Lori Nickel article - count the errors!

[HarveyWallbangers]

After this thread, I read her articles with special care to notice any mistakes.

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=522434

With his team on Miami's 40-yard line, coach Mike McCarthy called for a commonly used play from receiver Donald Driver, a reverse run. Driver ran about 30 yards behind the line before he avoided a tackle and curled up the sideline for a 6-yard gain.

30 yards behind the line of scrimmage to avoid a tackle. He went backwards, but he hardly went 30 yards backwards. Anybody notice any more?

[HarveyWallbangers]

The importance of the play cannot be overstated. Four snaps later, Brett Favre threw the clinching touchdown to David Martin. It gave the Packers a 10-point lead with 5 minutes 45 second left and put the Dolphins in the rearview mirror.

The TD actually happened with 6 minutes and 11 seconds left.

[MJZiggy]

Just a technical little tidbit, but a reverse run is a commonly used play for DD?

[Patler]

Before the victory at Miami, the Packers had gone for it on fourth down just five times, converting two. So the fourth-down attempts in Miami were gutsy. With Rayner's big leg and an advantageous wind, McCarthy actually considered going for the field goal on third down, but instead pushed forward with his offense. The fourth-quarter conversion put the game away.

Why would he have attempted the fieldgoal on THIRD down?

[Bossman641]

Before the victory at Miami, the Packers had gone for it on fourth down just five times, converting two. So the fourth-down attempts in Miami were gutsy. With Rayner's big leg and an advantageous wind, McCarthy actually considered going for the field goal on third down, but instead pushed forward with his offense. The fourth-quarter conversion put the game away.

Why would he have attempted the fieldgoal on THIRD down?

I have no idea at all. You do that at the end of tie games when you're worried about a botched snap. I have a hard time believing that McCarthy has so little confidence in the offense that he would rather kick a FG on 3rd down to go up 6 then try and drive down the field. Seems like a mistake in the article for sure.

[vince]

After this thread, I read her articles with special care to notice any mistakes.

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=522434

With his team on Miami's 40-yard line, coach Mike McCarthy called for a commonly used play from receiver Donald Driver, a reverse run. Driver ran about 30 yards behind the line before he avoided a tackle and curled up the sideline for a 6-yard gain.

30 yards behind the line of scrimmage to avoid a tackle. He went backwards, but he hardly went 30 yards backwards. Anybody notice any more?

She probably meant that Driver did a lot of running behind the LOS, which indicates the riskiness of the play... not that he ran 30 yds back.

[falco]

After this thread, I read her articles with special care to notice any mistakes.

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=522434

With his team on Miami's 40-yard line, coach Mike McCarthy called for a commonly used play from receiver Donald Driver, a reverse run. Driver ran about 30 yards behind the line before he avoided a tackle and curled up the sideline for a 6-yard gain.

30 yards behind the line of scrimmage to avoid a tackle. He went backwards, but he hardly went 30 yards backwards. Anybody notice any more?

She probably meant that Driver did a lot of running behind the LOS, which indicates the riskiness of the play... not that he ran 30 yds back.

Agreed...most likely 30 yards perpindicular to the LOS.

[vince]

After this thread, I read her articles with special care to notice any mistakes.

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=522434

With his team on Miami's 40-yard line, coach Mike McCarthy called for a commonly used play from receiver Donald Driver, a reverse run. Driver ran about 30 yards behind the line before he avoided a tackle and curled up the sideline for a 6-yard gain.

30 yards behind the line of scrimmage to avoid a tackle. He went backwards, but he hardly went 30 yards backwards. Anybody notice any more?

She probably meant that Driver did a lot of running behind the LOS, which indicates the riskiness of the play... not that he ran 30 yds back.

Agreed...most likely 30 yards perpindicular to the LOS.

Actually, it would be (roughly) parallel to the LOS, not perpendicular. Perpendicular would be straight "north and south" in football vernacular.

[mraynrand]

Hi all,

You should tune in tonight when Lifetime Network runs their 2 hour made-for-TV movie about Lori Nickel, called "Writing in Cars with Boys." From the press release: "A warm-hearted story based on the life of 'Journalist' Lori Nickel, a sports collumnist for the Journal Sentinal in Milwaukee, WI. Lori battles the sexism of the football world, her mother's encroaching Alzheimer's disease, and the loneliness of life without that special someone with whom to share the ups and downs. Lori meets a hunky-but-sensitive guy, but can she make a relationship work amidst deadlines, on-line article re-writes, the male-dominated world of pro football, her family's expectations that she'll 'settle down' and raise a family, and bad hair days?" Tune in to find out!