Re: Why don\'t coaches understand fundamental math?
Contrasting this, in 2001 the Pats used an intentional safety, that may have helped them win a game. It's especially noteworthy that that's a trade of points for field position, which is much more difficulty to evaluate and more questionable.
Considering that more than 14 points down, and less than 5 minutes to go also translates to needing the defense to basically pull a 3 and out anyway, the down team should be willing to play a whole lot more 4th downs than they typically do.
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