... not when "Chris Gamble's errant lateral on a fourth-quarter punt return gave Minnesota new life" but when the Fox Sports commentator* insisted that the play was improvised. Even with the guy who was supposed to catch the ball was five yards behind Gamble well into the punt return ... and looking for the ball. All the other guys are supposed to be blocking for the punt returner. After a few replays he still insisted it was improvised.
It turns out that the play was called by Panthers head coach John Fox (...10 minutes to go in a game, protecting a 7 point lead on the road, and I'm thinking a cross-field lateral on a punt is a great idea [sarc]).
*Who was that guy? I've scanned Foxsports.com but they don't list the game announcers in any obvious places.
well, fox sports took the blame for the bad call. see Fox takes blame for Panthers' failed trick play.
by the way, i don't read anything past the headline. but who else could "fox" be other than "fox sports"?...
Posted by: mark | September 19, 2006 at 08:56 PM
Foxy Lady?
Posted by: John Whitehead | September 19, 2006 at 09:49 PM