Why waste time to get a closer fg? Kick now, then give yourself more time later to score a game tying td
I’ve seen WAY too many times where a team is down by a TD and a fg and a team will waste precious time and eventually kick the fg anyway
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.
I'm still trying to figure out why they went for 2 on the TD before this.
TD put them down 11 and they go for 2 to try go get within...nine???
I had walked out of the room so missed it.
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.)
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
Why wouldn't they go down 10 and try the 2 pointer on the next TD if they want to try to win in regulation?
They needed 11 points. More than likely 2 TD's, since you can't count on a two point conversion. Of course if it's 4th down, you kick the FG. But why in the hell would you kick a FG on first down? Why? It's indefensible.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.