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Originally posted by str8outavannuys
So I guess most of your criticism is with the 70%-of-the-time-Ahman-Green-gets-the-first-down assumption? It's an unknown, but I'll tell you this: As someone who has a financial stake in the Eagles making it to the Super Bowl, I was very very very happy to see the punt team trot onto the field. I thought a first down was pretty much a foregone conclusion (remember that Cory Simon had been limping during the 2d half).
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You're not saying much. In fact, you're repeating what I said in a different way. You were happy to see the punt team come out because
you had so much to lose. If you get backed up to the 8 yard line, you have a shot. If they convert, game over.
The fact remains that they tried to convert a fourth down earlier in the game and failed. This was not 4th and inches. This was fourth and all of that one (yard). GB made the right decision. They just didn't execute thereafter.
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Originally posted by str8outavannuys I've played on teams that play better with a chance to put the stake in the heart, and I've also played on teams that play worse in that situation. And I've played on teams that rally when they're faced with a do-or-die, and some that have folded up our tents. It depends on the mix of people.
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Good point. But in this situation, I look at the Eagles as a cornered animal. They are going to come at you with all they've got. GB was doing the cornering and (unless you're Michael Jordan) I don't see anyone on that team with the required killer, boot-on-the-neck killer instinct to make that fourth down conversion a lock.
TM
