11-24-2015, 03:37 PM
(11-24-2015, 01:40 PM)Luvnit2 Wrote: Welcome back
I hated the outcome on 3rd and 2, I like being aggressive. Let's be real, if we run and get stopped (likely) as have most of the time on 3rd and 1 or in this case 3rd and 2 and kick the field goal, kick the field goal and end up in OT, but lose in OT the Monday morning QB's would have also trashed playing it safe.
In reality, it is easy to critique anything unsuccessful after the fact and chastise the lack of success.
Have a great Thanksgiving and be safe.
Honestly, even as the play was happening I hated it regardless of the outcome. There was simply way too much time on the clock. Even if they score, which, yeah, would have been great and all, you're still opening up the chance of losing in regulation.
A minute plus is simply way too much time to leave a team that 1.) is #1 in scoring and #1 in yards. and 2.) has already toasted your defense for 24 second half points.
I honestly would have rather they passed and only picked up the first then scored on that play. (Honest to God) All because of the time left.
You run off 30 seconds there they have no chance, a fluke hail mary/lateral/blown coverage of the scoring. Zero chance of picking enough yards to even attempt a field goal. The play there is to run down the clock and either hope you pick up the first and/or hope you covert the field goal.
What's the success rate for throws like that down the sideline? Even with All Pro receivers matched against backup corners? I'm guessing 50/50 at best. And probably closer to 30-40%. Even Tom Brady throwing to Randy Moss, against a scrub is only going to make covert on that about half of the time.
Do you really want to take 50/50 odds to maybe score and still leave the #1 offense in the league over a minute of time to win the game, against an already depleted secondary?
It makes little sense to me. Then. Now. Before. After. Hypothetically. People can argue that and that's fair. But just from my perspective it has nothing to do with hindsight. It just didn't strike me as a very smart play. To each their own though. Lot of worse thing to be discussing than this.
