Re: Here\'s The Situation
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First let me say that the general principle in this and many of these scenarios, is the average person or coach's incorrect gut feeling about going for ties that have to be played off. They just don't gamble enough when they can go for the win.
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I don't know if you saw the Eagles - Patriots game.
The Eagles were down by 3 with a 2 and 4 at about the 29 with a little less than 4 minutes to go.
They went for a touchdown right then and there. At first I hated the call based on them giving up the much easier goal of getting a first down
I don't know if the touchdown pass was the best choice but there is some merit to "gambling" for a win before they hit the red zone where it is much harder to score a touchdown as the defense gets compacted.
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I was about to post exactly this...
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