused confusion.

@toughbutsweet1

6 ай бұрын

I came to here to make this exact comment.

@CTubeMan

6 ай бұрын

Me too.

Gardner Minshew, enough said.

If the play had been successful the Colts and it's staff would possibly won and heralded as geniuses. But nooooo now they are the owners of the stupidest TO in week eighteen.

Having RB JT#28 on the sidelines for that 4th down play was sad to see. He could have been a decoy for Goodson as GM2 threw the ball behind Goodson who dropped it.

@OrochiAlter9713

6 ай бұрын

Reggie Bush flashbacks anyone?

I'M SORRY....WHAT?

I imagined that this was going to be featured in Dumb Decisions. The Colts had been executing their strategy of making that the last drive of the game very well, but they took it a bit too far by putting themselves in the worst of all scenarios (instead of lining up quickly, seeing the Texans coverage and calling a timeout or consuming the clock and running a play without calling a timeout). Right after the Colts called timeout I told my brother "damn that's a very bad decision by the Colts" and he just nodded in disbelief of what was happening.

My very first thought while watching that debacle was "I know there's going to be a dumb decisions video on this" With all 3 timeouts, go try the field goal with 1:40ish left on the clock. You can make it a 3 point game, and get the ball back with over a minute to go and only needing a FG to tie. You know Houston is going to run the ball into the line 3 straight plays, then punt. As a Steeler fan, though, I was rooting for the tie :)

@CerebralChaos

6 ай бұрын

Imo, kicking the field goal on 4th and 1 from that spot would have been a significantly dumber decision than taking the timeout (even though the timeout was undeniably stupid). Your probability of getting a three-and-out on defense and then scoring points on the ensuing drive is way lower than the probability of converting the 4th and 1 (65% chance or so), then getting at most 15 extra yards with four downs to get a TD to take the lead and then hold on defensively with limited time remaining.

I think your missing the obvious here. Colts needed to drain the clock. The texans had matched score for score in the 2nd half. Also, the timeout was to check the defense. Make sure you had the best play.

Most obvious DD not involving Ron Rivera this season. Was shaking my head.

Just flew in from Indy, what a time to be a Texan's Fan Let's Gooo!

I would have decided to win or lose with my best player in that situation, Jonathan Taylor. Still the ball should have been caught. If they had called timeout immediately following the 3rd down play, I still wouldn't have liked it, but it's not as bad as running the play clock all the way down then using the timeout.

The timeout is only a dumb decision because they dropped the pass. If he catches the pass and barring any turnoves,, no one cares he called a timeout. I do think he should have went with the play instead of calling the time out. But I don't think calling the time out there is terrible although by not picking up the fourth down essentially ends the game. Looking back, calling the timeout when he did was the dumb decision. If he had called it thirty seconds earlier they still would have had time to get into hail mary range.

@KevinT7274

6 ай бұрын

That's the issue, Steichen put his team in a situation where the whole season was riding on 1 play when he didn't have to do that.

@LegendaryDorkKnight

6 ай бұрын

Yes, but as a coach, running risk to reward analysis is your job. "If this happens, what are my options?" "If this play fails, how do I manage this?" "If this play goes like this, what's next?" Your comment only further highlights why it's a dumb decision. It's a dumb decision because he DIDN'T account for the very real possibility of not getting the first down.

@theprettybond159

6 ай бұрын

So you live your life in hindsight instead of planning?

@Kd4c

6 ай бұрын

I don't have the issue with the time out because if the play works, nobody cares. But if he was gonna call time out he should have called it earlier. But it's easy to make a decision when you're sitting on the couch as opposed to standing on the side. Line with everything going on around you.

@Quinn37

6 ай бұрын

​@@KevinT7274Exactly. The coach told his team we are going to win thr game here, and leave no time for them to score. The timeout was fine, taking Taylor off the field was the dumb decision.

You always increase your percentages. You can't win if you run out of ways to win. 100% JG. 🤘🏼

Yup. I even thought to myself the moment when he called that late timeout the worst possible thing he could've done

I agree with u man why didn’t they run it u have Jonathan Taylor

I was thinking of you as this was happening in real time. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing.

Congratulations, Texans ! 💯

It was a tactical error, but if his running back doesn't have butterfingers, he's probably getting ready for the playoffs right now.

I thought the DD would have been the play call. Being the Eagles former offensive coordinator he would have tried the Tush Push on 4th and 1.

The timeout was taken after seeing how the defense was lined up. Obviously he made the right play call the players didn’t execute. Also going to the line to try and draw the defense offside which happened several times in the game.

You missed the fact that Taylor ran out of bounds untouched on second down when he could have gotten another yard or two and run the clock. The timeouts are IRRELEVANT in this case because there was not going to be enough time left for the Colts after a Texans PUNT if the Colts don''t get a touchdown. No problem with the the timeout there at all. Taylor should have had that first down on his own.

@MoeMoe-ne1fm

6 ай бұрын

How do you know that it wouldn't be enough time if the Texans punt? The colts would have still had a chance to get a touchdown because of the 3 times outs they would have had. So the time outs was RELEVANT.

@johnhitz1185

6 ай бұрын

@@MoeMoe-ne1fm They would have used all 3 time outs before the PUNT. So they would have had 25 or 30 seconds to go 70 yards with NO timeouts, and their quarterback does not throw the deep passes very well. Using one timeout to set up the 4th down call was not a mistake. The pass and the drop were.

I think I have to object. While it was questionable, and removed all margin for error, it did necessarily appear dumb from the start. Remember, the Colts also tried to get the Texans to jump prior to calling the TO. You're even considering an IDO on the play call, and, except for the errant throw and Goodson's drop, the play didn't backfire. Goodson catches that pass, or the Colts successfully draw the Texans offside (which had already worked at least once) and you're not even making this video (which means it doesn't fit the premise). The Colts could have called the TO earlier in the play click, as well, and would have had that many more seconds when they did get the ball back - not sure why they didn't fair catch the free kick and let the offense try for the miracle finish, but the result would likely have been the same.

And so this is how the season ends- the colts are out of the playoffs and the Houston Texans are in- depending on what happens today with the jaguars game- what a way to end the game- with a dumb decision! 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

Steichen was OC for the Eagles last year, aka the tush push team. Why out of all teams do the colts not run that play on 4th and 1?

@jlh4jc

6 ай бұрын

Probably because Minshew doesn't squat 600 like Jalen Hurts.

@Quinn37

6 ай бұрын

They haven't done it well this season. They've tried, but they ain't Philly.

I was watching the game and literally thought of you when he called the timeout for no good reason

Congrats to the Texans on the AFC South, and eliminating Jacksonville. Also, congrats on the Jags on going from 8-3 to out of the playoffs.

I didn't know about this game until now.

@runrafarunthebestintheworld

6 ай бұрын

LoL 😅

This unofficial Official Jaguar Gator 9 historian will remind everyone you made a video about a Dumb Decision (TM) in the Texans-Colts finale last season.

I knew there'd be a video about this moment, just wasn't sure if it was for the timeout or the play. Considering how well they were running the ball, still think they should have stuck to it.

The pass heard 'round the world

The Colts should have run the ball instead. The Texans could not stop the run all night.

There were TWO dumb decisions here. 1. Using the timeout on offense when you should have saved it so that if you didn't get it you could use 3 timeouts on defense, get a 3 and out, and have about 50 seconds left to get a score. Do I think they would have scored? No. But, you've got to give yourself that puncher's chance. Dumb decision 2 is not using Johnathan Taylor. It's 4 and 1. See if he can get 1 yard RUNNING.

I had a feeling that whole 4th down ordeal would make it to Dumb Decisions

I have noticed that this series has overall become a lot more nitpicky. When I first started following you and watching this series, I was DUMBFOUNDED at the decisions some of these coaches made and their explanations for their decisions. Now with some of the newer episodes (like this one), I feel like this type of thing only feels immediately obvious to someone who's really watching the clock and/or the coach during the game. NFL fans that aren't as savvy on clock management wouldn't have caught this mistake by Shane Steichen. Which means this is now a type of thing that looks bad "in hindsight" to most fans I still think you do an amazing job with these videos, and Shane Steichen should've been more aware in that moment without a doubt. Ive just noticed this series overall shift in this direction and thought I should leave this comment to point that out Maybe "clock management mishaps" should become a series that's separate from "Dumb Decisions"

@OfficialJaguarGator9

6 ай бұрын

That’s fair. For the offseason when we do the historical ones, it’s gonna go back to the absolutely dumbfounding ones. This is just my way of talking about the games from this season in an original format

The timeout was stupid we all know that. The pass play was an excellent call. Goodman just dropped the ball. Even if it was a little behind him, you are in the NFL. If the ball hits you in the f ing hands, you catch it.

So we're just not going to make a video about you guys not making the playoffs.......😂

I said Dumb Decisions nominee the instant it happened.

I will say this if it's a better throw or the back catches it, are we having this discussion?

I kind-of jinxed it when I was thinking about him and DD. He never had one, but as soon as I thought that, he has one z

@stevensuarez4843

6 ай бұрын

It's not your fault.

Knew this one was coming, dumbest timeout I've ever seen. Most people don't mess up that scenario in madden, let alone in a win and in situation.

6:14 It's only 8 months but still

Meh I'd take the timeout and trust my offense to convert instead of get the stop instead of making it 4th and 6th, trust your guys to make a play. Don't trust you MIGHT get the ball back. Right call.

My understanding was that the Colts were initially trying to draw the Texans offside in order to get a new set of downs. That strategy in of itself was questionable at best late in the game.

@quigonkenny

6 ай бұрын

As many times as the Texans had jumped offsides or done a false start, it wasn't really that bad a strategy...

@freezer8530

6 ай бұрын

@@quigonkenny If it's that late in the game and you're in a must-score situation, then ... yeah, it IS a very bad strategy. It's a high-risk strategy with very little reward potential.

Sign of things to come in the regular season finale week?

i said from the the start of the season, Steichen is just Reich 2.0, and he proved me right once again

Ok jaguars gator; I am expecting a 13-15 dumb decisions section and no less for your team; I know your a fan but you did not have a qb backup all season long and other crazy scape goats. So let’s have it.

@OfficialJaguarGator9

6 ай бұрын

Oh no that game was inexcusable. Heads have to roll

@trentonjenney1440

6 ай бұрын

I’m just giving you a hard time; loving the content good stuff keep doing what your doing always insightful awesome information

Cause of that we got a 23-19

It rig and scripted thats today nfl they did thar to help vegas

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I don’t usually abide by this conservative mindset, but knowing that you’re only down by 6, why not kick the FG? Think about it: if you take the timeout IMMEDIATELY after the failed JT run and then kick the FG (from chip shot range in a dome), you’re down by only a FG If you get a stop on defense, you’ll have over a minute to drive down the field for at LEAST a game tying FG w/ TWO timeouts TBF, I also don’t mind going for it there because there’s no guarantee you get the ball back All Steichen had to do was call a timeout as soon as the play ended (alternatively, they could’ve called a 3rd Down pass that would’ve ensured that the clock would stop if it fell incomplete)

@KevinT7274

6 ай бұрын

If Steichen decided to kick a FG there, JG9 would have done an instant live Dumb Decisions video immediately.

@Quinn37

6 ай бұрын

Well you managed to find the dumber decision

The call was right, he didn't make the play. If Minshew throw the ball better on that play it's a first down and the Colts would be going for the TD. This is not a Dumb Decision here when the play call was right and Taylor was on the bench for the 4th and 1. I'm not saying that the Colts win the game even if they get the TD there because Stroud has had 4 game-winning drives in his rookie season ALREADY. Sorry for your Jaguars man😃😃😃