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Fichtner Regrets Goal Line Sequence, Says Maybe He Shouldn’t Have Called Throw To Hawkins

It’s hard to put all the blame on the offensive coordinator when the offense fails to score on four straight plays from the one yard line. But Randy Fichtner is re-thinking his strategy in that miserable sequence that took place in Monday’s loss to Washington. Speaking to reporters in a Zoom call yesterday, Fichtner evaluated his playcalls.

“I know I can probably be more committed to running.,” Fitchtner said Thursday according to a team transcript. “Maybe it needed four opportunity runs to get it in from the one as opposed to maybe trying to fool them. Maybe trying to boot them or naked them, that type of thing.