11-24-2015, 02:18 PM
(11-24-2015, 01:33 PM)fredtoast Wrote: And these people do not realize that we don't automatically convert every single third and 2 by running the ball.
That is the gift of hindsight. You are never wrong.
Complete strawman. It's possible to go for the first down without running up the middle. We could have thrown a high percentage pass play designed to get two yards. A low percentage deep fade to the corner of the end zone is objectively worse than a two yard run, pass or screen play in that situation.
If you get the first down you're more likely to score a touchdown because you have more opportunities to do so. If you don't get the first down you can kick the same field goal with less time on the clock. If we would have run the ball and lost in overtime, not one person on this message board would be saying that we should have thrown a deep fade to the endzone on that play instead.
