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Watching it on the replay, I can guarantee you that if Montgomery hadn't tipped the ball that the University of Spoiled Children  defender would have intercepted it. Had Montgomery tipped the ball out of bounds, he might have been the hero of the game. Unfortunately, he tipped it behind him into play where it got intercepted.

Fair enough.

And I think Montgomery's earned the right to try for the touchdown on that kickoff given the number of big runs he's had this season.

That's not to excuse his drops, but the tip was the right move and the KO return I have little problem with.

Oh, he's earned the right to take the first few kicks out, no doubt. But I think that once he takes a couple out and gets only 10-15 yards, it's time to realize that it's not working and take the knee. And my problem with running back the pooch kick is that those are specifically designed to limit runbacks. This isn't one of those things where I'm only saying this because he got 0 yards in those 5 seconds of dancing, I was saying "just run straight and go down" as they kicked it.

Also, to be clear, I am not blaming Montgomery. I'm just trying to point out that his game was at least as bad as Hogan's, so blaming Hogan and Hogan alone is silly. (I think the whole blaming people thing is silly in general, also.)

[stupac2]

Watching it on the replay, I can guarantee you that if Montgomery hadn't tipped the ball that the University of Spoiled Children  defender would have intercepted it. Had Montgomery tipped the ball out of bounds, he might have been the hero of the game. Unfortunately, he tipped it behind him into play where it got intercepted.

Fair enough.

And I think Montgomery's earned the right to try for the touchdown on that kickoff given the number of big runs he's had this season.

That's not to excuse his drops, but the tip was the right move and the KO return I have little problem with.

Oh, he's earned the right to take the first few kicks out, no doubt. But I think that once he takes a couple out and gets only 10-15 yards, it's time to realize that it's not working and take the knee. And my problem with running back the pooch kick is that those are specifically designed to limit runbacks. This isn't one of those things where I'm only saying this because he got 0 yards in those 5 seconds of dancing, I was saying "just run straight and go down" as they kicked it.

Also, to be clear, I am not blaming Montgomery. I'm just trying to point out that his game was at least as bad as Hogan's, so blaming Hogan and Hogan alone is silly. (I think the whole blaming people thing is silly in general, also.)