10-17-2023, 07:30 PM
(10-17-2023, 06:07 PM)jj22 Wrote: There was a comment recently that clutch isn't just defined by the 4th quarter. Thoughts?
I disagree. I think there are big important plays that happen throughout the first 3 quarters but I don't consider them clutch plays for a player. Like the difference between regular season/1pm kickoff Andy Dalton (1st 3 quarters) and Primetime/Playoff Dalton (4th quarter). The games count the same and are important but there's a much different tightness and importance when the game is on a bigger stage/on the line.
To me clutch is making the plays when the actual game is at stake if you fail, which doesn't happen until the 4th quarter (in the overwhelming majority of cases)
