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Dumb Decisions: The STUPIDEST Field Goal Ever
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- čas přidán 16. 08. 2024
- In a 2013 game between the Bears and the Vikings, Marc Trestman decided to try a 47-yard field goal on second down. Unsurprisingly, this move backfired. This is the story behind arguably the stupidest field goal ever
#nfl #bears #vikings
"So, what have we learned from all this?"
Don't let Marc Trestman within a mile of an NFL game ;)
As dumb as it sounds to kick a field goal on second down when running a play is still an option, there's still no way this is the dumbest FG kick of all time. That would be Atlanta's 2015 FG kick with 3 minutes left against the 49ers. It was a decision so bad, it tanked Atlanta's chances of winning simply by succeeding. They had the ball at SF's 1-yard line and were trailing by 4. I repeat, they were TRAILING BY FOUR. Reminder, a FG is only worth THREE points and you NEED FOUR. They would have been better off going for the touchdown AND FAILING than kicking a FG. At least in Trestman's situation, the score was tied and a successful FG would have actually won the game, and instead he got unlucky with a miss, and the decision to do it on second down could have been predicated on not wanting to turn the ball over. By contrast, Dan Quinn's Falcons were down by 4 and the FG was a terrible decision even despite being successful.
“Blair Walsh - the clutchest kicker in all of football.” I see what you did there. 😎
Before the playoff miss, he was on fire.
Georgia boy 😪
@@KMcNally117 wait he was good at one time. He was horrible in Seattle. We could have been 12-4 the season we had him.
“Mark Trestman- Great Canadian Coach.”
A 47-yard attempt to win a game going wide right? I think Bills fans are now getting PTSD.
Marc Trestman not trusting Matt Forte, who gained yardage and held onto the ball far more often than not, made no sense in this context. No wonder Trestman flopped with the short-lived Tampa Bay Vipers!
Kicking mishaps and the Bears, name a more iconic duo
The Vikings
@@KMcNally117 and any kicker after Rick Danmier
The Chargers and special teams gaffs seems like a more iconic duo. Robbie Gould is still the 2nd most accurate kicker behind Justin Tucker.
@@thebnsftracker1317 Third. IIRC, Harrison Butker has the 2 spot
@@thebnsftracker1317 - how about the Chargers and very early season-ending injuries?
Even if he'd converted, it would have been a dumb decision.
"I haven’t heard any of that. I didn’t hear all of it. I heard a lot about most of it, but what I did hear, I did not hear any of that.”
-Marc Tressman
The only problem I have with this decision is it's on 2nd down. Robbie Gould under 50 yards is reliable.
Yeah, I've seen a lot of teams go for a potential game winning FG on 3rd down, the thinking being that if that there's a bad snap or something, you can just try it again on 4th down, but on 2nd down? lol
Totally a dumb decision, possibly costing the 2013 Bears the NFC North title. Trestman knew the NFL, he's been around the game since the 1980s, he should've known better.
2 feet to the left and he would've been considered a ballsy genius
no, he'd be a lucky idiot
I think you're spot on with the 3 down CFL rules speculation. In pressure situations people tend to make gut decisions and rely on previous decisions over the context of a moment. So he got overwhelmed by the moment and did what he always used to do in similar situations, kick on second down because he's used to only having 3 downs. Then in post game he makes up BS excuses because there's no way he can admit to forgetting the rules. He'd risk being fired on the spot. What's amazing to me is that none of the assistant coaches were able to overrule him. Or maybe they lost track of the downs? Who knows? Whatever it was, it was a total systems failure by the Bears, the kind of which I usually expect from Minnesota.
How do you lose track! Its 2 numbers! /s
Even in the CFL you wouldn’t kick on second down, you’d kick on third.
@@kevinmoynihan5118 Sometimes teams attempt FGs on 3rd down in OT or late in a game, in case of a bad snap or hold. So in the CFL the equivalent would in fact be kicking on 2nd down.
@@pronkb000 yeah but I don’t think kicking on third down from that far out is a good idea anyways.
@@kevinmoynihan5118 Unless there are yen seconds or less to go. Otherwise, I wouldn't do it.
Marc Trestman - Good Offensive Coordinator, terrible head coach
The Blair Walsh Project
Bears are masters at getting dumb coaches, then and now.
NIce, two vids in one day AND the Chargers aren't on a Dumb Decisions episode. I can get down with this.
In all likelihood, the next Dumb Decisions is gonna involve the Jaguars, so you should be safe for a bit
Also FWIW back then OT periods in the regular season were still up to 15 minutes unlike now where they're only 10
When i saw the title i was thinking cuz a team went for a fg down by 10 or 9 n got the quick easy fg but missed.
Even as a Packer fan, i knew drafting Cohen in fantasy was always smart.
Fun fact: this is the only time a kicker has missed a 47 yard game winning field goal wide right
(Bills fan crying noises)
@ 9:14 the Vikings DID have a TO remaining, look at the corner score bar - it was the Bears without a TO.
Was this worse than Bruce Coslet kicking a FG on FIRST DOWN in OT during a 1991 Jets/Bears MNF game?
Depends. Was it at the beginning of OT or late in the quarter?
It’s called “throwing the game”.
If those receivers only had decent quarterbacks
I guess your stats didn't go back to 12/31/89. The AFC Wild Card game. In OT, The Steelers recovered an Oiler fumble. Chuck Noll sends out Gary Anderson to attempt a 50 yard field goal. The worst decision known to man. A 50 yard field goal, and he had not attempted one all season. Anderson power stroked a 50 yarder to win it. The Robbie Gould field goal was a bad decision is bad only because he missed it.
Did he kick it a 50 yarder on 2nd down instead of 4th down?
@@evankoch2575, no, it was on 1st down.
The Anderson game winning kick occured on 4th down, not 1st.
Trestman was a truly awful head coach, that was also a pretty bad Bears team other than Forte and some guys on the defense.
that goes to the packers in last years nfc championship game!
I'm pretty mixed about that decision for Gould to go for that 47-yeard field goal in overtime.
The understandable reasons are that it may have been a potential game-winner and that the coach just wanted the team to "take the points".
If it was with less than 30 seconds remaining, either with the scores tied or the team trailing by three points or less, or if it was a fourth down, understandable.
However, it was a risk vs reward kick. The risk did not pay the reward and it was costly, especially in the race for a playoff spot.
This isnt out of the ordinary to kick a FG in overtime. Now what was odd is generally when that happens its more of a chip shot 30 yards or less
Yea I've seen teams do this often, not wanting to turn the ball over when you're at a range your kicker makes it ~95% of the time
If the bears won this game, then they would have won the division. Makes the decision look even worse
As JG Himself Would Say, "A Master Class In What NOT To Do When Kicking A Field Goal!"
I have to disagree with this one. Next score wins in OT, you’re in field goal range with one of the best kickers in football and you are afraid of moving back or turning it over then kick. Doesn’t matter if it’s 2nd down, teams have turned it over trying to get more yards. They felt good, didn’t work but they felt good with the decision.
Sorry it was a dumb, passive decision. I agree with JG9.
I think he is over exaggerating how dumb this is given next score wins and how good Gould was. But I wouldn’t agree with kicking it. Should have tried to get more yards
Great content
I watched this game. I still can't believe Gould missed that kick; as a Viking fan, it seemed like he never missed any FGAs.
As for Trestman, he simply panicked.
If you ever watch this guys videos, I swear he has the same music pattern for ever video. Song 1, song 2, song 4, etc.
Always fun to debate this stuff - but I gotta give the nod to the stupidest FG to Bill Cowher in the 2004 AFC title game against the Patriots; after rallying from 24-3 down to within 31-17 early in the fourth quarter, and with all the momentum, instead of going for it on 4th and goal at the 2-yard line kicked the FG, which only brought them to 31-20. Completely killed their momentum and the Patriots would take about 8 minutes off the clock on their next drive to the clinching score.
Sounds like something San Diego State did last week, same result
This decision was in the long run costly. The Bears lost the NFC North to the Packers that season.
Trusting Robbie Gould inside 50 isn't a bad idea
I was at this game. We were walking out as Walsh was kicking the fg he missed, and we rushed back when we saw he missed it. Honestly, I wish we would've lost on that fg. It was worse how it played out!
So you walked out before the game winning FG could even be kicked, it OT, while your team still could have won it? Turn in your fan card. Disgraceful.
Also, "it was worse how it played out?" The Vikings won, you dipshit! Worst fan ever.
He was probably thinking of negative yardage in terms of a penalty like a personal foul... Not sure I kick on there on second but not the worst decision, his kicker was Gould-en. Get it! Gould! Gold!
Dumb Decision: the hire of Marc Tressman over BRUCE ARIANS!!!! I remember being pissed when Tressman was hired, Arians was pretty obviously the right move at the time and looking back and the Bears messed it up. Also, if the Bears had gotten closer and made it, they would have been a playoff team with a real change of making a run. They had the second best offense in the league. So many bad decisions for this year, Cutler over McCown, blitzing Conte on 3rd down against GB.
I. A Cowboys fan....but Tressman is 2 not a 1....great coordinator but not HC
I actually was at this game, pretty forgettable other than the FG drama at the end of regulation and in overtime.
The Vikings have one timeout.
Will the Seahawks passing instead of running in Superbowl 49 be on here?
Gee I don't know, isn't the reverse of that why Russell Wilson (thrower of said pass) went all Julian Washington the night of Nov 19 2020, ensuring a messy split less than two years later?
That punt on 4th & 1 with 2:50 left in the 4Q was ALSO a dumb decision. Convert there and you might have a chance at a 50 yd field goal (in a dome) to go up by 6 with 2 minutes left or even just straight up win the game with another first down.
4th Down Bot doesn’t go back to 2013, but I inputed these same circumstances for a Bears/Vikings game in 2014 and it ended up being +10.3% WP in favor of going for it
Awful mistake
If it had been a 27-yard FG instead...
i could understand if it was a chip shot, but a 47 yarder on 2nd down? Yikes
So what happened in the outcome of the game? A win by a team or was it a tie?
It's in the video. Vikings kicked a field goal to win it on the ensuing possession.
You gotta make a 47 yd fg. I dislike Dr Death for other reasons but this isnt one of them.
They deserved to lose the game after that bonehead decision.
Skol
So who won?
Vikings
Skol Vikings! It's good to be on the other side of dumb decisions for once.
Sorry, but you're being really unfair. First, I want you to watch this clip: czcams.com/video/pw0THkBL2tI/video.html. That's right; you leave out that right before OT, Robbie had ALMOST made a 66-yarder. Since it had only been minutes since that point, Trestman was probably thinking: Robbie's got a 47-yard kick, easy day. Second, you overlook possible penalties. In the prior drive, there was a false start and delay of game on Bears offense (they were playing in a noisy dome on the road). So Trestman was also likely scared of a penalty that would have moved them back 5 yards (and would have stopped the clock too) and turned a 47-yd FG into a 52-yd attempt. And yeah, he said what he said to the media, but he was not gonna say "I was scared my TE would cause a false start." One more thing. The game was played indoors, so a lot of those missed FG by Robbie were likely when he was at Soldier Field where the weather is notoriously windy. Thus, there was probably an even better chance Robbie makes that kick than your stats show, esp. given his close 66-yard attempt earlier. Regardless, that Robbie makes that kick 3 out of 4 times per your stats means there was a 75% chance the Bears would win with Trestman's call. Not defending this call -- as I still would have run it once more (giving my holder a chance to spike a bad snap on 3rd down) -- but it wasn't as crazy as you make it seem.
But it’s only second down run one more time and get a few more yards