I've been watching this game for 50+ years and still don't know it. I see the phrase "poor play calling" being tossed around quite often but don't understand what it means. If you punt on first down, I understand the meaning, but how many coaches approach the game with the attitude of "it probably won't work, but lets try it anyway"?--another incident I could deem as poor play calling. It isn't as simple as if the play worked, it was good, and if it didn't it was bad. We only judge a play call's merits after the fact. Was it a bad play being called, or poor execution of a good play? Theoretically, if a play worked on first down for 5 yards, you should be able to run the same play every down and be successful, but we know the defense will adjust or the execution will fail and what was a good play no longer works. The fake punt in the last game was a good play--because it worked. Would it have been bad play calling if it hadn't? We've seen running backs run up the gut for three consecutive plays and fail. Is the coach thinking "It's a good play and I'm giving you three chances to execute it properly", or is it a bad play being called? After a win, I don't remember seeing posts about poor play calling but after a loss it seems frequent. A coach will say after a loss "I shoulda called better plays" Is he covering for his teams failure to execute the ones he called or did he actually not believe they would have worked when he called them? To me, poor play calling is trying to execute plays when you know you don't have the pieces it takes to execute it properly. Is it as simple as that? After reading the posts from prior games I'm sure someone can answer what poor play calling means