01-15-2007, 12:43 PM
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Re: Most Unlikely Playoff Win Ever? ... Elias thinks it Might Be.
Stats can't capture some choices... for example, throwing an INT on fourth down, when you know the Bolts get the ball anyway. Of course, that ended up being the play of the game, because the Pats don't score without the INT... but that could not be predicted. What can be said, is that the INT in that instance is not the statistical equivalent of, say, an INT in goal-line territory that gets run back to your own 1 yard line.
The Denver INT that pretty much crushed all hope last year, and the INT that really had little downside, and ended up perversely helping us win this year, both go down as INTs. What we can say, is that the Bailey INT last year was less of a solid decision than this INT, which was a good decision.
On the other hand... yeah, it was pretty evident it was a matter of gutting it out and taking what opportunities presented themselves. We certainly did not stomp them on an every-down basis; if anything, they were moving the ball on us much more fluidly.
But then, the stat that matters is the one on the scoreboard.
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