I didn't watch the game today. Starting at about the second quarter through 2 minutes to go in the 4th I was on an airplane from Cleveland to Orlando. Apparently, Jeff Fisher's mind was cruising at that altitude as well.
Jeff Fisher, for at least 45 seconds there, forgot that he was coaching an honest-to-goodness real life football game instead of playing Madden on his PS3. There are no situations at any level of football that you do not go for the field goal when you are within range and down by 1 with two minutes ago. My high school coach would have went for it. 99.9% of all coaches in Divisions I-III and the NAIA would have gone for it. Maybe a couple in the CFL might have went for the first down, but why on earth would the dean of NFL coaches decide to go for a first down facing that situation.
Jeff Fisher, for that brief moment, apparently looked out on the field and saw Rodney Dangerfield lurking in the stands. Coach Fisher didn't respect someone. He either didn't respect the Texans defense and thought that Collins/Johnson/White could pick up a first down in their sleep, or he didn't respect the Titans defense enough and thought they would be unable to get a stop if they did make the field goal. For the life of me, I have no idea why you not only go for it but you throw a fairly deep route down the side to pick up the first down. Dump screen over the middle with a couple of receivers on the cross route would have worked fine....you could have even kept Johnson off to the side for an emergency outlet...but this is all a moot point because you should have kicked the field goal.
Oh well. The more losses we get out of our system now the better, I guess. Though there probably should be a clause that if you lose to the Texans you are automatically disqualified from making the playoffs.
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