11-16-2009, 10:10 PM
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Southern charmer
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: At the Great Altar of Passive Entertainment
Posts: 7,033
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Re: Belichick
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Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I hate this kind of argument. The Patriots were up big. You can't tell me that the touchdown given up when the Pats were up 20 should be compared to the stand they had to make at the end of the game. If you can't count on your defense to hold another team for another 80 yard drive when the game is on the line, then why wouldn't you always go for it with 3 yards or less on 4th down? And, given your argument, at what spot on the field should he have not gone for it? On the 20? On the 10? The 1 yard line? According to you (and the yards per pass or rush you quoted), the gamble is the same, no?
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No.
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I don't know how anyone looks at his decisions at the end of the game without thinking they were exceedingly stupid.
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