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Ragnar · 09-11-2025, 08:23 PM

The head coach of the Bears needs to go back to being a coordinator. Because if you don't know the rules in critical situations, you should not be a head coach in the NFL.

With 1 timeout and 2:02 left in the 4th, the Bears did the one thing they couldn't do, kick it into the landing zone. That brought it to the 2 minute warning. Had they kicked it short, the ball would be brought out to the 40 and no time would have expired.

I thought if the kickoff went out of bounds or short of the landing zone, the receiving team had a choice to either take the field position, or make them rekick. And that's why they tried to kick it through the back of the endzone. But apparantly that's not the case.

09-11-2025, 08:23 PM	#86
Ragnar Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,556	The head coach of the Bears needs to go back to being a coordinator. Because if you don't know the rules in critical situations, you should not be a head coach in the NFL. With 1 timeout and 2:02 left in the 4th, the Bears did the one thing they couldn't do, kick it into the landing zone. That brought it to the 2 minute warning. Had they kicked it short, the ball would be brought out to the 40 and no time would have expired. I thought if the kickoff went out of bounds or short of the landing zone, the receiving team had a choice to either take the field position, or make them rekick. And that's why they tried to kick it through the back of the endzone. But apparantly that's not the case.