I've seen a lot of coaches make dumb decisions every week, and they are not smart enough to even realize they are morons. But this was the funniest shit I've ever seen in sports. I think most people were probably too drunk to realize what was going on, but look up the boxscore. He kicked a FG on 1st down. Hahahahahahahahaha.
I suppose it is not a dumb move because a hail mary can travel such a long distance in a short time. Get the FG first and save time. People are getting pissed(and rightly so) because they are use to teams playing a certain way and when they change it is screwing their bets up. These things are still not normal and it is like coaches flip a coin game to game deciding how to play things Feels like if there is consistency you can deal with it. Otherwise it just feels like bad luck
I think you score the TD first when you're that close, it's first down and you have three timeouts. You can score a FG from much farther out, the TD is harder and the TD needs more time.
You don't think about the Hail Mary until all other options are off the table
I would think that regardless of what side I was on
You don't think about the Hail Mary until all other options are off the table
I would think that regardless of what side I was on
The downs are meaningless, you're playing the clock at that point, you need a TD and a FG. How many times have we all seen teams down 2 scores end up running the clock down and getting one score but not leaving any time left to potentially win the game. We've all seen that scenario play out countless time for years. As for going for 2 down 11 he's trying to win the game in regulation(2 pt Conversion rates have been close to 50% I believe) so if you're trying to win the game and can get the lead down to 9 points instead of 10 your win % is going to increase instead of hoping to win the game in overtime after you've made this dramatic comeback. This all just goes back to analytics and seeing things we're not used to seeing because coaches have played the wrong %'s for so many years when they should have been doing things differently.
Analytics seemingly can't execute in big spots, I'm certain everyone has observed the same result I have when coaches make those aggressive decisions justified by analytics, they fail far more often than not, especially down the stretch. I would argue what's gained is not worth the risk of what's lost.
Anyone remember when Tomlin was going to go for two nearly every time because of analytics? Suffice to say he doesn't make that mistake anymore
The TD takes more time, and you need to be a whole lot closer to the goal line to have a "reasonable" chance. You play for the TD first in that spot
Anyone remember when Tomlin was going to go for two nearly every time because of analytics? Suffice to say he doesn't make that mistake anymore
The TD takes more time, and you need to be a whole lot closer to the goal line to have a "reasonable" chance. You play for the TD first in that spot
They want to go down 9 so that they can win the game in regulation. You don't get rewarded for losing in overtime so you might as well give yourself the best chance at winning the game during regulation, going for 2 in that spot does that(especially if 2 pt. attempts are being converted near 50% of the time.)
I thought it was a good call. They were trying to win the game not cover the spread. They needed a TD with a two point conversion. If you need a 2 point conversion with a TD and a field goal with time running out, you always go for the field goal first.
because if you go for two the 2nd time and don't get it you're going to be losing the game by 1 pt and you won't force overtime at that point you'll just lose the game. If you go for 2 on the 1st attempt and miss it you can still go for 2 on the 2nd attempt and force overtime, but Ideally you convert the 1st 2 pt attempt and then go on to win the game in regulation.
I mean, OK, I guess...sure.
Then why not start going for 2 in the 3rd quarter? Get out in front of it.
You'll end up like Tomlin, chasing your missed conversion the entire 2nd half.
I get "going for the win" I guess, but there is risk to the reward, and he just put them further behind the 8 ball by now needing 11 points instead of 10.
