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Yes in both. Sorry to have to tell you that.in your logical brain, yes. in reality, no
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We had a good discussion about this in QB thread. If anyone thinks a 40-yard field goal is a virtual guarantee, I'd agree that running three times, or even basically kneeling down into the line, would have been the right call. If you think the reward of picking up 5-10 more yards was worth the risk of being moved back further, you should expect your players won't be absolute morons. And again, just like the Seahawks decision, the negative outcome here (being pushed back 20 yards) is one of those 1/100 fluke things that in retrospect seemed more likely. Atlanta still had a 50-yard field goal attempt after the sack but committed a second absurdly bad situational play with a holding penalty.
4th and 2 will always be a "suspect call", and it's not because they failed to convert. It will be a "suspect" call because it was the wrong decision.
I remember thinking that the Falcons were stupid for not running the ball after the Julio catch and kicking the field goal. I was doing the math in my head and after that catch I thought it was game over. I was completely surprised they dropped back to pass, facilitating the win. 3 points would have been a 2 possession game without nearly enough time to execute two scoring drives. The Falcons screwed the pooch on basic math that game.But no team is going to do that. When you are coaching you go by the flow of the game, the falcons felt they needed another TD, they did not have the time to say, ok let me take a day and think this through and oh yeah I will also know the results of each play I call and they run as well. Its easy to say what they should have done because it didnt work, mostly because the pats executed and atlanta didnt.
Logically you are correct but here we are 12 years later still bringing up 4th and 2. Would we still be doing it if it worked? Highly doubt it. It's significant because it was a bad call and bad result. If it was a bad call with a good result it wouldn't have been scrutinized this muchYes in both. Sorry to have to tell you that.
4th and 2 will always be a "suspect call", and it's not because they failed to convert. It will be a "suspect" call because it was the wrong decision.
in your logical brain, yes. in reality, no
Yes in both. Sorry to have to tell you that.
WHAT'S THAT OLDROVER? WHAT'S THAT YOU SAY??! YOU SAY YOU'RE AGREEING WITH @Deus Irae BUT HE WILL NEVER SEE IT BECAUSE HE HAS YOU ON IGNORE????The only non-painful thing about me being forced to agree with Deus...
...is that he'll never know it...
...because he has me on ignore.
I agree, he had his right arm around Longs neck trying to drag him down.He's pretty candid about it, which is cool. That was a blatant hold on Long though, don't go there
WHAT'S THAT OLDROVER? WHAT'S THAT YOU SAY??! YOU SAY YOU'RE AGREEING WITH @Deus Irae BUT HE WILL NEVER SEE IT BECAUSE HE HAS YOU ON IGNORE????
I remember thinking that the Falcons were stupid for not running the ball after the Julio catch and kicking the field goal. I was doing the math in my head and after that catch I thought it was game over. I was completely surprised they dropped back to pass, facilitating the win. 3 points would have been a 2 possession game without nearly enough time to execute two scoring drives. The Falcons screwed the pooch on basic math that game.
If there was ever a time in any Super Bowl that the MVP trophy should have gone to a nerdy analytics guy, it was then. That could have been Ernie Adams’ finest moment.I've long defended that Seattle play. Yes, we had GL out there. Lynch was 1/5 all year i believe. That was a good call, we see it every Sunday from every team. From everywhere on the field. We were just prepared to the max. And Butler & Browner just killed it on that play. Huge jam and Butler just hung on.
And if Kevin hadn't bobbled the ball but just caught it, it was a first down.4th and 2 will always be a "suspect call", and it's not because they failed to convert. It will be a "suspect" call because it was the wrong decision.
Yep, but in his defense, it comes down to execution. If they make a play nobody questions it. Its only questioned when its not executed. Its like the 4th and 2. If that ball is not bobbled, Bill is a genius, but because it was, it was a suspect call. Coaches can hover between the genius and idiot if plays are executed or not.