11-08-2024, 04:29 PM
(11-08-2024, 02:43 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: I'd have kicked it too.
I think my biggest problem with the 2pt try is that they let the playclock go all the way down and then took the timeout. I am firmly a believer in that if you go for 2, you are best off doing it up-tempo after the TD you got. The defense is reeling from giving up a TD, guys might be looking at who-let-who-get-open and thinking about the last play, and you are just immediately ready to take advantage of them reeling to get a quick conversion.
Between the playclock after the TD, the timeout, and then the playclock after the timeout, you're giving the defense over a full minute to catch their breath and collect themselves for the task at hand.
It's a bit like how the best time to try to take a deep shot is right after a turnover when the defense has to run on the field when they thought they were taking a break still, and might not be fully mentally checked in yet.
I agree with that, and as Herbie pointed out, they had the one on one they wanted. I initially thought they were going to try to draw em off to get closer, but when they didn't, it probably would have been best to kick in that situation. I liked going for two, didn't mind the call, but the time management was not good there.
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